Todays Project - What did you do today?

[PixMan]

Got about two hours in the shop after work today so I got a good start on another piece for Neil's bike, a clevis for the rear brake mechanism.

Turned the blank, drilled and tapped it in the lathe. The to do the worst of it in the mill, getting the nearly 1" deep x .260" wide slot done while trying to keep the two milled sides parallel. If you've ever milled 316 stainless steel to a geometry like that, you know what a challenge it is to keep it from springing open. It's within .002" every way I checked it.

I just have to get 8mm holes for the pin and another cross hole near the "base", then radius the ends. Maybe tomorrow I can finish that up. When that's done I have just a couple more SIMPLE parts and I can move on to Darren's part for the quill feed on is Kondia milling machine, then Ed's cross slide screw and nut.

I'll be calling it quits in the shop for a much of the time between then and until the snow flies later this year.

Lathe work done.


Milling work done.