Plentipotential Posted March 5, 2019 Share Collected a few Hand Braces to restore and give to my sons. This one is off to London next week. Useful tool I tell ya! Rocket-Boy, carrera4s, Tromp and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-Boy Posted March 5, 2019 Share Its been a while since I posted any projects in here, I have been bad at taking pics of them so dont have everything.I needed to sort out some wood storage a week or two ago, my garage was getting super messy.So I built these guys, yes I know they are a bit skew, was having to eyeball them while holding and trying to mark Its just pine beams I resawed in half and then set the drill press to 15deg to drill holes with a forstner bit to fit sections of iron pipe. Long Wheel Base, DJR, carrera4s and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-Boy Posted March 5, 2019 Share Talking about drill presses, I recently picked this guy up, very happy with it, just waiting for the T-track to arrive from toolcraft then will make a table for it.Note the mess in the background and on the workbench... more on that later... I just noticed the clock mechanism hanging from my lathe cart, it was an old grandfather clock which is to the left of the press I found in my dads garage recently after his passing. It was in a horrific state and the internals of the clock were rusted firm. I spent many weeks working on everything to get it going again so will get a few pics of the finished product later today.Was interesting figuring out how a clock mechanism works, pretty fascinating stuff really. Steven Knoetze (sk27), Capricorn, LeTurbo and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-Boy Posted March 5, 2019 Share So then Im not sure what got into my wife last night, might be the mess that the garage has been for the last few months or that I never have a spot on my workbench to actually do anything with it. I got uitgekak in a serious way about the bench and was instructed to clean it and send her a photo of it sorted out lol.Im glad she did because now I can actually use it again, it just took 2 hours to find places for all of the part completed projects on it and to get it cleaned up.I really need to plane down the surface again and refinish it, its looking really shoddy at the moment. carrera4s, LeTurbo, Long Wheel Base and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-Boy Posted March 5, 2019 Share This one I really like, it was an old hand grenade case from my grandfather, it used to have the foam inserts etc for holding grenades. I had been wanting to turn it into a plane case for a bit to keep them free from salt air and have them easily accessible.The inserts I made were from Oregon pine offcuts and were shaped sized to fit the plane so that it can be lifted slightly to remove. They naturally want to fall over backwards so the retention system works well.I had to chisel out some sections of the door to get certain irons to fit.Planes from left to right are No6, No5 1/2, No5C, No4, No4(sentimental value). My block plane and spokeshave are in there too. Im going to add a holder for my No3 when I figure out where I want it. Edited March 5, 2019 by Rocket-Boy Plentipotential, BuffsVintageBikes, LeTurbo and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-Boy Posted March 5, 2019 Share Collected a few Hand Braces to restore and give to my sons. This one is off to London next week. Useful tool I tell ya!I have one in my restoration pile at the moment, need to get stuck into it soon. Very cool tool to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrera4s Posted March 5, 2019 Share So then Im not sure what got into my wife last night, might be the mess that the garage has been for the last few months or that I never have a spot on my workbench to actually do anything with it. I got uitgekak in a serious way about the bench and was instructed to clean it and send her a photo of it sorted out lol.Im glad she did because now I can actually use it again, it just took 2 hours to find places for all of the part completed projects on it and to get it cleaned up.bench.jpgI really need to plane down the surface again and refinish it, its looking really shoddy at the moment. My wife also frequently comment that she does not understand how I manage to get anything done in the garage or how I know where my stuff is in-between all the chaos... And my poor Camry sleeps outside permanently nowadays...   PS: How do you find the drill press' table? I have the same Adendorf one, but the bench top version. But the table does not feel very sturdy - even when fully locked it sways a little under pressure. (And my drill press table is taking very loooong to finish itself... And the T-tracks have been there for a few months already...). Rocket-Boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-Boy Posted March 5, 2019 Share My wife also frequently comment that she does not understand how I manage to get anything done in the garage or how I know where my stuff is in-between all the chaos... And my poor Camry sleeps outside permanently nowadays...  