A little something ive thought about doing for a while now, probably should have been doing my taxes....my version of procrastination i guess
Im not quite as anal as @SomeGuy about a clean shop, but even for me the constant mess behind the lathe has been nagging, so time to fix that....and more enjoyable than taxes!
Ive had 3/4 of of a sheet of 16g sitting behind the lathe for a while now from another project, and some off cuts of .100" from yet another project, the side plates i made from the .100 and the backsplash from the 16g. Sorry no weld porn, I ran out of gas just as i hit my stride, switched to my second bottle only to find out that bottle is contaminated
, i had suspected that was the case, but had been using this bottle for steel/stainless, a contaminated bottle is less problematic with steel/stainless vs aluminum (pretty much un-useable)
The mess...
A support bar, drilled and tapped into the castings
Side plates, cardboard template, cut by hand, the sheet of 16g
And the completed backsplash, drilled and tapped into the head casting at the top, and an angle drilled and tapped into one of the legs and the far end, and some holes for tooling as well!
Im not quite as anal as @SomeGuy about a clean shop, but even for me the constant mess behind the lathe has been nagging, so time to fix that....and more enjoyable than taxes!
Ive had 3/4 of of a sheet of 16g sitting behind the lathe for a while now from another project, and some off cuts of .100" from yet another project, the side plates i made from the .100 and the backsplash from the 16g. Sorry no weld porn, I ran out of gas just as i hit my stride, switched to my second bottle only to find out that bottle is contaminated
The mess...
![IMG_20230318_165808_210.jpg IMG_20230318_165808_210.jpg](/data/attachments/40/40228-04fa4ed09405a53f073a96e755b6479a.jpg)
A support bar, drilled and tapped into the castings
![IMG_20230318_200519_573.jpg IMG_20230318_200519_573.jpg](/data/attachments/40/40232-ac0bef5358194b62c0f3f1025f5c763c.jpg)
Side plates, cardboard template, cut by hand, the sheet of 16g
![IMG_20230318_171721_206.jpg IMG_20230318_171721_206.jpg](/data/attachments/40/40229-2dff3a32ebfe3af8b1c9334c8794bcb7.jpg)
![IMG_20230318_175204_667.jpg IMG_20230318_175204_667.jpg](/data/attachments/40/40230-789109f95b8e9b6a8aa5c804832de264.jpg)
![IMG_20230318_180939_944.jpg IMG_20230318_180939_944.jpg](/data/attachments/40/40231-a543efb25a942abc0aecbc32659a178e.jpg)
And the completed backsplash, drilled and tapped into the head casting at the top, and an angle drilled and tapped into one of the legs and the far end, and some holes for tooling as well!
![IMG_20230318_204201_692.jpg IMG_20230318_204201_692.jpg](/data/attachments/40/40233-9fc50546803ce859d3d9cdc6d3d8b598.jpg)
![IMG_20230318_211630_506.jpg IMG_20230318_211630_506.jpg](/data/attachments/40/40234-e8360088da3042ba79bb0382291e96db.jpg)
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