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What's Paul up to?
- Thread starter PaulL
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I've often wondered how people wound up with these kinds of things. Patience and being ready when the opportunity presents itself.
Looks like structural steel to me.
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Unistrut......
Good for you. Does it have a brother?
I am looking at adding a steel top to my work bench, priced out a piece of plate .500x2'x6' the other day,,,,,,,$800 - ouch, that won't be happening any time soon.
Who did you call? I did better than that for the whole half-sheet delivered. (hardcore metals)
Last spring, IIRC. Steel is pretty variable these days :-(
I paid $200 for my 3/8” 2’ x3’ from Island Waterjet including cutting to size.
Is there a reason for the 1/2”?
I did 1/2" so I'd have decent holding in threaded holes. 3/8" would have been much more reasonable. Though I'm really happy with the sheer mass of the resulting bench.
I went with 3x3 125 wall tubing for the legs for added mass. I clamped my brake to the to it yesterday to bend that stainless and it didn’t budge. Probably in the range of 160- 200 lbs all in.
But mass is mass and a 1/2 top would be nice.
What Paul said, mass and the ability to drill and tap holes is a bonus, plus I could weld things to the table then grind them off when done.
I also called the place out by the airport.... darned if I can remember the name... United Steel maybe? They were slightly less than Island WaterJet but I didn't want plasma cut edges. The reason I went the way I did is they made the corners dead square. Very handy for fixturing up assemblies to the edge of the table for corners and 45's.
Delivery today.
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A bit of testing says that yes, the mill is getting the TouchDRO, and the lathe gets the HS800 currently on the mill. That will let me combine (or not) my quill Z and knee Z on the mill, and honestly, I do the fancier work there, so tthe TouchDRO interface will be better used there.
[Edit:]
A bit of testing says that yes, the mill is getting the TouchDRO, and the lathe gets the HS800 currently on the mill. That will let me combine (or not) my quill Z and knee Z on the mill, and honestly, I do the fancier work there, so tthe TouchDRO interface will be better used there.
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This took much to long to do, but the DRO is now set up on the lathe. I used the "tape the scale to the machine" technique throughout, and was able to turn some scrap alumninium into a couple of brackets that bolt into the follow rest to hold the read heads. That annoying V notch is in the exact wrong place, though everything is quite firm how it's held now. And for the readout I have the old HS800 that I had on the mill until I installed the TouchDRO.
The last piece of the DRO adventure will be to get my knee scale in on the mill.
The last piece of the DRO adventure will be to get my knee scale in on the mill.
Added this orange boy to the shop today:
One hole in, I'm reasonably pleased. No negatives to write about yet. My steel-topped bench is gaining a section of 10cm grid, and my monster bench at the cabin will be getting holes to secure the bench shear and leg vise.
One hole in, I'm reasonably pleased. No negatives to write about yet. My steel-topped bench is gaining a section of 10cm grid, and my monster bench at the cabin will be getting holes to secure the bench shear and leg vise.
Any chance you'll rent that out?
Give me a couple of weeks with the new toy, then we can talk ;-)Any chance you'll rent that out?