Finally a workshop/storage/mancave (1 Viewer)

[PAToyota]

One thing on my list is making a "finish washer" dimple die. Are you planning to heat treat yours?

 

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One thing on my list is making a "finish washer" dimple die. Are you planning to heat treat yours?

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I got CrMo for most of the raw material and have to see if they need hardening. I get my special steel from a black smith once done I will discuss hardening with him. The bigger diameter material is C65 which is work hardening, I expect that to work without.

 

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Made a guide for the bead roller.

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

Love the ideas!!! Very resourceful. What brand of cutting and grinding wheels do you use?

 

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That depends on what is available at a decent price. For the thin cut off wheels I always go for the higher quality, they last longer and stay in one piece.

 

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Finaly got the actuator.

Tested it on the new wiring and it worked.

Made some brackets.

And tested it.

and it worked like it should.

 

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I received 2 new lights I ordered from our Asian friends. Going to test them in the shop. If they ar good I will order some more including a few with movement detection for the upstairs.

 

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Mounted the lights, they are bright.

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

Heavenly!

 

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Heavenly!

It is like a clear day, the other lights are a
ready bright but they seem weak compared to these.

 

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With the lockdown we have here it is difficult to buy stuff, therefore I decided to get a bigger Argon bottle So I don’t have to take time off of work to get a new bottle every so many weeks.
This meant changing the weld cart.
At the same time I made the drawer fronts.

Here is the new bottle, it has the same height as the old one but is twice the diameter.

I had to move the weld rod containers aside and partly over the wheel.
The bottle is attached to the cart by a two piece bracket with a pin to keep it closed, easy to take out but safely fixed to the cart.
The short rods need a bracket to keep them in position on the bottom.

The total with of the cart has not changed.

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

That’s a nice set up. Is that a multipurpose welder? MiG/Tig/Plasma?

 

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That’s a nice set up. Is that a multipurpose welder? MiG/Tig/Plasma?

No just TIG, but with puls and AC/DC. The plasma cutter sits on the bottom shelf.
I don’t like to have one device for all, if it breaks down you have nothing.

 

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Two new toys for my collection.
An electric sheet metal sheer and a pneumatic hole punch and flange tool.

 

[PAToyota]

I have the Eastwood version of that shear. It comes in handy!

 

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Added a few things to my sheet metal cart.
Some tools in the back, added a shelf for the smaller locking pliers.

And added some stuff to the board, more air tools then anticipated.

Two drawers are in the planning now.

 

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New toy.

 

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Neighbour bought a used Nussbaum scissor lift and wants to restore it to new.
milled some sliding blocks for him.

 

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He took apart one half of the lift and had it blasted. While taking it apart two pins broke and had to be milled out

I placed it on the milll centered the hole and milled out the broken piece just inside the thread.
This is where the mill makes a difference, find the centre if the hole and take out the metal without damaging the original threads.

I used a tap to remove the remaining material.

 

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Couple of new tools for metal shaping. The yellow one needs a regulator valve.