Here's some of the things I have had on the go lately.
Firstly, spent another whole afternoon cleaning the shop. (It never ends!)
Just finishing up a little shop press brake for my tiny shop press:
(Bit of a hack job, just quickly threw it together. Also used it as an opportunity to show my little brother how the tig welder works.)
Need to find some thicker stock to work with. I had a piece of 3/16"X2" aluminum flatbar, but I cut it in half, whoops.
This still needs two springs and a guide ring at the top to ensure the press ram always lines up correctly.
Had @Alexander and @kylemp over on Saturday. Great hanging out with you both. Tinkered on a few things, flew the drone for a bit. Good times.
(Drone POV)
Melted down some aluminum in my kiln, to prove it could. Going to keep my eyes open for some simple casting projects to take on, now that I know it's a relatively quick process to get the aluminum molten.
Recently went to a scooter meetup with @Alexander and @Janger --> That thing was awesome fun.
--> Those scooters really outpace my moped though, have to work on that.
Finally cutting functional stuff on the CNC Plasma cutter. Here's a sign I made for the family house in the crowsnest pass:
--> Still some backlash type problems to work out, but still learning a huge amount with this stuff.
Did some work on my (new to me) bandsaw. Here are the specs:
After cleaning up the shop. I've decided to make one of those thread displays you see at hardware stores, for checking thread sizes. I want to have: M+F Imperial threads, M+F Metric threads, and Hex head bolts imperial and metric too.
(I decided on this new project because I finished cleaning and added 20% to the pile of allen keys
Also because I have about 25 different bins with assorted bolts in them that came off of old repair projects, etc. Want to get them sorted into bins by thread size.
Still haven't really started my X2 Mill CNC, but have pretty much all I need now except for a bit of stock, so running out of excuses not to get this completed!
All of this was while drinking beer, and waiting for my homebrew to be ready. Here's the first glass of my home brewed beer:
JW
Firstly, spent another whole afternoon cleaning the shop. (It never ends!)
Just finishing up a little shop press brake for my tiny shop press:
(Bit of a hack job, just quickly threw it together. Also used it as an opportunity to show my little brother how the tig welder works.)
Need to find some thicker stock to work with. I had a piece of 3/16"X2" aluminum flatbar, but I cut it in half, whoops.
This still needs two springs and a guide ring at the top to ensure the press ram always lines up correctly.
Had @Alexander and @kylemp over on Saturday. Great hanging out with you both. Tinkered on a few things, flew the drone for a bit. Good times.
(Drone POV)
Melted down some aluminum in my kiln, to prove it could. Going to keep my eyes open for some simple casting projects to take on, now that I know it's a relatively quick process to get the aluminum molten.
Recently went to a scooter meetup with @Alexander and @Janger --> That thing was awesome fun.
--> Those scooters really outpace my moped though, have to work on that.
Finally cutting functional stuff on the CNC Plasma cutter. Here's a sign I made for the family house in the crowsnest pass:
--> Still some backlash type problems to work out, but still learning a huge amount with this stuff.
Did some work on my (new to me) bandsaw. Here are the specs:
After cleaning up the shop. I've decided to make one of those thread displays you see at hardware stores, for checking thread sizes. I want to have: M+F Imperial threads, M+F Metric threads, and Hex head bolts imperial and metric too.
(I decided on this new project because I finished cleaning and added 20% to the pile of allen keys
Also because I have about 25 different bins with assorted bolts in them that came off of old repair projects, etc. Want to get them sorted into bins by thread size.
Still haven't really started my X2 Mill CNC, but have pretty much all I need now except for a bit of stock, so running out of excuses not to get this completed!
All of this was while drinking beer, and waiting for my homebrew to be ready. Here's the first glass of my home brewed beer:
JW
