Thread: Your latest project

Very impressive repair RC, well done. I have a chuck that needs something similar.

Great stuff RC, good as new.
Do you think the Devcon could have held the steel in on its own? You could have used a dozen tee nuts with a bolt pushing against the bottom of the slot.

Stuart

Seeing RC's setting ring for tramming his mill reminded me, I spotted some outer rings from self aligning ballraces in a workshop skip recently, about 250 mm dia. just about the width of my Cincinnati 2U mill table, Worth looking out for similar items as a ready made solution, and cheap as well! Combustor.

Originally Posted by Stustoys

Great stuff RC, good as new.
Do you think the Devcon could have held the steel in on its own? You could have used a dozen tee nuts with a bolt pushing against the bottom of the slot.

Stuart

I tried gluing some steel together with devcon as a test... It would not stick... To be successful you would probably need to really make both surfaces very rough to lock the glue in, like when Phil showed us how to glue bronze to cast iron at the scraping class.

Thanks RC, if I ever get around to my T&C I'm going to need to remember all this.

Stuart

Hi,
Looks like a winner RC

Shame that the damage on all t slots is not so minor.....
I got the May MEW yesterday and there is a good write up on fixing a very badly damaged bridgeport table in it- worth a read i reckon.

On the subject of tramming a new brake disk works well.

One of the great things about this forum is seeing how we all think and do things differently, nice job RC

I have some of the same damage to the tee slots on my small Centec mill, my eventual plan is to clean up the tee slots and make fairly good fitting tee nuts that are the length of the table with tapped holes every 50mm or so, is that a dumb idea ?

john

"On the subject of tramming a new brake disk works well."

Good idea Ueeee

Hi RC, thats good work. I looked at the pics before reading and wondered what the bolts were holding. You can't see the metal joins!

What's Devcon? Is it a brand of epoxy metal putty like "knead it" or similar?

Simon

Here's some pics of my latest project. I actually designed and built this several years ago and over the years I have done quite a few kilometers on it. It was looking a little tired so I've just re-painted, polished and replaced the chains and cables. It features ackerman and centrepoint steering; S/S spokes and fasteners; alloy rims and de-raileurs; bar end shifters; 2 gears up front, 5 at the rear and 3 in the middle, giving a good range for all situations. The wooden box at rear is for the 4 legged co-pilot. Unfortunately the hips are worn out, so I can't ride as often as I would like, I have to satisfy myself on the two wheeler, not as fast or anywhere near as much fun but what can you do.

Originally Posted by simonl

Hi RC, thats good work. I looked at the pics before reading and wondered what the bolts were holding. You can't see the metal joins!

What's Devcon? Is it a brand of epoxy metal putty like "knead it" or similar?

Simon

Simon, Yes Devcon is a plastic epoxy that they call liquid metal... It comes in different types for different applications... I find it a very handy thing to have around...

Originally Posted by tongleh

Here's some pics of my latest project. I actually designed and built this several years ago and over the years I have done quite a few kilometers on it. It was looking a little tired so I've just re-painted, polished and replaced the chains and cables. It features ackerman and centrepoint steering; S/S spokes and fasteners; alloy rims and de-raileurs; bar end shifters; 2 gears up front, 5 at the rear and 3 in the middle, giving a good range for all situations. The wooden box at rear is for the 4 legged co-pilot. Unfortunately the hips are worn out, so I can't ride as often as I would like, I have to satisfy myself on the two wheeler, not as fast or anywhere near as much fun but what can you do.

Nice one.
I'd be lost without my 2 wheels and pedals....nothing like a good stamp on some pedals to make you feel alive! You would want to be well practiced at changing gears before you really got going, three shifters, yikes, now what gear am i in again LOL

Hello .RC,

Nice work on the table repair. If you want to an idea on how to hide those bolt holes (or make a feature of them) you could do something similar to Karl Holtey: Window to my workshop 49 « From the Workshop

Actually his whole blog is worth checking out. He's a plane maker but there's plenty of machining eye candy. Its also great to see all the different setups and jigs he uses. One of my favourites...

Christian

Well here is a little job I did today.
The nonreplicable batteries in my auto darkening helmet gave out. I carefully broke it open and found it takes the same batteries as the miller helmets(though with PCB tabs). So out of machinable wax(better not leave it in the sun) I made a battery holder. I had purchased a holder for 4AA batteries but it gets pretty heavy. Works just fine. I actually like it better than the miller except in out of position stuff where the miller having four sensors makes it more likely to trigger.

Stuart