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Munkul
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Ah man, I feel your pain. That's the downside to welding stuff that isn't symmetrical.
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Put that on Etsy as an industrial adjustable seat, ideal for standing workstations. £300 should do it.
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Yep absolute pain. Unfortunately it's a one off thing and I've already got too much time in it. I'm gonna try pressing it straight. It's a very simple thing but the guy is looking for a retro look to go with his 1920s lathe
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Found a round tuit, drilled and tapped 12 x m5 holes in my 4 jaw chuck, as suggested by Joe Pie' a few years ago. I remember watching this video the day it went up.
One of the reasons I havent decided on a new chuck yet, most seem to be hollow bodied where as mine is solid cast iron, and quite a few have front mounting bolts in the way that mean this wont be possible.
Improved Bridgeport Lighting
Some years back I replaced the original incandescent machining light on the Bridgeport with a pair of Ikea LED reading lights. Someone at the time warned me that the flexy tubes tend to droop and they were right - good lights but tend to sag just at the wrong time!
So I've been on the look out for a replacement and came across someone using a 'ring light' like the flash boys put round their headlights. Tucking the idea in the back of my mind it popped out again when I saw an '8" Ring Makeup Light' on eBay for the princely sum of £8.95 intended to run off a USB wall wart.
Checking the finances I reckoned that I could just about squeeze it out of the budget and pressed the 'buy it now' button. Well it turned up a few days back but apart from checking that it lights up I've not had the time to try it, but time magically appeared today.
The 8" diameter allows the quill to pass through it, and the side presented 1/4" Whitworth camera mount could conveniently, with a suitable bracket, graft it onto / into the fitting on the quill intended for a DTI.
A simple bracket was conceived, hot bent, and the job was finished - just need to decide how to tidy the cables up. It gives good even illumination - I think it's rated at 5 watts at full tilt. In series with it's lead is a controller letting you adjust the colour balance and brightness, but I will probably only use it on stark white and full.
The only downside that I've found so far is that you have to press the 'on' button on this controller when power is applied whereas the previous lights came on without intervention, but this is no great deal.
I'm leaving the Ikea lights on at the present as I evaluate the ring light.
Some years back I replaced the original incandescent machining light on the Bridgeport with a pair of Ikea LED reading lights. Someone at the time warned me that the flexy tubes tend to droop and they were right - good lights but tend to sag just at the wrong time!
So I've been on the look out for a replacement and came across someone using a 'ring light' like the flash boys put round their headlights. Tucking the idea in the back of my mind it popped out again when I saw an '8" Ring Makeup Light' on eBay for the princely sum of £8.95 intended to run off a USB wall wart.
Checking the finances I reckoned that I could just about squeeze it out of the budget and pressed the 'buy it now' button. Well it turned up a few days back but apart from checking that it lights up I've not had the time to try it, but time magically appeared today.
The 8" diameter allows the quill to pass through it, and the side presented 1/4" Whitworth camera mount could conveniently, with a suitable bracket, graft it onto / into the fitting on the quill intended for a DTI.
A simple bracket was conceived, hot bent, and the job was finished - just need to decide how to tidy the cables up. It gives good even illumination - I think it's rated at 5 watts at full tilt. In series with it's lead is a controller letting you adjust the colour balance and brightness, but I will probably only use it on stark white and full.
The only downside that I've found so far is that you have to press the 'on' button on this controller when power is applied whereas the previous lights came on without intervention, but this is no great deal.
I'm leaving the Ikea lights on at the present as I evaluate the ring light.
Well it gets even better !
While clearing up all the bits that came with the Makeup Ring Light I found an odd bit of plastic that the leaflet referred to as a 'Remote Bluetooth Camera Shutter'
Well it is and it works with my iPhone - how amazingly useful for taking pictures of machining when you've already run out of hands, there is even a mini tripod in the kit!
While clearing up all the bits that came with the Makeup Ring Light I found an odd bit of plastic that the leaflet referred to as a 'Remote Bluetooth Camera Shutter'
Well it is and it works with my iPhone - how amazingly useful for taking pictures of machining when you've already run out of hands, there is even a mini tripod in the kit!
