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RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - Highpower - 02-16-2013

(02-16-2013, 07:22 PM)PixMan Wrote: Nothing as cool as a pocketwatch repair. I just did a little surface grinding job for Willie (Highpower.) He had this planer gauge that had pitting in the surface and he wanted it pretty again.
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Can you blame me? Rotfl

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I was more concerned with flat than pretty, but I'll take pretty too! Big Grin
That is a HUGE improvement over that mess I sent you Ken. I've got half a dozen grits of Clover compound, but there is no way I'm touching that ground finish. Now I know it's straight and it looks like a brand new tool! Worthy

I just hope you didn't wear out a wheel getting down to the bottom of those craters. Blush

RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - Mayhem - 02-16-2013

That sure is a fancy looking door wedge Big Grin

RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - PixMan - 02-16-2013

No grinding wheels were harmed in the process, no worries!

Would it be OK if I were to also grind the slider? That way they'd have the same finish on the sides. This is what the two surfaces look like right now:

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RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - Highpower - 02-16-2013

You can grind away on any part you want. It can only get better, that's for sure! Big Grin

Darren:
Door wedge? 17428

I thought it was a wheel chock for my band saw! Chin

RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - Mayhem - 02-16-2013

Well that is the beauty Willie, they can be used for many jobs. Apparently they can also be used for measuring, setting tool hight, marking out etc. Perhaps someone should start a thread about their uses, as I'm sure there are many more uses.

RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - Highpower - 02-16-2013

Huh. Chin

I could have sworn there was a discussion about that in the "The Other Measuring Tools" thread but after checking... apparently I dreamed that one up. Smiley-signs140

RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - f350ca - 02-17-2013

Had to get out of the cabinet shop, the dust was getting to me. I'm building some camera gear for my son, (ongoing project), we needed an angle drive for a follow focus, (gizmo that allows you to focus from the side of the camera). Had some little brass bevel gears in one of the junk drawers, here's the start of the housing.

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Its more mystery metal, might be scrap from an aero space firm, does it ever machine nice.

RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - TomG - 02-17-2013

Looks good Greg, but I think that drill bit might wear out your brass bushing pretty quickly. Big Grin

Tom

RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - PixMan - 02-17-2013

Interesting little project there Greg. Are there any bearings under those hex nuts, and is there going to be any sort of backlash take-up? When follow-focusing with a camera lens, any slop can cause a momentary out of focus condition. It appears that you'll have about a 4:1 increase or reduction in rotational movement between the input and output shafts. Which is which? What kind of camera and application is this to be used for?

RE: Todays Project - What did you do today? - PixMan - 02-17-2013

Back to the shop today to touch up the sliding member of Willie's planer gauge. The camera and lighting on this photo do make the finish look a lot worse than it really is, sorry about that. There are visual grind marks, though hard to feel. A quick lapping job would make them disappear. At least now both pieces have the same finish.

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