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BXHoosier

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Today, I built a rolling stand for my bench grinder and belt sander with pieces I had laying around the shop.

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BXHoosier

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Nice! Can you lock the wheels somehow? Or have other means to stop it from rolling away with some heavy grinding, etc?
Thanks!
I will once I get some locking casters for it. I threw on some cheap plastic casters I had for now just so I can move it around.
 

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Scored these at an estate sale; I have no specific need for plastic bar at present, but the deal was too good to pass up.
56' of 1 1/2" Lexan
8' of 2" glass-filled PTFE
5' of 2 1/4" PTFE
3' of 3/4" PTFE
12' of 7/8" PTFE
Most suppliers list the 1 1/2" Lexan @ $28/ft, and 2 1/4" PTFE @ $100/ft.
Paid $55 for the whole pile.

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Next, Miller 130 wire feed, 1 ton folding shop crane, Craftsman 6" Horizontal Bandsaw, (currently down awaiting repair machining task) and the 9x20 Enco lathe that the 12x36 replaced. (which is now for sale, ad posted later tonight)
Great setup! We had one of those Craftsman band saws in my Dad's hardware store. It replaced an electric hacksaw I don't remember seeing used. We cut steel up to 3x3/8 angle for 20+ years . I drug it out a couple of years ago to cut the steel for my bridge project. Slow but steady.
 

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Been looking for a dial bore gauge for the shop for a while, and saw an ad on CL that showed two of them, plus some other machinist tools/tooling.
Checked it out, but the guy wouldn't split it up, so after some negotiating, I bought the whole shebang.
The clamp set is new, as are the 1/2" letter stamps, and an index with metric taps & tap drills.
The R8 45 degree insert cutter takes the same inserts as another cutter I have, so I have lots of inserts on hand.
Fractional, number, and 3 letter drill indexes, as well as some Silver & Demmings.
A bunch of other tools & cutters, slings, live centers, arbors, assorted wrenches, gauge pins, etc.
Some of the cutters are new, some regrinds, some used, both high speed & carbide.
Some light surface rust on some of it.
A lot of it I already have, so I will probably sell some of the duplicate stuff.
An hour after I left, he called me back said he found 4 more boxes that I could have (free) if I wanted them.
I was only 15 minutes away, so I went back & scored the 4 boxes of cutters in the last pic. :)

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Lil Foot

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Now I just have to find room for all this stuff. :)
 
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BXHoosier

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Made a simple table for my portable band saw. I have a 4”x6” horizontal/ vertical band saw but there are times when I’m working on projects and I end up switching back and forth several times. Now, I can set up the porta-band and leave the other saw set horizontal.
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Lil Foot

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I like it!
I've had my horizontal bandsaw in the shop, and my vertical bandsaw at the cabin, but I keep running into jobs that could be done better with the vertical, so I brought it back to the home shop last trip up to the cabin.
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TheOldHokie

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I like it!
I've had my horizontal bandsaw in the shop, and my vertical bandsaw at the cabin, but I keep running into jobs that could be done better with the vertical, so I brought it back to the home shop last trip up to the cabin.
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Thats not a bandsaw - this is a bandsaw 😜

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TheOldHokie

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I like it!
I've had my horizontal bandsaw in the shop, and my vertical bandsaw at the cabin, but I keep running into jobs that could be done better with the vertical, so I brought it back to the home shop last trip up to the cabin.
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Heres the latest addition to my shop. I am not a very good welder - my version of a stack of dimes looks more like the inside of a piggy bank. I am hoping this table will improve my performance. First project is going to be my rendering of a press brake attachment for my 20T press. I was not enthralled by the kits being sold online so I designed this one. Its a lot less welding and it accepts American Standard press brake tooling.

Dan
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Biker1mike

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Small stuff. Got 500 feet of Titan survival cord (1000 pound test) on a reel for a song. Made this jig and made 250 feet of 25 foot quick release wraps. Freebies to the guys that will put them in tackle boxes, trunks, and garages. Okay, I expect a beer or two out of them. Just pull the bowline loop and it streams out nice and smooth.

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BXHoosier

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Nice table Hokie!

Be sure to post some pics of the brake. I want to build one for my press.
 

lynnmor

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Out of curiosity, how well does the blade welder work?
I have used probably 50 different welders over the years, and found that about 50% work flawlessly,
the other half were usually problematic.
I've worked in a lot of shops, the bandsaws were usually abused. The welders are a rather simple device, they just need to be maintained. The clamping mechanisms are usually abused and few will take the time to replace or repair the jaws.
 

TheOldHokie

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Nice table Hokie!

Be sure to post some pics of the brake. I want to build one for my press.
I will do that. Its a very simple design and will require very little welding. Here is a pic of the tooling I mentioned. The dies just sit in a 1/2" wide slot on the bottom and the punches clamp into a similar slot in the press beam. The beam on this one is 2" thick by 3" tall and made up from three pieces of flat bar. In retrospect I should have machined it out of a solid 2 x 3 bar and eliminated all of the welding but I started with a different design in mind and changed at the last minute.

Dan

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TheOldHokie

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Out of curiosity, how well does the blade welder work?
I have used probably 50 different welders over the years, and found that about 50% work flawlessly,
the other half were usually problematic.
All I can say is it works. I don't have anything to compare it against. The saw was another gift from heaven - a local shop was closing up and I bought it for $500. Came with two 5 gallon buckets half full of drill bits and end mills. I did have to haul it about 35 miles in the back of my old Dodge Dakota PU. I don't know what it weighs but more than the PU liked....

Dan
 
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PHPaul

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This is my shop. 20x24 building originally built to be a tool shed. Crammed all the insulation I could fit in the walls, hung a ceiling and insulated that, tucked a forced air "trailer" furnace in a walled off corner that also contains the 12CFM Quincy air compressor.

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I've since added a 4x4 foot welding table that I stole off Craigslist for $100 including a nice 5" Craftsman vice from long enough ago that Craftsman still meant something and this Walker-Turner 16" bandsaw that I got for free! off Craigslist. I geared it down and put a metal cutting blade on it as I already had a bandsaw for wood. I have less than $200 in it including pulleys, belts, new tires for the wheels, a couple of bearings and the casters for the stand.
 
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