Shop projects

[Yadda]

Getting frustrated trying to see why this angle grinder won't work 

Try using a hammer.  It may not fix it, but it does help with the frustration!

[Wallace72]

Did a continuity test and up till the two wires that separate to the field windings (cord and switch) are getting power. And the brushes seem okay but it still won't turn on.

[gerleatherberman]

Did a continuity test and up till the two wires that separate to the field windings (cord and switch) are getting power. And the brushes seem okay but it still won't turn on.

Check the solder joints on each end of the stator. My old Milwaukee grinder had a tiny separation at one of these points. It had only about 3 hours of use before it pooped out. Resoldered and it works fine now. I did have to press the stator out before I could see the problem. I took the gear housing off, pulled out the rotor, and pushed it out from the back.
Getting it back in was a real treat.
Good luck wallace!

[Sparky415]

A little recycling
I bought these speakers second hand when I was a young apprentice for quite a lot of money, don't need them and can't even give them away (dang kids with their newfangled... )
So I cut them up and threw some paint at them,
Storage drawers for the garage 



Yeh I know there's a hole in the bottom, it's for ventilation 

[Syncop8r]

Good idea!

(A town nearby has a new bus shelter, designed by architects with a big hole in the roof.  )

[Sparky415]

Ventilation?   

[Syncop8r]

Ventilation?   

"The hole actually represents the Māori name for the Wairau Valley, Kei puta te Wairau, which means "the place with the hole in the sky" or "the place with the hole in the cloud".
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/97376462/council-defends-hole-in-bus-shelter-logic

[Sparky415]

Ah, it all makes sense now

[Syncop8r]

Then there was the new $2m architect-designed toilet block in the mountains where the pipes kept freezing... 

[Sparky415]

To make sanding drums for knife making etc I've been glueing sandpaper to old hole cutters, works well but it's a pain to remove the old paper



This Guy had a better idea than mine, did a nice job 

[Sparky415]

10mm bolt, 12mm would be even better 


Try to get good plywood, it will save you from filling and sanding 


3 hacksaw blades together 


Sorted 

[Syncop8r]

   Is the sandpaper just held in by something jammed tight in the hole?

[Sparky415]

    watch the video, at 4.00

I hammered 2x 8mm dowels in to an 8mm hole (might have to enlarge the hole a little)

[Syncop8r]

Yeah I saw him hammer something metal in, just surprised that was it.

[SteveC]

Good job !   That looks like it will work great 

[MadPlumbarian]

Nice job,
I did me a little project and made a hankie,,
JR

[Sparky415]

Yeah I saw him hammer something metal in, just surprised that was it.

I put two dowels in with a hammer, they lock in very well I'm a little worrIed that I might have to drill them out when I change the sand paper

Nice job,
I did me a little project and made a hankie,,
JR

That looks very cool JR 

[MadPlumbarian]

Yeah I saw him hammer something metal in, just surprised that was it.

I put two dowels in with a hammer, they lock in very well I'm a little worrIed that I might have to drill them out when I change the sand paper

Nice job,
I did me a little project and made a hankie,,
JR

That looks very cool JR 

Thanks, just another to add to the collection..
JR

[Gerhard Gerber]

 

I need to build a big and a small one of those...... 

[Sparky415]

 

I need more sizes, I think the 'locking' hole might be hard to get right on a little one 

[Gerhard Gerber]

I've got an eternal struggle, a knifemaker I follow on FB has the motto "Tool up or Die", I see the wisdom of these words, but if I use spare time to "tool up" there would be no time to use these tools......

I finally made a rack to hold my belts, that only took about a year to get around to doing.........making and hanging took about 1 hour and 30 minutes respectively. 

Better lights bought 2, maybe 3 months ago and still at times I'm smurfing around with a headlight on 

[MadPlumbarian]

I've got an eternal struggle, a knifemaker I follow on FB has the motto "Tool up or Die", I see the wisdom of these words, but if I use spare time to "tool up" there would be no time to use these tools......

I finally made a rack to hold my belts, that only took about a year to get around to doing.........making and hanging took about 1 hour and 30 minutes respectively. 

Better lights bought 2, maybe 3 months ago and still at times I'm smurfing around with a headlight on 

Any pics? I got enough belts myself, right now one stays out then the rest make a coil inside one of my drawers, one inside the other then stacked,,
JR

[SteveC]

I've got an eternal struggle, a knifemaker I follow on FB has the motto "Tool up or Die", I see the wisdom of these words, but if I use spare time to "tool up" there would be no time to use these tools......

I finally made a rack to hold my belts, that only took about a year to get around to doing.........making and hanging took about 1 hour and 30 minutes respectively. 

Better lights bought 2, maybe 3 months ago and still at times I'm smurfing around with a headlight on 

Any pics? I got enough belts myself, right now one stays out then the rest make a coil inside one of my drawers, one inside the other then stacked,,
JR

I think Gerhard is talking about sander belts   

[MadPlumbarian]

I've got an eternal struggle, a knifemaker I follow on FB has the motto "Tool up or Die", I see the wisdom of these words, but if I use spare time to "tool up" there would be no time to use these tools......

I finally made a rack to hold my belts, that only took about a year to get around to doing.........making and hanging took about 1 hour and 30 minutes respectively. 

Better lights bought 2, maybe 3 months ago and still at times I'm smurfing around with a headlight on 

Any pics? I got enough belts myself, right now one stays out then the rest make a coil inside one of my drawers, one inside the other then stacked,,
JR

I think Gerhard is talking about sander belts   

Oops, but I have a belt sander too, just no belts..
JR

[Sparky415]

This Guy does some nice work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VAmWs5vH1o&index=60&list=WL



I have been thinking of making one of these for an Axe wall, mine won't be so clever...
Now Tazzie Rob has made an Axe wall I better get started

[MadPlumbarian]

That’s nice, I might have to do something like that, but nothing will ever come close to a Studley!
JR

[Sparky415]

Some unistrut, Oak scraps, plane a 5ish degree angle on edges



Space things out very carefully


Mmmm  how are we going to fix it together?
Copper rivets 

[MadPlumbarian]

Some unistrut, Oak scraps, plane a 5ish degree angle on edges

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Space things out very carefully
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Mmmm  how are we going to fix it together?
Copper rivets 
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Nice what are you making?
JR

[Sparky415]

This 

Sadly the pegs don't all fit the slots (and it's not the pegs that are at fault  )
I'm very happy with this so far, I might have to adjust a few of the pegs
It's now in test mode as I think it's a bit soon to be screwed to the wall above my computer desk 



Oh yeah...... and it's not big enough 

[MadPlumbarian]

Ooh, that’s nice, it might be big enough you just have to adjust the ax's, you could double the storage size if you put the others upside down,
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Kinda like that
JR