What did you do in your shop today?

SDB777 said:
It was something I had been putting off since I returned from Maine....

Installed a 30,000BTU natural gas heater for the wife in the garage/shop. Seems the 'perfect temp' for making her sweet swirly poly resin blanks is more then an electric heaters can really accomplish quickly. I have a feeling, it might come in handy for 'others' that happen to be using the same space(if you know what I mean). I fired it up after checking all the connections....twenty minutes I was thinking about cleaning up nakid!!!!



Needless to say, between filling orders and installing black pipe...I didn't get to 'dodge the raindrops' in the backyard. No milling today!




Scott (but the wife is happy she can be warm) B
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As lond as its "for the wife" you can't go wrong! Nicely done Grasshopper
 
woodtickgreg said:
1 more since we can only do 4 at a time now.
Well this is a good start on the chisels, got a long way to go, these aren't done on a cnc machine but old school machines. I make stuff the old school way, lay out lines and read the dials and hit my marks, just too much fun for me. I love the smell of cutting oil, it's very relaxing turning the handles and watching the part take shape. I have made some of these tools before but the quality on these will be better because of the new machines I acquired last year, my rebuilt south bend lathe and the new old burke mill. Using these old machines is so much fun for me. I have a long way to go on these as I do 1 step at a time in batches, 1 for me and some to be sold, my turning chisel set is going to grow this year.

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Those tools are fantastic. Nicely done my friend.



As for me..................I climbed up on the roof of my shop today and cleaned out my chimney. Winter is fast approaching and when it comes to a wood stove in the shop, a clean chimney is a safe chimney. And that was it for my shop today.
 
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I got a couple hours of machine time in the shop tonight after work. Was fun.
 
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My back is still not 100% so I did not go fishing as I wanted too. So I spent some time in the shop and did a little machining again. I have been working on a batch of detail chisels for the wood lathe and today I got all the machining done on them today. Running the old Burke mill again was fun, she's not real fast but she works.
After I finished drilling, countersinking, and tapping the holes for the carbide cutters the blanks go back on the mill to remove excess material from the front of the chisel. a shot of the mill setup.
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A little closer pic of a chisel after the final machining step. detail-chisel-002.webp

A pile of finish machined blanks and one blank that will show how I like to grind back and sand them for smooth edges and clearance of the cutter. detail-chisel-004.webp
 
Awesome day Greg. If I ever come north of the Red River and make it to Mitchikin I want to spend some time playing in your shop with you. Man that South Bend is a thing of beauty. Just can't say enough about the restoration you did on her. Beautiful work on the cutters. :two_big_thumbs_way_the _hell_up:
 
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Here's a couple more pics of today's progress.

After seeing this pic I filed the tip back just a little more, I want the carbide to be very proud of the tip detail-chisel-005.webp

Top view.
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Since this pic was taken I detailed the tip better to my liking. There is plenty of material below the cutter for strength.
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1 down and 9 to go. Sure is nice to be making chisels again, I intend to make a full set for myself and sell a few to others if they want some. I will post the different styles in a for sale thread as I make them.

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Greg, friendly tip - use the edit feature on yur posts and look at the relationship between your image codes and your typed text. You phone users it doesn't matter, but for us PC users the stuff is just scattered all over the place.
 
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Kevin said:
Awesome day Greg. If I ever come north of the Red River and make it to Mitchikin I want to spend some time playing in your shop with you. Man that South Bend is a thing of beauty. Just can't say enough about the restoration you did on her. Beautiful work on the cutters. :two_big_thumbs_way_the _hell_up:
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Kevin, you and I will get together some day I promise, even if I gotta make a road trip to Texas. I would love to spend a couple of days with ya even if it was a working weekend. Just ask the duckman, working with wood and stuff is fun for me.
 
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jimmyjames said:
hmmmm, 2 flute high speed steel, greg you need some carbide endmills?
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Good eye jimmy, I got a bunch of these 2 flute hss steel chinese cutters, I bought them by the pound. I just use em and toss em when they are dull. The carbide ones are a bit pricey for me.
 
i have a gigantic box of brand new hss stuff if you want them, i can send along a few carbides, roughers and finishers 4 and 2 flutes etc if youd like.
 
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Kevin said:
Greg, friendly tip - use the edit feature on yur posts and look at the relationship between your image codes and your typed text. You phone users it doesn't matter, but for us PC users the stuff is just scattered all over the place.
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I don't understand Kevin, does the post not look right? It looks good on my end, Is it not good on your end?
 
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jimmyjames said:
i have a gigantic box of brand new hss stuff if you want them, i can send along a few carbides, roughers and finishers 4 and 2 flutes etc if youd like.
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That would be awesome! I don't have much tooling for my machines yet, but I am getting there. My burke mill has a max capacity of 1/2" shank size. Let me know what you want for the stuff.
 
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Greg - looks like you had a great day in the shop! Those are great looking and well made looking tools. Even if you never told us that you enjoy making them, one would be able to tell from just the pictures and the quality of the tools.

Didn't get anything accomplished in the shop today. Was hoping to have some shop time this evening, but I hurt my left shoulder on Friday (there was a loud crack/pop when it happened too...) and can't hardly use/move it. Did manage to get my bandsaw wheels off today so I can replace the tires on them this week. I needed a puller to get the bottom wheel off the drive shaft, and don't have a puller. An auto mechanic friend stopped by this evening with one from work. That's all I managed to get done in there today.
 
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That would be awesome! I don't have much tooling for my machines yet, but I am getting there. My burke mill has a max capacity of 1/2" shank size. Let me know what you want for the stuff.
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i will put together a box for you, probably just pay the shipping greg, i will never use the high speed steel stuff and the carbides.... lets just say they didnt cost me anything....
 
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jimmyjames said:
i will put together a box for you, probably just pay the shipping greg, i will never use the high speed steel stuff and the carbides.... lets just say they didnt cost me anything....
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You rock! That would be awesome! I am very grateful. Thank you so much for your generosity.
 
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jimmyjames said:
im guessing your collets are R8? do you have collets up to 3/4?
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Jimmy, the old burke is 3c collets, max shank size is 1/2" I am trying to find a collet closer for my south bend lathe, it will accept 5c collets and I could turn down the shanks of hss end mills to 1/2" with carbide cutters on the lathe I think.
 
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