PS: How do you find the drill press' table? I have the same Adendorf one, but the bench top version. But the table does not feel very sturdy - even when fully locked it sways a little under pressure. (And my drill press table is taking very loooong to finish itself... And the T-tracks have been there for a few months already...).Haha! I know what you mean, I generally know where everything is but I couldnt actually use the workbench because of all of the stuff on it. I have a space of about 1.5m x 4m to work in so its a case of swapping things around a lot to get anything done. Still working on storage so hopefully I can improve the space a bit soon. Plywood is damn expensive though so little bit by little bit the storage gets built. The drill press table definitely has a little movement in it, I have tried very carefully to center things and work around it and it seems to be working well enough for my needs now. Its a huge difference to me and a tool I have wanted for a long time. I did have to buy a 24mm socket to get the bolt under the table loosened for the wood storage rack. Its a MASSIVE bolt!! Next is to finish the table on it and build a cabinet around the foot for drill bit storage. It will probably be the new base for it because the existing one is too small so the drill is not very stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-Boy Posted March 5, 2019 Share OK last one from me!This old clock used to be two industrial time keepers in a factory my grandfather worked in. He basically combined two smaller clocks into a bigger one. Note the line on the door and the repeating of the pattern where it was joined.Its very interesting ply wood, super thick and many many layers. I had to remove the top layer from the door because of the scratches and chips it had from neglect over the years. The layer under wasnt perfect but I didnt want to go any thinner on it.The clock face might look a mess but it was a wreck before, my wife hand painted the numbers/lines back on it and its sealed with clear lacquer now. She wanted to keep the patina look of it.  Check that monster plywood! never seen anything like it. Capricorn, DJR, Tromp and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrera4s Posted March 5, 2019 Share  bench.jpgI really need to plane down the surface again and refinish it, its looking really shoddy at the moment. I had a quick release vice like that one - the "half-nut shoe" was worn and kept on slipping. My father-in-law currently have it and want to see if he can fix it. Does anyone know where one can find a replacement half-nut for it? Rocket-Boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V12man Posted March 5, 2019 Share I had a quick release vice like that one - the "half-nut shoe" was worn and kept on slipping. My father-in-law currently have it and want to see if he can fix it. Does anyone know where one can find a replacement half-nut for it?Some welding and machining should fix it if you cannot find a replacement.... any decent handiman should be able to do it with the right tools and some time. Rocket-Boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-Boy Posted March 5, 2019 Share I had a quick release vice like that one - the "half-nut shoe" was worn and kept on slipping. My father-in-law currently have it and want to see if he can fix it. Does anyone know where one can find a replacement half-nut for it?I try not to talk about that vice or think about it, the amount of rage that thing causes me is insane!! It literally will not hold anything without putting pressure on the quick release lever to hold it open, ends up being a two hand job to close it. Even then it will barely hold anything before breaking loose and dropping my work on the ground. I have taken it apart so many times to try and bend things and add tension but nothing helps. Only thing I think would work is replacing the quick release with a nut welded in place but that would require the same pitch etc which would be hard to find. Urgh Im sommer in a bad mood now from thinking about the pain that vice caused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-Boy Posted March 5, 2019 Share Some welding and machining should fix it if you cannot find a replacement.... any decent handiman should be able to do it with the right tools and some time.Its a really poor design, relies on spring tension from a half nut to clamp down. I think if it had two opposing nut halves it might help.I spent a lot of time prepping that vice and routing out the jaws etc for everything to sit flush.Its honestly the most disappointed I have ever been in a tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V12man Posted March 5, 2019 Share Its a really poor design, relies on spring tension from a half nut to clamp down. I think if it had two opposing nut halves it might help.I spent a lot of time prepping that vice and routing out the jaws etc for everything to sit flush.Its honestly the most disappointed I have ever been in a tool.Can you bodge it with a nut cut in half and an o ring as the spring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-Boy Posted March 5, 2019 Share Can you bodge it with a nut cut in half and an o ring as the spring?Its something I have been wondering about for a while. I know its a Chinese knock-off of the original record design so I need to find out about the pitch of the thread. It doesnt look like a full acme thread but it does wind faster than a normal thread without being multi start, so most likely a flat top low tpi metric. I will probably take it apart sometime and take the screw section into a nut and bolt specialist locally to try and find something that matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V12man Posted March 5, 2019 Share Its something I have been wondering about for a while. I know its a Chinese knock-off of the original record design so I need to find out about the pitch of the thread. It doesnt look like a full acme thread but it does wind faster than a normal thread without being multi start, so most likely a flat top low tpi metric. I will probably take it apart sometime and take the screw section into a nut and bolt specialist locally to try and find something that matches.There are several different ACME threads around - you need a real expert.... and that is NOT me. https://www.engineersedge.com/hardware/external_acme_thread_13360.htmhttps://www.amesweb.info/Screws/External-Acme-Thread-Dimensions-Table.aspx Are the 2 pages I saved when building a scissor table.  Me - I would just toss it at a tool and die maker and tell him to fix it..... (luckily I have one as a mate - although it might take a year or two) Rocket-Boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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