What have you been doing today?

[Basil]

Lots of evenings in the shop and good progress on the Hacker 1/6th scale I'm building for my 30cc Seal Major. 200+ Planks , most off them needed steam. Happy that's done and now its off the build jig. Starting on the topside.

 

[Jonathan Coates]

I made a bushing for the lathe spindle to use with a No 3 Morse taper, for turning between centres and other uses. I was surprised how much metal the taper reamers removed, which is why it's a little too deep. I realised that I could use an ER32 collet adapter but when I stuck that in there was a lot more runout than I'd expected. The collet runs about a tenth of a millimetre off centre so I need to investigate if the collet holder bore is off or the 20mm collet itself. The new bushing is bang on concentric, as it was machined in-situ it sort of has to be. I can try to sort out the bore if that's off but I might have to buy some more expensive collets if that's OK. I'd be surprised if the collets are off by so much, it can't be difficult to set the grinder up correctly, can it?

 

[Bentwings]

Try it and tell us?
K2

Well reading all the food and med problems I’m feeling sort of good . I have a list of foods I can a can not eat . Most of the can not eats I don’t like anyway . I like a few select greens but I can only have a narrow selection due to blood thinner reaction. Fortunately dairy stuff like milk and ice cream are on the good list. Choc milk is good and I like it . Mostly I eat small amounts of the ok stuff and I’m happy . I’m not eve supposed to go into the shop let alone do any thing since I don’t see well don’t hear well and have to use a cane to hobble around . Falling down is not allowed at all s I simply can’t get up without support . I’m 82 tomorrow . Thankful to have made it this far . Currently attempting to learn fusion 360 since my solid works went away . I have the 2024 book. It’s typical lots of words. I just got to actual molding . Plan to model things maybe with help from son we can do 3D resin printing . There are several metal printing co near by so we may be able to print what we can’t make in the shop . We build and fly giant scale war bir Rc airplanes . Electrics are in gas is out

 

[timo_gross]

Not today, but yesterday morning. About 6AM, I was on my way to work when a truck with a small, enclosed trailer hit me driver side front. Spun me around 270 degrees and stalled my truck. Surprisingly, no airbags deployed. I am mostly unscathed, except for a deep bruise on my left ankle, and a badly sprained right ankle. I went to urgent care last night for x-rays, and nothing broken, so I took the day off to keep off my feet.

That piece of metal hanging off the back bumper is the fender from the trailer.

Good thing, that you can post this.....

 

[timo_gross]

I made an internal gear yesterday, and today I uploaded a bad half picture of it
Grey ratchet wheel out of old printer. Brass part the practice piece.

 

[Jonathan Coates]

Well that looks very promising Timo, I'm curious as to the method for doing this. Good luck with the real one.

 

[Bentwings]

Good thing, that you can post this.....

Good idea to take it easy . Noting air bags. I accidentally fell out of bed a couple nights ago dumb but my fall detector did not go off either

 

[timo_gross]

Went shopping today. Saw this brand! Mitctcyc.... what???
The package is a blunt copy of the real thing, On this photo (from Internet) it even says "Made in Taiwan" (probably 2nd false advertising)
Next time I visit the tool shop I will check if theirs is also labeled made in Taiwan, but the sales person assured that it is made in China.

why?

p.s. I did not buy one, just found the blunt copy amusing. Sales person had difficulties to pronounce it too.

 

[Steamchick]

But did it function correctly? Sometimes these are all you need, if not working full time with the tools. I have Loads of "good stuff" in drawers that rarely get used.

 

[timo_gross]

But did it function correctly? Sometimes these are all you need, if not working full time with the tools. I have Loads of "good stuff" in drawers that rarely get used.

Obvious attempts to scam unexperienced buyers with a copied package design does not earn trust points.
Often difficult to judge what functions and what not before not evaluated. As you cannot even tell if fakes come from the same origin. (there are fakes of fakes) it is a hit and miss.
I rather get the item from an unknown brand instead.
p.s. customs might keep the package if shipped to EU

 

[Sprocket]

Back in my winter “office” a couple of days a week
Doug

 

[Steamchick]

And I complain about the near freezing wind we have been getting.... (It's a British thing to complain about the weather - "never right!").
K2

 

[ajoeiam]

Back in my winter “office” a couple of days a week
Doug

I likes it!!!!

My kind of place!!

 

[Richard Hed]

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Went shopping today. Saw this brand! Mitctcyc.... what???
The package is a blunt copy of the real thing, On this photo (from Internet) it even says "Made in Taiwan" (probably 2nd false advertising)
Next time I visit the tool shop I will check if theirs is also labeled made in Taiwan, but the sales person assured that it is made in China.

why?

p.s. I did not buy one, just found the blunt copy amusing. Sales person had difficulties to pronounce it too.

What was the price? I find that these obvious trix are usualy very cheap. I also find that they are worth the low price.

 

[timo_gross]

What was the price? I find that these obvious trix are usualy very cheap. I also find that they are worth the low price

As far as I remember blunt copy 20 US, low cost brand 21$ and original about 100, swiss made alternative about same as origínal.

 

[Bentwings]

Just recovering from biggest birthday party of my life. All 17 of the family had dinner together. Yum yum .

 

[Bentwings]

Kinda fun being the patriarch of the family.

 

[Bentwings]

Kinda fun being the patriarch of the family.

Well we attempted-to fly the giant scale P51 but sadly something malfunctioned and it crashed. We spent most of today looking over
pieces . So far nothing stands out. We had made a list of every thing that bolts itbis fastened together and about everything that moves . Even the radio control was checked to make sure there were no other programs that could interfere with operations. We even did a walk around at the flying field just like full scale.

Bottom line not much left to salvage

 

[Basil]

Nice to be able to sit the 30cc Seal major engine in place. Getting a few things worked out in CAD as to the exhaust, fuel tank location, starter battery etc

 

[Jonathan Coates]

Yesterday was spent, some of it at least, on making new screws for my Tom Senior mill. I managed to crash it on it's power feed as there aren't any limit switches on it, they're on my desk at the moment.

They're 5/16" BSF and the disc shaped part is 7/8" diameter by a hair under 1/4", to be a fit in a 1/4" slot I presume. Maybe this information could help someone who crashes theirs in the future.
The odd thing is that the first thing that hits at the end of the travel is the end of the gib, which gets pressed in rather too much and bends the adjustment screws enough that they have to be forced back into shape before they'll come out.
Here's a photo, maybe they look like all Tom Senior mill gib screws, I don't have any way of telling.