Edit. I realized you asked about the plier hangers. They are made by Talon. They aren’t on Amazon anymore. Mcfeely’s apparently carries them.
Thank you, gentlemen!
Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT Uncle Lenny's house of toys and tools
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Workspaces sized between 265 and 485 squarefeet.
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It's been so hot, it's sapped my motivation.
So it's little projects to keep me amused.
I bought a new to me cross slide on Fleabay. I got it last week and it sat.
I figured that I should take a good look at it yesterday.
This is a newer version of the cross slide for my Compact 5. It has a longer cross slide and backlash adjustment.
It's in very good condition. I'll drop it in the ultrasonic cleaner then oil and grease it.
This stop pin was bent over by about 15-20 degrees. I got it pulled out and then straightened it.
Didn't think to take any before photos.
This new addition is only going to lead me down another rabbit hole.
I intend to tighten up the accuracy of the Compact 5. I already know, I will dissembling and cleaning the entire lathe.
So it's little projects to keep me amused.
I bought a new to me cross slide on Fleabay. I got it last week and it sat.
I figured that I should take a good look at it yesterday.
This is a newer version of the cross slide for my Compact 5. It has a longer cross slide and backlash adjustment.
It's in very good condition. I'll drop it in the ultrasonic cleaner then oil and grease it.
This stop pin was bent over by about 15-20 degrees. I got it pulled out and then straightened it.
Didn't think to take any before photos.
This new addition is only going to lead me down another rabbit hole.
I intend to tighten up the accuracy of the Compact 5. I already know, I will dissembling and cleaning the entire lathe.
I'm pretty sure I posted some of this somewhere else.
I got a call from my brother. He sent pictures.
He was at an estate sale. I asked why. We just finished cleaning out my parents house and doing an estate sale.
He said, "I'm looking for a tool box to put all of dad's tools in. They are in cardboard boxes under the house."
After further discussion about Home Depot and Harbor Freight tool boxes. He sent me another picture.
It's the first bench I built. I followed Norm Abrams plans from The New Yankee Workshop. I left for him when I moved back to Southern CA. Nearly 40 years ago. He suggest adding some drawers so he could put dad's tool in them.
I came with this design.
The failed desk build will provide the wood.
I had some 22" 100lb drawer slides. The bumpers/locks had deteriorated. They were splitting.
I modeled and printed some new ones from TPU.
The great thing about this project is it's not overly fussy. I get to use up and get rid of some stuff from the garage.
I got a call from my brother. He sent pictures.
He was at an estate sale. I asked why. We just finished cleaning out my parents house and doing an estate sale.
He said, "I'm looking for a tool box to put all of dad's tools in. They are in cardboard boxes under the house."
After further discussion about Home Depot and Harbor Freight tool boxes. He sent me another picture.
It's the first bench I built. I followed Norm Abrams plans from The New Yankee Workshop. I left for him when I moved back to Southern CA. Nearly 40 years ago. He suggest adding some drawers so he could put dad's tool in them.
I came with this design.
The failed desk build will provide the wood.
I had some 22" 100lb drawer slides. The bumpers/locks had deteriorated. They were splitting.
I modeled and printed some new ones from TPU.
The great thing about this project is it's not overly fussy. I get to use up and get rid of some stuff from the garage.
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In another rabbit hole.
Finished up the Droid Strip. I cut the R2 nothch out for Kay. @kaymccampbell
Cleaned up a few other greeblies.
I found there is two different rear wing greeblies. I only had the scan for one.
I recreated it from photos. Not a lot of difference.
While working on the Front wing greebly. I found i had a partial scan of what I needed.
In case your wondering where these are.
I know for a lot of you it's not interesting.
Finished up the Droid Strip. I cut the R2 nothch out for Kay. @kaymccampbell
Cleaned up a few other greeblies.
I found there is two different rear wing greeblies. I only had the scan for one.
I recreated it from photos. Not a lot of difference.
While working on the Front wing greebly. I found i had a partial scan of what I needed.
In case your wondering where these are.
I know for a lot of you it's not interesting.
Chrisb62
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No it’s fascinating !I know for a lot of you it's not interesting.
So much detail that you don’t recognize at first glance..
M.Brane
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As a former model builder the attention to detail is awesome.
kaymccampbell
Well-known member
It's the one edge of the socket for R2D2 to plug into on an X-wing fighter from Star Wars.If I only knew what an "R2 notch" was and why it matters....
Thanks. Even my professional friends say I'm nuts. But retirement will do that to you.
