What did you do in your shop today?

Schroedc said:
I made things. :sarcastic:

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They look great. I like the newbatch on the bottom. One thing you might do in the future is make the "pointy" end a little longer and perhaps thinner at the end. Some people like to use that end to get into really tight curves. The stuff I make does not require that, but generally speaking that is the way these are done. You might think to post some of these over on : http://leatherworker.net/forum/
I think you can easily sell thes items.

Neil
 
NeilYeag said:
Knocked together this little rolling cabinet with plastic bins. This is for all of my leather working dies, small parts and pieces and well yes I guess junk!

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Pretty nifty there Neil. Hard to tell what size it is.

I need to get me one of those green Exit stickers for my door. I waste a lot of time trying to figure out how to get out of my shop. Of course, I'd probably not notice the English spelling and just focus on the Thai...then I'd waste even more time trying to decode the alien writing on my door.


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Sanded and buffed several pieces from the batch I ran in the kiln yesterday. I was pleased with the stabilization. I think the kiln is going to be the way for me to do large batches and keep a relative control over the process.
Here are a few pieces - nice to be able to do large hunks:

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A little tough to tell sizes. The biggest is 4 x 6 x 5.5, the other big ones are 3x3's 6-6.5 inches long.

The kiln is really pretty nice inside. When it's firing from 175-205 degrees, it's cool to the touch on the outside.

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I've amassed so much lumber, I had to build a custom lumber rack.

I wouldn't build it out of wood, since that would be a waste of wood, wouldn't it?:lol2:

So I grabbed from the scrap steel pile. A lady was moving out and throwing away a bunch of clothes racks a few months ago. I knew they'd come in handy. Cut off saw, angle grinder with the flap wheel and stick weld 6013 3/32 rod. 7014 wouldn't penetrate, due to the chrome plating I think.

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Joseph, good job on the rack and very cool that you re purposed that steel!:ok::good2::good::cool:
 
I got a mystery box from the great state of :texas: today!!! :thanx2:Lets see... what shall I make from this AWESOME FLAME BOX ELDER blank. I'm thinkin a wood lamp shade, yeah that's it! A beautiful wood lamp shade, an... an... maybe a peckermill from the center core & some acorn birdhouse ornaments an earrings too!! Yeah, that's the ticket!! :thanx2::thanx2::lol::lol:

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Spinartist said:
I got a mystery box from the great state of :texas: today!!! :thanx2:Lets see... what shall I make from this AWESOME FLAME BOX ELDER blank. I'm thinkin a wood lamp shade, yeah that's it! A beautiful wood lamp shade, an... an... maybe a peckermill from the center core & some acorn birdhouse ornaments an earrings too!! Yeah, that's the ticket!! :thanx2::thanx2::lol::lol:

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Looks like a nasty fungal issue with that blank, you'd better box it back up and send it up to Minnesota for proper treatment and disposal.
 
More paperwork (The unglamorous side of a commercial shop) but it was all done in the shop so it counts right? :sarcastic:
 
Spinartist said:
I got a mystery box from the great state of :texas: today!!! :thanx2:Lets see... what shall I make from this AWESOME FLAME BOX ELDER blank. I'm thinkin a wood lamp shade, yeah that's it! A beautiful wood lamp shade, an... an... maybe a peckermill from the center core & some acorn birdhouse ornaments an earrings too!! Yeah, that's the ticket!! :thanx2::thanx2::lol::lol:

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Now THAT is a GORGEOUS piece of wood! Beautiful. Congratulations Lee!
 
Was planning to test the lathe with new motor today but ran into a snag. The reversing switch on the compound got broken so had to get involved in making another custom controllet. Pulled another controller away from a robotics unit and tried out several controllers to see which one matches best to the compound's motor.
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Found one I like and went looking for one like it on the shelf and whatdya know another one was there. Went on a walkabout on the second floor and found a nice case that will work and discovered I had some milling to do on the inside so the controller will fit. Been doing that till I got pooped and said phooey for the day. Tomorrow I'll try to get the box finished and hopefully take the beast for a spin with some mystery FBE that arrived from parts unknown that I can hardly wait to see how it turns and the lathe works.
 
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deltatango said:
Was planning to test the lathe with new motor today but ran into a snag. The reversing switch on the compound got broken so had to get involved in making another custom controllet. Pulled another controller away from a robotics unit and tried out several controllers to see which one matches best to the compound's motor.
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Found one I like and went looking for one like it on the shelf and whatdya know another one was there. Went on a walkabout on the second floor and found a nice case that will work and discovered I had some milling to do on the inside so the controller will fit. Been doing that till I got pooped and said phooey for the day. Tomorrow I'll try to get the box finished and hopefully take the beast for a spin with some mystery FBE that arrived from parts unknown that I can hardly wait to see how it turns and the lathe works.
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What puzzles you Daniel-san?

I should mention that I didn't have to make a new controller, but that the broken reversing switch on the old one gave me the incentive to upgrade the compound controller too, since the main lathe has a new controller. I never really liked the controller that was on the compound, it just didn't run the motor as smoothly as I would like. I'm a tinkerer at a heart, a gadgeteer, if you will, so replacing one controller with another is just part of the process for me. The new controller is matched to the correct horsepower, and it's PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) so it smooths out the wave forms. Much better.
 
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deltatango said:
What puzzles you Daniel-san?

I should mention that I didn't have to make a new controller, but that the broken reversing switch on the old one gave me the incentive to upgrade the compound controller too, since the main lathe has a new controller. I never really liked the controller that was on the compound, it just didn't run the motor as smoothly as I would like. I'm a tinkerer at a heart, a gadgeteer, if you will, so replacing one controller with another is just part of the process for me. The new controller is matched to the correct horsepower, and it's PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) so it smooths out the wave forms. Much better.
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Way beyond my comfort level. I'm fine with 220 single phase basic wiring, some electronics repair and kit building but controllers scare me a bit. Always worried I'll let the smoke out of them...
 
Yeah, I hear you Colin. There's an old adage in electronics:
There are two types of people who do electronics, those who use fuses and those who will.

One day early on I fried three controllers, one right after another, until I finally got the message:
USE FUSES.

If you read and reread the manual, then read it again, then maintain concentration and work carefully and methodically, it's really not that much different from construction wiring. I've been working with DC controllers for about 30+ years now, so I guess that's easy for me to say. It is time consuming.
 
Stayed away from the interwebz today for the most part and did a bunch of bowls to mellow myself out. Now to clean up, head out and head home to watch mindless drivel on television.

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Today I sanded and started making the bowls shine. Also learned not to sand my arm with a fresh sheet of 100 grit on a sander.....

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