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Got a couple of storage jobs sorted out.
First was a storage unit for lubes and cutting fluids, as the shelving unit I had wasn't quite wide enough, nor was it strong enough. I have quite a few 20L tubs at my other shop, which will be moving over here soon.
Second was a cupboard that I have had for a while but the shelves I have are too wide. So I designed a drawer unit to go inside and a friend of mine who owns a cabinetmaking business cut everything up for me. Kind of like an Ikea flat-pack 
I wanted something that I could lock my hammers, pry bars and bolt cutters in. I already have a filing cabinet that I lock my drills and grinders in. I got the drawer for the pry bars and bolt cutters finished but I need to drill the holes for the hammers to slot into the bottom drawer. The drawer will function the same as the pry bar one, with a number of holes through which the handles drop into. I need to get some handles and then I can call this done.
Not as nice as the cabinets that Greg makes but I'm happy.
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(06-03-2016, 08:00 PM)f350ca Wrote: Time to bore you again with wood.
After fixing the planer, I was feeding the laminated sides through and what I thought was a nail reared its ugly head. Shoot I said. Pulled the cover off the planer and couldn't find the missing chunk of blade. Got the awl out to check the nail, and low and behold it was a bullet. Luckily not steel jacketed.
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I messed around a bit with some electrons today. The old house DSC security system crapped out a while back so I decided to upgrade it to something from the 20th. century. I opted for an ELK M1 system because of it's flexibility and ease of expansion. Right now it's just a really solid security system with 13 wired zones and a motion detector, but I have an ethernet card on order so I can access the system from the WWW, or a cell phone. That will also allow me to expand the system to include home automation. I plan to connect the fire alarms, thermostats, some video, and a good amount of lighting to it as well. It is also capable of some pretty sophisticated voice reporting, so I'll have to pull some wire for some speakers.
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Insert for hammer drawer finished.
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Now you have an excuse to buy two more hammers.
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Finished this little job this afternoon- a nut for the horizontal spindle on my mill.
Cut the hex to fit a 1 3/8 spanner that was languishing on my shelf (turned the end down to the large diameter of the hex first)
Cut it off on the bandsaw- I at last seem to have the saw cutting nice and square
Chucked it back in the lathe, drilled and bored it and cut the 56/64 l/h 14tpi whitworth thread.
It fits!
A couple more arbor bushes to make, and I'll actually be able to use the horizontal mill as a horizontal mill.
So, should I harden this nut? Material is 4140 s/h.
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Nice work Pete. Personally, i wouldn't bother hardening the nut but I would put a decent chamfer on the top.
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(06-06-2016, 07:39 AM)Mayhem Wrote: ...I would put a decent chamfer on the top.
+1
Bleeding knuckles were the first thing I thought of when I saw that. Great looking part, but it's also a sharp looking part. (Not the good kind.)
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Case harden it, don't through harden.
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Ok- another question- what machining method would be best to chamfer the nut? Belt grinder is the easiest that comes to mind.
Also what technique to case harden 4140? Ok that's two questions.
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