When I was a Special Effects Designer at Disney, my mom and dad used to say they just didn't get what I did. It was hard for them to understand that the smoke coming out of the teepee wasn't smoke. But it looked like smoke.
When I moved to the model shop, they finally understood what I did. At least they had a better concept. They still didn't understand what I did. Or how I made living not being a Doctor, Lawyer or Engineer.
I knew they were proud of me because they always would be wearing Disney T-shirts and sweatshirts.
This is how I know you're my true sister.
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Last couple of days.
Dug through the plywood to find pieces to make the bottom of the drawers. Found what I needed. Then re-shuffled all of it. Tried to make sense of it but I don't know that I did.
Cut dados for the drawer bottoms. Assembled the drawers.
Need to do some sanding and attach the drawer slides.
Dug through the plywood to find pieces to make the bottom of the drawers. Found what I needed. Then re-shuffled all of it. Tried to make sense of it but I don't know that I did.
Cut dados for the drawer bottoms. Assembled the drawers.
Need to do some sanding and attach the drawer slides.
larry4406
Well-known member
Nice work!
Did you totally bail on your quest to build the Disney inspired desk?
Did you totally bail on your quest to build the Disney inspired desk?
larry4406
Well-known member
Very nice oasis!Nope. Just have clear out a few other projects first.
My only schedule is the seasons. I'm in the garden. Seeding starters, prepping the garden beds, planting veggies, putting in a drip system and weeding.
Random garden pics.
A consolidation of life.
I've been working mostly on the garden. I've said this somewhere, "My only schedule is the seasons."
Since planting the tomatoes. I've added a new hose timer and drip system to the tomatoes and the other side of the yard for the Cucumbers and Japanese greens.
I really like the orbit timers but they don't have a protective cover. The timer will sit out in the heat for most of the day. So I modeled up a cover. Printed it in ABS.
On the other side of the yard, that timer never sees the sun.
Picked up more free mulch.
Spread the mulch down the side of the house. Kay @kaymccampbell cautioned me about termites using it for cover to get to the house.
My house is concrete and stucco. But it is a good point. I'll keep an eye out. Maybe swap it out later.
Planted a few other late tomatoes. Had to pull the marigolds that were in the bags. I saved them. They seem to be surviving
Planted the other side of the yard too.
The tomatoes are getting larger about 18 inches tall. It was time to tie them up
Added another raised bed. Made it from leftover Marine grade Trex.
I'll be planting the Kombucha. Japanese pumpkin.
I've been working mostly on the garden. I've said this somewhere, "My only schedule is the seasons."
Since planting the tomatoes. I've added a new hose timer and drip system to the tomatoes and the other side of the yard for the Cucumbers and Japanese greens.
I really like the orbit timers but they don't have a protective cover. The timer will sit out in the heat for most of the day. So I modeled up a cover. Printed it in ABS.
On the other side of the yard, that timer never sees the sun.
Picked up more free mulch.
Spread the mulch down the side of the house. Kay @kaymccampbell cautioned me about termites using it for cover to get to the house.
My house is concrete and stucco. But it is a good point. I'll keep an eye out. Maybe swap it out later.
Planted a few other late tomatoes. Had to pull the marigolds that were in the bags. I saved them. They seem to be surviving
Planted the other side of the yard too.
The tomatoes are getting larger about 18 inches tall. It was time to tie them up
Added another raised bed. Made it from leftover Marine grade Trex.
I'll be planting the Kombucha. Japanese pumpkin.
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harley jim
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You are always doing the coolest things, just wanted you to know Im watching and learning. Someday Im hoping to have enough time to learn a 3D printing program.
I'm at it again.
A quick recap. The desk build came to a halt because the plywood wasn't the level it needed to be. And I noticed some inaccuracies in my construction too.
I lucked out and got stain grade maple for about 1/2 the price. One end was flawed so they had marked it shop grade. The owner and friend had his guys dig out the best sheets out of stack. So really, I got perfect sheets. I bought an extra sheet. Just in case.
Originally, I had bought birch plywood and birch hardwood. I need to buy about eight board feet of Maple hardwood. I found some soft Maple hardwood at my supplier. The birch hardwood will be used on in the interior for supports and bracing.
Today, I reviewed the design. Checked that all the dimensions of the digital model. Matched the real world dimensions of the plywood.
Then did a cut layout on the plywood. Dimensions to follow. I may use the paint grade birch for the bottom pieces. Then use Maple hardwood for the longer pieces. That would save an entire sheet of maple for another project.
Thanks for following along.
A quick recap. The desk build came to a halt because the plywood wasn't the level it needed to be. And I noticed some inaccuracies in my construction too.