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Got a link to this milling machine make up lamp please, love the idea, especially at less than a tenner, please.Well it gets even better !
While clearing up all the bits that came with the Makeup Ring Light I found an odd bit of plastic that the leaflet referred to as a 'Remote Bluetooth Camera Shutter'
Well it is and it works with my iPhone - how amazingly useful for taking pictures of machining when you've already run out of hands, there is even a mini tripod in the kit!
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eBay:
And the price is reduced to £7.99 !
Sorry - the bird in the advert doesn't come with it !
I've ordered a second one to put in the cupboard as a spare when I break this one !
NEW 8 inch Dimmable LED Ring Video Light Makeup Photography Lighting Kit +Tripod | eBay
Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for NEW 8 inch Dimmable LED Ring Video Light Makeup Photography Lighting Kit +Tripod at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products.
www.ebay.co.uk
And the price is reduced to £7.99 !
Sorry - the bird in the advert doesn't come with it !
I've ordered a second one to put in the cupboard as a spare when I break this one !
Kram
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I bought a couple of those, 10" version which came with a large tripod, worth it just for the tripod! Tuesday I was decorating and painted the hall walls and it was ideal for the job, gives a well diffused light.
I intended to use it as a welding light next to bench.
www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/today-i-acquired.50192/post-1857750
This is slightly different but has colour modes
www.amazon.co.uk/Extendable-Holders-Shutter-Ringlight-Photography/dp/B08R8BKYPF/
This looks most like what I got
Cut off a parting holder with grinder, soon to be tiged into something better. Need to grind a bit more so the new peice sits flat against the blade recess.
I intended to use it as a welding light next to bench.
www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/today-i-acquired.50192/post-1857750
This is slightly different but has colour modes
LED Ring Fill Light, 10"Dimmable Fill Light with Tripod Stand Desk Makeup Light Three-color Cool and Warm Light and RGB Seven-color Light Adjustable For Video Live Makeup: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo
Shop LED Ring Fill Light, 10"Dimmable Fill Light with Tripod Stand Desk Makeup Light Three-color Cool and Warm Light and RGB Seven-color Light Adjustable For Video Live Makeup. Free delivery and returns on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk
www.amazon.co.uk/Extendable-Holders-Shutter-Ringlight-Photography/dp/B08R8BKYPF/
This looks most like what I got
Delgeo 10.2 " Ring Light with Tripod Stand (51 inch), Selfie Ring Light with Remote Control, 3 Light Modes LED Circle Light for Mobile Selfie, Photography, Makeup, Youtube, TIK Tok Live: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo
Shop Delgeo 10.2 " Ring Light with Tripod Stand (51 inch), Selfie Ring Light with Remote Control, 3 Light Modes LED Circle Light for Mobile Selfie, Photography, Makeup, Youtube, TIK Tok Live. Free delivery and returns on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk
Cut off a parting holder with grinder, soon to be tiged into something better. Need to grind a bit more so the new peice sits flat against the blade recess.
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eBay:
NEW 8 inch Dimmable LED Ring Video Light Makeup Photography Lighting Kit +Tripod | eBay
Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for NEW 8 inch Dimmable LED Ring Video Light Makeup Photography Lighting Kit +Tripod at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products.www.ebay.co.uk
And the price is reduced to £7.99 !
Sorry - the bird in the advert doesn't come with it !
I've ordered a second one to put in the cupboard as a spare when I break this one !
Note the ad heading says 8" but one of the pics says it's 6"?
Munkul
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Been drilling plates over the last couple of days. Brother was using my pillar drill so I made a drilling jig for the magdrill and rattled a batch of 48 plates (4x 14mm) off... Wasn't fun though! More fun was these special bracer plates, the new plasma rips through 10mm.
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A file was a tool used to remove fine amounts of material from a workpiece.
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Made some repairs to a small decorative cast iron railing, customer just wanted it to look complete as you can't see it from anywhere but 30m away and 2 floors down! Scrolly bit was added later as he wasn't sure if he wanted it but the rest of the job cost less than he expected so went for it in the end.
