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DavidR8's shop shenanigans
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Brent H
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@YYCHM : I ordered side boards for my new truck from BC shipped Fedex. Ordered them Feb 10, shipped Feb 11 and they never arrived. Took me a week after they never showed up (March 13) to get my money back - and my order disappeared after it "shipped" - the seller told me to contact FedEx to locate them as they were having no luck....at least you can see yours are in "transit" and that means HOPE! 
Yea, COVID baby!...seems the universal excuse these days. I ordered this week from DigiKey. As long as I can remember if I order before noon one day, it is on my doorstep the next day. Don't know how they do it (for $8 too) but it has been solid. I ordered this week from them and 3 days later, I still do not have confirmation of shipping....
Strange times.....
Strange times.....
I took 5 mins and drilled and tapped two opposing 1/4-20 holes into the brass power feed gear for a better purchase on the lead screw shaft. Also filed two flats for them to seat on. Snugged the gear back on works even better now.
Acting on @YYCHM's idea I also reoriented the lever so that it's more obviously left and right. There's a slotted screw in the knob and a set screw in the lever. the set screw was hellish tight. I almost didn't proceed because initially I couldn't get it to budge.
A roll pin limits the lever movement. A total of three places where it could be located. I moved it to the hole directly beside the original position.
Back on.
All I have left to do is add the limit switches.
@YYCHM your cover is printed. I'll get it packaged up today for mailing tomorrow.
Acting on @YYCHM's idea I also reoriented the lever so that it's more obviously left and right. There's a slotted screw in the knob and a set screw in the lever. the set screw was hellish tight. I almost didn't proceed because initially I couldn't get it to budge.
A roll pin limits the lever movement. A total of three places where it could be located. I moved it to the hole directly beside the original position.
Back on.
All I have left to do is add the limit switches.
@YYCHM your cover is printed. I'll get it packaged up today for mailing tomorrow.
Have fun installing this switch cover
Don't know why it's necessary but it is sure a PITA to put on. Something I don't like about this arrangement is that you lose the use of the hard stops
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After bumping along with the lump that is my vise handle I made a quick modification.
The biggest issue I had was the thing was too long so always smacked into the Y-axis handwheel.
So I put it in the bandsaw and lopped off about two inches. I thought I'd just sand the cut end down and call it good till I make a speed handle.
But I looked at the round end and decided to fit it back onto the handle.
I cut the stub off, drilled a hole and counter bore for a 1/4-20 SCHS.
Held the handle bit vertically in my crappy drill press vise and drilled for a 1/4-20 thread.
Turned out pretty alright for 20 mins work.
The biggest issue I had was the thing was too long so always smacked into the Y-axis handwheel.
So I put it in the bandsaw and lopped off about two inches. I thought I'd just sand the cut end down and call it good till I make a speed handle.
But I looked at the round end and decided to fit it back onto the handle.
I cut the stub off, drilled a hole and counter bore for a 1/4-20 SCHS.
Held the handle bit vertically in my crappy drill press vise and drilled for a 1/4-20 thread.
Turned out pretty alright for 20 mins work.
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I'll give it a go after lunch methinks.
Methinks you got side tracked LOL
. Vise Handle.... CNC Plasma Cutter...
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Yup. I had to add bigger set screws to the gear, then I got to work on the plasma cutter but got fed up with the handle as I was about to drill and tap the gears. Off with its head!Methinks you got side tracked LOL
A while back I bought a Makita track saw so I could more easily break down sheet goods.
I wanted a set of parallel guides to make repeatable cuts. Looked around and darn near fell over at the cost. Delivered to my house a 30” pair of TSO guides would have been almost $425.
Decided to make my own.
Bought a pair of 48” Incra T-tracks for $22 from Busy Bee. A pair of adjustable stops for $12, four 5/16” knobs and a pair of T brackets will get me sorted.
Only problem was the T-nuts on the stops were a very loose fit in the track.
So I made a new set that are a slip fit in the track so they lock the stop square.
This is how it is assembled.
5/16” bolts in the saw track and the T-track. Knobs so it can be disassembled.
I wanted a set of parallel guides to make repeatable cuts. Looked around and darn near fell over at the cost. Delivered to my house a 30” pair of TSO guides would have been almost $425.
Decided to make my own.
Bought a pair of 48” Incra T-tracks for $22 from Busy Bee. A pair of adjustable stops for $12, four 5/16” knobs and a pair of T brackets will get me sorted.
Only problem was the T-nuts on the stops were a very loose fit in the track.
So I made a new set that are a slip fit in the track so they lock the stop square.
This is how it is assembled.
5/16” bolts in the saw track and the T-track. Knobs so it can be disassembled.
I know this is an old photo, but I really enjoy looking at pictures (or visiting) other shops.
Sometimes I feel like we should have a chaos and best organized competition. I like them all.
I can't help but think I would be a bit prouder of a neater shop, but then I realize mine would never be like that. It's just not my nature. At my age, I'm not about to change very easily and the mental stress of trying to be someone I'm not would prolly kill me.
FWIW, @David_R8 , I think that photo of your shop is neat compared to mine. But I also have tractors, farm equipment, and a boat in mine.
Any chance you have a recent photo of the same area that you care to share?
@YYCHM , @David_R8
I confess you guys got my interest with your Vevor $60 power axis. I considered buying one too.
But it looks like they have both increased the price to $300 AND then discontinued it too!
So you both lucked out big time!
I'll have a look on Ali & Bangood but fully expect the confusion to be much worse! Did either of you ever figure out how to get the x VS y confusion on the Vevor website straight?
I confess you guys got my interest with your Vevor $60 power axis. I considered buying one too.
But it looks like they have both increased the price to $300 AND then discontinued it too!
So you both lucked out big time!
I'll have a look on Ali & Bangood but fully expect the confusion to be much worse! Did either of you ever figure out how to get the x VS y confusion on the Vevor website straight?
Hah, yeah I'll shoot one from the same vantage point today. Different stuff, same mess
Here you go.
As I said, different stuff; the surface grinder is gone from the corner. In it's place is the CNC router.
Now that I have a bit of CNC design/build under my belt I may embark on a rebuild of my CNC plasma cutter.
We shall see...