The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

dhal22

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• Jun 13, 2025

• #12,521

The other end of the taper is a blank, millable. I’m going to mill it to a collet size and use the ensemble to center the rotary table.

 

dhal22

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• Jun 15, 2025

• #12,522

I turned the blank section to .875. Stuck it in a 7/8 collet and used it as a crude rotary table aligner.

 

dhal22

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• Jun 15, 2025

• #12,523

Would have been a lot cheaper to buy a 6” aluminum disc (future backplate) but it was fun making a mess. I paid for a photo compression app so my photo postings should increase.


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TonyHallo

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• Jun 17, 2025

• #12,524

What are you making?

 

Snoopy1

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• Jun 20, 2025

• #12,525

Ok still building or I should say doing repairs. Plenty of time to do repairs it is either raining or windy. One good day and I smashed the Kaos. Anyway it is almost repaired. Just have to cover the top and install the gear and servos. Then back to fixing the fuselage.

 

dhal22

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• Jun 20, 2025

• #12,526

TonyHallo said:

What are you making?

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A small chuck backplate. Let me find a photo of the finished product.

 

Last edited: Sunday at 9:30 PM

dhal22

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• Sunday at 9:37 PM

• #12,527

The backplate is for a small chuck so I could drill holes in a hose bib handle that I made for a customer. Hours and hours of wonderful shop time running 3 phase lathe and mill, money spent on a chuck, aluminum plate, set screws, beer, etc, all to make a 29 cent handle.

 

TonyHallo

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• Monday at 6:46 AM

• #12,528

Is that a valve handwheel?

 

dhal22

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• Monday at 9:32 PM

• #12,529

Yes. Set screws not visible in the photos. Nothing fancy but good lathe and mill practice.

 

Snoopy1

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• Tuesday at 11:59 PM

• #12,530

Ok managed open the receiver it took some doing had to make a small tool to do it. Once opened I like the design as you can see it in the picture. Just have to wait for it to arrive plug it in and it will be ready to be used again. Nice feature to be able to install a new antenna.