home made tools and equipment...

In the process of building a homemade "manual" CNC plasma/oxy/accet profile cutter. Here is the link to the build.

http://www.projectsinmetal.com/forum/metalworking-projects/home-made-manual-cnc-plasmaoxy-cutter/

More pics to come when finished.

Mtw fdu.

 

JUst finished my reciprocating hammer and power bead roller
HAve also built my own disc sander.

 

Hey those look realllly nice, got more pics of them?

 

Yeah, more pics please. Especialy of the hammer.

 

found the better photo and one of the grinder

 

@nxcess: Holy crap those are good. I just made a bead roller and had a heck of a time figuring out how to power it exactly (besides hand powered) but I pretty much see what you did there. Very nice. Mine is powered by a Pipe threader, hooked to a router speed control, hooked to a momentary foot pedal, chain driven. I've got a lot of power and a perfect rpm range (1-10). The one down fall of my set up is that thing is so loud you can't hear yourself think! Mine ain't near as purdy as those though. Awesome job!

 

Now this is the Cats Ass Hay !!!!
Nice job Man. Now I can dig out that table saw and off set it's footprint it makes in the shop. MINT !

 

Nxcess is your bead roller anchored to the floor ?

 

Just a few of the wrenches that needed customizing for working on the Diamond T 201. The result of a low production run by an independent builder using components manufactured by other companies is that the Diamond T's do not have very thorough engineering. Most of the bolts are in awkward places, and you have to cut up most of your wrenches to work on one of these trucks.

 

Yes, it is bolted to the floor. It will pivot around by loosening three set screws.

 

Thanks it looks very clean

 

Finished my cutter and the last post is a video of it cutting the letter "M" out of 3mm sheet steel.

http://www.projectsinmetal.com/forum/metalworking-projects/home-made-manual-cnc-plasmaoxy-cutter/

I will post more pics when I have set it up for oxy.

Mtw fdu.

 

Here's my version of the shrinker stretcher...I used a bunch of old wrenches for the linkage...had fun making it...

 

Now THAT is a piece of Art work too ! ^^^^^ Well done!

 

I like it!

 

Nothing earth shattering here, but I made these adjustable sand boards for block sanding larger low to med crown panels. One is 24" long and the other is 36" long. I used 1/4" x 3" aluminum flat stock milled down to 2 3/4" wide, to take the sticky back paper. Someone prob makes something similar, but I like home made.

 

That's a great idea....thanks

 

Did you add some kind of padding between the aluminum and sanding paper?
I would think that the edges would tend to dig in paint and filler.
Anyway those are great.

 

No, I didn't add a pad, although they would probably be better with one. I just put a couple layers of green masking tape on prior to sticking on the paper. I haven't had a problem with digging in. You will quickly get the feel of the drag on the board when blocking in a criss cross pattern and the handles allow you to keep the leading edge from dragging, going away from you and coming back to you as well. I use these on the body filler and primer as well. Thanks for the comments.

 

Changed my profile cutter to auto using a magnetic tracer. Here is a video of a practice run going around a pattern but not actually cutting anything.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUESzK48HSI

Mtw fdu.

 

I needed a bullseye pick and I didn't want to spend 150 on one, so I made one outta scrap I had around the garage.

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i have a factory made pantograph flame cutter, i can also use my machine plasma torch on it, it sure is handy, i have used it to make header flanges a few times, the exhaust holes are cut first with the flange cut last, worked great, your next step is to install some stepper motors and go cnc

 

@budd I can also use my plasma on it as well. It only takes a minute to change from oxy to plasma or visa-versa. CNC would be good...but I am happy with the end result. I will use it for cutting various patterns for various jobs. It is probably the best tool I have made over the years. The only thing I will do extra is get another motor for speed as the 1 I have got runs at 7.5rpm. It will be ok for thicker material when the need arises.

Thankyou for your comments.

Mtw fdu.

 

Years ago while building a 1957 DeSoto and repop floor pans were just not available I decided to make my own, but I didnt want just flat steel because that is flimsy so I got creative. I took a large sack and filled it with lead shot and laid it on the floor or the bench...I marked my lines on the steel where I wanted the beads, set that area on top of the bag of lead shot and took a ball peen hammer with the round end on the steel I whacked the flat end with a dead blow hammer, it created a nice round divot and I just continued whacking the ball peen hammer until I had the desired length bead. It was crude but effective, and a technique I still use to this day.

Jon

 

heres a couple pics of a header flange pattern, the small squares in the middle i go around the outside, then finish the flange by going around the inside of the outside pattern, my wheel is 1/2" dia so i allow for the wheel and the kerf of the cut, they turned out really nice. i have built a 8ft by 4 ft cnc table but i just do not have the room yet to set it up.

 

@budd Now you are giving me ideas of what I can do with mine. The possibilities are endless. Cheers for showing the pics.

My table is very small. It is only 1 metre x 1 metre square...still big enough for what I need.

The way I would cut the same would be to use a metal gasket to fit the appropriate flange...they are slightly smaller than the flange itself thus making the flange to the same size after cutting. Using the metal gasket as a pattern.

Mtw fdu.

 

It only took a few minutes to assemble this hub puller for a Diamond T.

 

what i did was to draw the cast iron exhaust manifold's outer shape plus about 5mm extra, then draw the cylinder head exhaust openings plus the material thickness of the new header tubing, that way the tube to flange welds end up on the head side and the openings will match the heads, i also cut my own gaskets.

 

Very cool!!!

Mtw fdu.

 

This just sucks!
I hate cleaning up the Bridgeport and lathe, a chip brush and a pan, spend more time cleaning up than making the mess!. Well I had to do something. So 1st version worked but the smaller diameter hoses clogged with swarfs, so made version 3 (version 2 doesn't fit any hoses???? note to self don't ask the kid to measure if you want it done right!)
Used a 6 gallon bucket to hold more, added a 3/8" plywood board to stiffen the top. Use a bucket that had liquids in it as some dry goods do not have a seal for the lid. Fittings are glued together and silicone sealed.

The hoses are different than pvc pipe fitting so made a adapter



my take on a baffle to keep junk out of the shop vac



elbow is trash inlet, center is to the vacuum



shop vac is a Sear/Craftsman from the mid 70's with a paper filter



1st time cleaning out the separator, about 2 gallons of swarfs and crap.



only dust and some light foam crap made it to the filter, even though I knocked it over while it was running a few times



This works, I don't see the need to make a cyclone separator, the baffle does fine keeping the swarfs from piercing the filter. This may ruin my image as a slob but it is sure nice to have a clean mill and lathes! Takes less time to clean as it does to make the mess! Such a simple thing to keep from blowing a filter! Yes I've blown two filters with that vac, one cleaning old oil furnace that I was halfway inside and the little old lady that owned the home had to poked me with a broom stick. The other was cleaning a coke machine using CO2 on one side, vac is one the other side. Yep it blew the filter again and the little old lady that owned the tavern had to poked me with a broom stick! I wish I had made this years ago!
So listen to that great American philosopher Jerome Curley Howard "Keep on sucking til success!"