I lucked out and got stain grade maple for about 1/2 the price. One end was flawed so they had marked it shop grade. The owner and friend had his guys dig out the best sheets out of stack. So really, I got perfect sheets. I bought an extra sheet. Just in case.
Originally, I had bought birch plywood and birch hardwood. I need to buy about eight board feet of Maple hardwood. I found some soft Maple hardwood at my supplier. The birch hardwood will be used on in the interior for supports and bracing.
Today, I reviewed the design. Checked that all the dimensions of the digital model. Matched the real world dimensions of the plywood.
Then did a cut layout on the plywood. Dimensions to follow. I may use the paint grade birch for the bottom pieces. Then use Maple hardwood for the longer pieces. That would save an entire sheet of maple for another project.
Thanks for following along.
RickP
Well-known member
Score!
It's good to have friends like that.
Glad to see you getting back to the desk -- your design is really great.
The cross slide I took apart and cleaned was still in pieces on the workbench. That's a sure fire way to lose some parts or forget how to put back together is to leave it that way.
Made some new felt wipers.
The carriage is nice and clean.
Lubed everything and reassembled it.
I left everything finger tight since I still have to mount it to the lathe bed.
I'll call this 3/4 done.
Thanks for following along.
Made some new felt wipers.
The carriage is nice and clean.
Lubed everything and reassembled it.
I left everything finger tight since I still have to mount it to the lathe bed.
I'll call this 3/4 done.
Thanks for following along.
I always pipe in with critical sounding admonitions, but I love the work you're doing.
Some of the layout on that first board looks pretty tight. This is the tool I use for roughing my panels. It accounts for matching grain direction as well, which is easy to forget about when you are trying to optimize the utilization of a board. keeping grain direction consistent (and matching panels or maintaining the panel grain across faces) make the end product look professionally made. Don't over optimize despite the thrill, the wood is expensive and precious and it is rewarding to us engineers to make the jigsaw puzzle fit, but giving yourself a little wiggle room helps avoid mistakes or at least correct them when they inevitably happen. The goal priority should be the final project, not the materials left over.
Thanks and I appreciate your comments.
I don't often make my thought process obvious. The first attempt was to make a waterfall edge from the desk top to the sides. I often do that with furniture I build.
In this case. I am covering the top with furniture linoleum. So grain matching is unnecessary. But I decided to match the grain on the hutch.
Again in reality this doesn't need to happen. The back of the hutch isn't seen.
A coat of primer does wonders.
There are a few adjustments needed.
The little sheet is an HO scale brick pattern
Zoomed in it looks pretty good. To the naked eye the pattern is barely discernible.
I need to open the grout lines.
There is a warp in the engine. This is due to the full web behind the wall. I remodeled the wall to be thicker inside. I'm hoping that will compensate for the suction created by the web. The other option would be to reorient the part for printing.
There are a few adjustments needed.
The little sheet is an HO scale brick pattern
Zoomed in it looks pretty good. To the naked eye the pattern is barely discernible.
I need to open the grout lines.
There is a warp in the engine. This is due to the full web behind the wall. I remodeled the wall to be thicker inside. I'm hoping that will compensate for the suction created by the web. The other option would be to reorient the part for printing.
kaymccampbell
Well-known member
Maybe thinning the web or making it with lightening holes or triangulation would stop the pull.
Couple more test prints
Same result with one. A different distortion the other.
The print orientation for the first and second test was the same.
There more surface area in the cross section to break loose from the FEP. The pull/suction is causing the distortion on outside surface. The reason for this angle was to minimize the number of supports in visible areas.
The second test print was rotated. There will support marks on visible areas.
There is a much smaller cross section through the bulkhead. Making it easier for the part to release from the FEP.
As for the distortion on this test print. It may (likely) have been caused by the user. I unwittingly changed the supports from medium to light.
There are multiple solutions for the distortions.
I can use heavy supports for the vertical orientation. Increase the number of supports for the bulkhead. I'll cut the engine shorter because the print is 5-1/2 hours.
Reprint the horizontal version with medium supports. A 3 hour print.
I will remove the lower engine cowling and print that separately. That might make sense for the vertical version too.
I may reduce the size of the return on the underside as well.
I'm early in the process of this build and I don't want bog down the rest of the parts.
At this point, I will just peculate on this.
Same result with one. A different distortion the other.
The print orientation for the first and second test was the same.
There more surface area in the cross section to break loose from the FEP. The pull/suction is causing the distortion on outside surface. The reason for this angle was to minimize the number of supports in visible areas.
The second test print was rotated. There will support marks on visible areas.
