11-20-2015, 11:40 AM
Last night I got the Jeep ready for our monthly Jeep club trail run. I pulled the Jeep in the shop and checked the fluids and ran a vacuum through it.
I then put it on the lift and gave the undercarriage a good once over.
A few months ago I machined a base plate to mount a 3-jaw chuck to my 8" Vertex rotary table for a project. I had to improvise to mount the chuck as I didn't have any T-nuts that were the correct size. I didn't want to place an order for only four T-nuts so I just decided to machine them.
I had some time left over last night before the wife got home so I grabbed a piece of bar stock from my scrap pile and clamped it in the mill vise.
Taking it down to size.
Now that it is to size I can drill/tap the threads and take the two sides down.
Hopefully tonight I can take a half our or so and finish them up.
Mike.
I then put it on the lift and gave the undercarriage a good once over.
A few months ago I machined a base plate to mount a 3-jaw chuck to my 8" Vertex rotary table for a project. I had to improvise to mount the chuck as I didn't have any T-nuts that were the correct size. I didn't want to place an order for only four T-nuts so I just decided to machine them.
I had some time left over last night before the wife got home so I grabbed a piece of bar stock from my scrap pile and clamped it in the mill vise.
Taking it down to size.
Now that it is to size I can drill/tap the threads and take the two sides down.
Hopefully tonight I can take a half our or so and finish them up.
Mike.