03-16-2017, 07:51 PM
Not much metal working going on again so we'll force some wood on yah.
Still at the tool boxes. Getting a finish on them now. First coat was a heavy cut orange shellac rubbed in with steel wool to help fill the grain. The steel wool cuts the surface and packs the cuttings into the open grain and seals it there. Then hand rubbed varnish. Have two coats on now. Not sure how many my attention span will take. Quality control is getting bored with the process.
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Truth be we got distracted on a couple of real projects in the machine shop. This one is oversized OD bushings for an excavator. The bushings came loose and egg shaped the arm, so we had them line bored over size and I made these out of hardened 4140 to fit. Afraid I can't get the dipper warm enough for a shrink fit so we're going to try cooling these in dry ice and mildly warm the boom.
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Still at the tool boxes. Getting a finish on them now. First coat was a heavy cut orange shellac rubbed in with steel wool to help fill the grain. The steel wool cuts the surface and packs the cuttings into the open grain and seals it there. Then hand rubbed varnish. Have two coats on now. Not sure how many my attention span will take. Quality control is getting bored with the process.
Truth be we got distracted on a couple of real projects in the machine shop. This one is oversized OD bushings for an excavator. The bushings came loose and egg shaped the arm, so we had them line bored over size and I made these out of hardened 4140 to fit. Afraid I can't get the dipper warm enough for a shrink fit so we're going to try cooling these in dry ice and mildly warm the boom.
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Greg
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