There is a much smaller cross section through the bulkhead. Making it easier for the part to release from the FEP.
As for the distortion on this test print. It may (likely) have been caused by the user. I unwittingly changed the supports from medium to light.
There are multiple solutions for the distortions.
I can use heavy supports for the vertical orientation. Increase the number of supports for the bulkhead. I'll cut the engine shorter because the print is 5-1/2 hours.
Reprint the horizontal version with medium supports. A 3 hour print.
I will remove the lower engine cowling and print that separately. That might make sense for the vertical version too.
I may reduce the size of the return on the underside as well.
I'm early in the process of this build and I don't want bog down the rest of the parts.
At this point, I will just peculate on this.
Thinning might help but I don't want to add holes that I would have to fill.
kaymccampbell
Well-known member
Thin that wall. Add a couple dozen very thin arc slots at the perimeter. Hollow and thin the cone
Trapps
ALLIANCE MEMBER
Looking great, and not just because I'm a quasi Star Wars nerd and wannabe gardener. Are you using Orbit for the whole drip system? Hows the experience so far?
Yes, I'm using the hose timers for the drip. I like them. They are really easy to setup and I can change them from inside the house. I considering switching out my old timer to one of the wifi Orbit timers. I will be able to tie in the hose timers into the system. Then be able to control all the sprinklers through my network.
My water company offers a rebate that will pay for the new timer.
Red Leader
Well-known member
Your work is amazing! Will love to see the X-wing come together!
Yesterday's start and today's finish.
Yes, It's chaos.
I have been buying the little bins from HD. Figuring out ways to add partitions and a second level. I was going to make a rolling shelf for them to fit in nicely. Giving me access to anyone of them without having to un stack them. I finally said screw it. I'm just getting in my own way.
I took everything that was loose in boxes and trays. Did a minimal sort and put it in the bins. Stacked the bins at the back.
I took my model making tool box and put it on the bench. I had been resisting that since I brought it home from my work space at Disney.
This allowed me to put all my modeling tools back in the box. Instead of being scattered in dental trays.
It's still a bit chaos. But it's much better. I have a surface to work on.
The Kennedy tool boxes need to be gone through still.
It looks better from this angle.
Yes, It's chaos.
I have been buying the little bins from HD. Figuring out ways to add partitions and a second level. I was going to make a rolling shelf for them to fit in nicely. Giving me access to anyone of them without having to un stack them. I finally said screw it. I'm just getting in my own way.
I took everything that was loose in boxes and trays. Did a minimal sort and put it in the bins. Stacked the bins at the back.
I took my model making tool box and put it on the bench. I had been resisting that since I brought it home from my work space at Disney.
This allowed me to put all my modeling tools back in the box. Instead of being scattered in dental trays.
It's still a bit chaos. But it's much better. I have a surface to work on.
The Kennedy tool boxes need to be gone through still.
It looks better from this angle.
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When I first saw those small (6.5qt) yellow/clear bins in one of your posts, I had high hopes for them. But, when I actually saw them at HD, I was surprised at how large they really were. Too large for my plans. I've had good luck using a few of the small black plastic fast food trays and covers to keep some small parts or works-in-progress.
Did a little test printing.
The frames check the fit inside the bins.
Designed trays to fit into the bins. Since the bins have a draft on them, they vary in size from top to bottom. The largest is about 6"x 10".
Each will easily fit into my printer.
Couple of configurations. I'll model others as i need.
The frames check the fit inside the bins.
Designed trays to fit into the bins. Since the bins have a draft on them, they vary in size from top to bottom. The largest is about 6"x 10".
Each will easily fit into my printer.
Couple of configurations. I'll model others as i need.
I use those too. Mostly for projects in progress.
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I miscalculated the height of the interior. I was off by 5/16" The lid won't fully close.
I'll print the top tray again, 3/8" shorter.
I shortened the height of each of trays by 1/8" each for the future prints.
I'll print a set of bottom and middle trays 3/16" shorter in height. To use with for the taller top tray.
As I sort through the stuff. I will make adjustments to the number of compartments in each tray.
I have included the three trays for anyone that wants them. They are just plain trays without dividers. stp and stl file formats.
Thanks for following along.
I'll print the top tray again, 3/8" shorter.
I shortened the height of each of trays by 1/8" each for the future prints.
I'll print a set of bottom and middle trays 3/16" shorter in height. To use with for the taller top tray.
As I sort through the stuff. I will make adjustments to the number of compartments in each tray.
I have included the three trays for anyone that wants them. They are just plain trays without dividers. stp and stl file formats.
Thanks for following along.