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Drum/ Thickness Sander
S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: vtsteam on February 25, 2015, 09:13:47 PM ---Simon if you don't put too much in, and you sand it back, the talc becomes pretty much transparent, so you could bright finish it if you liked it with un-talcumed lacquer. Or if you wanted to transparent pigment it, most any aniline dye mixed with lacquer thinner would tint it to the degree you wanted.
If you want, try it on some scrap.
I use the sanding sealer on all of my casting patterns. In fact I just worked on my pulley pattern tonight and hit it with a coat.
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Yeah testing it sounds like a good idea. I've got plenty of meranti scraps hanging about.
Did some more on the sander.
Made the belt guard. I had this geet fancy thing planned with a nice but complicated shape, but decided I couldn't be bothered with all the angled cuts so I made this monstrosity. Needs tidying up after the glue dries.
Also got the thing re-assembled.
Shame about the patchy paint, since I'm probably not going to give it a second coat.
I put a new (and longer) cable on the motor while it was all apart. I might redo it again though since i've just got the wires wrapped around the posts. Some crimp eyelets would probably be less likely to shake loose over time.
Also i've started making a list of what I should probably do after this thing is finished. First is to fix the bike and the ladder to the roof so I can get into the far corner, then get the dust collector finished (I was putting it off for the price of soil pipe fittings), then I really need to improve the lighting in the garage. I should probably also paint the roof white to try get some light reflecting.
S. Heslop:
Rob Wilson popped in today with some belts and a bunch of other stuff, including break cleaner which is something i've been meaning to get for a while. Thanks Rob!
The belt is a bit smaller than the pulleys i'd made, but that gives me a chance to make some better pulleys out of aluminium.
So I got about 20 seconds into cutting off a chunk of aluminium with a dull hacksaw blade and decided to try clear the garage a bit instead.
I got the bike hung up in this corner. Doesn't give me alot of room for the step ladders. I suppose i'll try sort them out when one inevitably gets knocked down.
With the bike out the way, I could get into the corner by the doors and clear that up. It's still a bit messy but it's one hell of an improvement.
The next corner to tackle will be this one on the other end. Also looking at this photo, I found my missing funnel. It was camouflaged in front of the red box..
Then I need to sort out my basket of hardwood. It's difficult getting into this corner to sweep the dust up with it and the site lamp in the way. Hopefully better lights on the ceiling will remove the need to use that lamp when filming.
I think tomorrow I'll try relocating the big ladder to the roof. With that off the wall I can then start working on finishing the dust collector.
The drum sander is close to completion but I want to have dust collection working before I start running it.
RobWilson:
Blood hell you have been busy Simon :clap: :clap: :clap: so there was a floor in that corner of your shop :lol:
I got to cast my eye over the sander today and its just as impressive in really life :thumbup: its going to be a cracker when its fully up and running :med:
Rob
S. Heslop:
I tried painting the ceiling and... well. I'm hopeful it'll help improve the lighting cuz it sure as hell hasn't made my garage any prettier. I've been shining the site lamp onto the ceiling and using the reflected light to light alot of my filming. I'm planning to get some more tube lights (the one thing B&Q seems to be good at is the price on tube lights. It's the same price as eBay at least) but chances are i'll still need to use the site lamp.
With the roof painted (or as much as I can be bothered to paint it) i'm gonna have a go at hanging the ladder on the roof next, but I need a break. Spent 3 hours walking around Consett (there's some good hardware stores in that town) and it's about the most exercise i've done all year. I felt I was forgetting something important the whole time I was there though, and I just realised what I'd forgotten; hacksaw blades.
S. Heslop:
Got the ladder on the roof. The thing is alot heavier than it looks, I couldn't lift it all by myself. Had to rest one end on the floor and lift it up to a pair of hooks, then go through the house to get behind it and lift it up/ tie a rope around it. Then get up on the step ladder to screw the next pair of hooks in. I decided to point the hooks towards each other so the only way to remove it is to remove the hooks. I didn't like the idea of inevitably bumping the thing and having it slide off the hooks and onto my head.
I also moved the tool chest Rob gave me (a year or so ago) to somewhere more convenient. In the far corner it was only being used for storing my rust collection. I'll probably move my drills and lathe tools to it at some point. I also need to get some wheels for the bigger bench grinder I bought at a boot sale last year. I'm also thinking about making a pedestal for it
Despite all the work, the garage still looks a mess.
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