Nice looking handle. It looks like using your lathe is a real pleasure, and having/making the right tooling for it is even better.
Those new shelves sound like a fair bit of work - almost production level with that many holes to drill. I'm sure the pharmacist really appreciates having a hands-on investor. (much more than a Handsy one!)
I'm looking forward to seeing some cast iron melting in the near future - hope your furnace can handle the heat.
Thank you, I do like running the lathe. I'm not very good, and pretty slow, but it just goes to show that you can do a lot with a lathe without being an expert.
Having the right tooling is great, but you can do a lot with simple hand ground tools. With the advent of inexpensive carbide inserts tool steel is really cheap.
It was a little hard to commit to building the shelves. I would have rather rabbeted in fixed shelves, but she wants the adjustable ones. You can buy predrilled particle board but I prefer to not use particle board for this project. And I don't really have a use for a line boring machine, but that's the preferred tool. Only a couple of thousand.
Cast iron is getting closer. I have my first project. My old platform scale is missing one 2/200lb weight so I can only go to 400 pounds, then I could weigh 500# to 900
# 1,000. OK, so I don't need it, but I want a complete set of weights (1, 2, 2, 5). I've looked on eBay but there are many styles and have not seen the one I need.
Andy: after I posted the amount of holes you need to drill for those shelving units I could just feel the NCIS slap on the back of the head cause I figured there were a lot of holes. even if 1200 seems like a lot of holes it's what you need to make 4 shelving units with the design you are using. do you drill them all by hand once you clamp your peg board type jig on the panels?
also with your cool method of making a vise handle on your lathe would you mind if you have a few minutes posting that up over on the vise repair 101 thread cause lot of members have lathes and don't know some of the things they can make? here's the link to make it easier for you if you'd like to post the pics with your method:
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=252830
I probably need a haircut too cause it's starting to look like a comb over to cover up my balding noggin, but maybe a little gel might do the job and I'll get back to ORGANIZING.
HEY IT'S SATURDAY!!
enjoy your day sir and i'm sure the cows will recognize you again as your hair grows!!
Thanks for stopping in, Drives. I can't figure out any way except to drill all the holes by hand, or drill press, but I think I can do it by hand easy enough.
I guess I could post my handle on the vise thread, but anyone with a lathe would know how to do that. I mainly post so people without one can see what can easily be done. Lathe work is just a series of very basic cuts which are each quite easy.
However if I were to need to make another handle I would request the nut be sent to me so I could hot forge the swelled end onto the handle with it already in the nut. Then it is like the original and permanently captured in the nut.
Andy
Nice job (as per usual), that is a good looking vise handle. And thanks for the detailed step by step photos.
BTW while I agree with you that
Steve (sawduststeve) is indeed a a very naughty boy, but being a good Englishman, he does not miss a beat when it comes to sense of humor. And I must say that in response to my post, he nailed it by quoting a line from Life of Brian
Thanks!
Steve means no harm, he's just British, you know. His humor takes some culture to understand and I'm deficient in that arena.
Handle looks great -thanks, Andy!
Andy: I'm not sure this will work for you, but can you clamp 4 or all 8 boards together and drill 150 or 300 holes instead of 1200 since I'm guessing you are hand drilling them?
I just made this Chai drink that i'm going to add almond milk and a scoop of Pea Protein to after my workouts that you might like if your stores have the ingredients. I reduced the sugar in the original recipe from 1/2 to 1/4 and I might eliminate all the sugar. it sure makes the house smell good.
it's a rainy cloudy day here, but warming up to mid 40's is a good thing.
cheers
I could stack drill the boards, but then the holes would go all the way through and would look a little tacky from the outside. If I were going to drill through, I would not have needed a drill stop, by the way.
Hmmm, not sure I'm adventurous enough to try that drink...
Thanks for all the comments guys.
Not much in the shop today, although I did have a minute to clean on the lathe. I was unable to go to an auction I had planned to attend, but my Zumba teacher's husband was kind enough to spend some of my money for me. I got a load of tire repair supplies plus a nice gear puller set.
He had stepped away from the auction to the food truck and missed bidding on a nice spin balancer we both would have used in my shop. Sold for $650, a bargain. I'll find one.
Thanks for stopping by!
