Daily Shop Improvement

[Everett]

Looks good! That's a much more substantial bumper too, it's amazing how thin the factory ones are as they try to save weight.

 

[Chicken lights]

Looks good! That's a much more substantial bumper too, it's amazing how thin the factory ones are as they try to save weight.

Thank you!
The new bumper was around 95 pounds, quite a difference
And who doesn’t like more work lights

 

[Brent H]

Can’t remember who was asking about breakers?

here is what I have to give away - just the postage

Stabl-lok - 100, 60 and ( 2) 15 amp

Commander (screw in type)

40, 30, 20 (double pole). A 15 single and double 20 without the locking bar.

 

[DavidR8]

Hung up some racking so I could empty the storage container.
Sheet good get stacked underneath this rack.
Container gets removed on Tuesday!

 

[Dabbler]

@Brent H, I'd love the Stab-lok breakers.

 

[kevin.decelles]

Spur of the moment farmer fab of a camshaft gear puller for my ‘54 Ford NAA

When u don’t have a tool...... make one

Worked like a charm




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[Brent H]

@Dabbler - PM sent

 

[Chicken lights]

Probably fixable....but I’d rather gain the floor space. The way it seems to have been the last couple months is I’ll be on the road for a bit then come home and fix the truck. Then next trip home I’ll clean the mess I made the last time.
This is a cleaning weekend, haven’t even looked at the truck

 

[DavidR8]

I’m calling this a shop improvement.

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[YYCHM]

I’m calling this a shop improvement.

Needs wheels

 

[DavidR8]

Needs wheels

I'm on the fence about casters. I'll have to cut some length from the legs or it will be too high.

 

[YotaBota]

Well the crank on by bandsaw finally got to the point that it took the vicegrips to turn it. I did a search of the usually tool shops but no one had a replacement crank so it was off to a Amazon and I found this one,

https://www.amazon.ca/Big-Horn-1433...keywords=band+saw+crank&qid=1600907928&sr=8-1

Getting the old one out was a bit of a battle as the threads are pretty much hooped but the new one went in easy. The new nut is twice as thick as the original one, it is .5 thick and .750 square and fits better than the original. The crank has a handle that is a lot easier to turn than the knob that was on the old one.

 

[gerritv]

Main improvement is the addition of a Reflection Room.

 

[PeterT]

Is that a die filer / filing machine? Not sure I'm using the proper term.

 

[kevin.decelles]

Is that a die filer / filing machine? Not sure I'm using the proper term.

I think it was a toilet [emoji3]


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[gerritv]

It is a Beaver scroll saw/die filer combo. Made in Ontario somewhere, I think Guelph, with real cast iron?
The machine came configured to work as both saw and die filer. A $20 Kijiji find from Brantford. I might be selling it later this year.....

The toilet I am keeping, one of the best additions to to shop

Gerrit

 

[YYCHM]

Using these crescent wrenches to tighten my ER20 collet holder was getting stale....

So time to make something to replace them.

Decided to do it as a mill to the line project using 1/4" aluminium plate.

The finished product. Took less time than I though it would.

 

[kevin.decelles]

I’d be interested to see if you get enough torque . I made a fixture out of steel for my er40 set and bent the finger when putting the 120ft lbs on it




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[Tom Kitta]

Yeah I also tried making my own tool out of mild steel and it looks like mild steel is not "tool grade" - I made a spanner wrench - lets just say these little pins need to be a tiny bit tougher then mild steel has to offer.

 

[Tom O]

Ha you need Doubleboosts bell end ones your hand will never slip off!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Doubleboos...v=DefaultOrganic&_trksid=p2047675.c100623.m-1