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Harrison L5 rescue
micktoon:
Hi Jonny, I knew the holes were for bars to go through the boxford shaper has the same type thing, I have never seen anyone use them mind, I will have to look for the M16 threaded hole , I can't say I have noticed it, I will have a look tomorrow. In the past I have moved the lathe as you say with crow bar in the end cut outs but not easy when things in the way at each end so hope the jack idea will be big improvement.
I have been distracted again , this time its linked to the lathe getting done, I have things lying about all over on trollies etc like chucks , rotary table , milling vices, dividing head etc and can't get moved for them. So after Rob Wilson kindly gave me some box section ( :thumbup: Cheers Rob ) I decided it was time to make a storage shelf unit to hopefully get all the heavy stuff kept in one place and take up less room, making doing the lathe a bit easier ( I hope )
The box section with end brackets from a previous life.
Cut up into bits to make the shelf unit.
Laid out on top of life size drawing on the floor for tack welding.
Starting to take shape, just tacking everything at this stage so it can be knocked into square.
Main frame square and tack welded , just the middle shelf supports and the height adjustable feet to do.
The floor is miles from level where the shelf unit will be positioned so I am welding some big nuts into the leg bottoms and the matching blots will act as levelling jacks, tacked into place in this shot, then welded all around.
This is the bottom of a leg once welded up , works great for unlevel floors and cheap to do :thumbup:
The finished frame sitting on its adjustable feet. Every joint is fully seam welded lol , just like the good old days :clap:, I like things I make to last :D , unlike most things you can buy these days , one tack weld and an M6 bolt each shelf so the first time you move or load it up it disintegrates :bugeye: :palm:
Primed up with etch primer, I find the small size paint rollers ( 1 inch diameter, 4 inch long , cotton type , used for household decorating ) work best for this sort of frame, brushing is hard work and leaves rough finish and spraying wastes loads of paint and also covers everything in 3 foot radius of the frame with paint :palm:
I will paint it the usual RAL6011 Machinery green :drool: tomorrow and fit some 3/4 plywood shelf tops, then try to fit everything on it :scratch: , I hope it will all fit :scratch:
Cheers Mick.
doubleboost:
Nice looking stand Mick
I have a bench made with the same stuff :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
John
andyf:
Mick, RAL 6011 aka Reseda Green is what Warco use on their Chinese stuff. I got the local branch of Johnstone's paints to mix some up for my Warco lathe, but when it needs a complete repaint I might choose something a bit more traditional.
I think the RAL classification is German, and 6011 was a shade once used on Mercs.
Andy
Jonny:
Better welder than me, most of mine has to be ground off.
Looks like you have some room in there, garage or a workshop?
micktoon:
Hi John , Aye good stuff .........and you can't beat the price :clap:
Andy, you are right Resenda green, I think there is a BS number for the same colour and they call it Machinery Green, Rust-oleum do a good areosol called 'hard hat' as do plasti-kote who call theirs 'rust not', They both cover and dry really well and ideal for touch ups or small parts like vices etc. I have got them both from Cromwell tools before but noticed Wilkinsons ( wilcos ) supermarket type shop has some colours from Plasti- kote in their paint and decorating section.
Jonny Cheers for the compliment on the welds ( there is still room for improvement mind ), its a garage come workshop, a garage thats been extended a couple of times and two cars get in there at night, so lots of room when the cars not there , not so much once they are inside.
Well the storage rack is done, I put 18mm plywood shelves on it and then remembered I had some ali chequer plate off cuts from the scrapyard, I wish I had remembered about them before deciding the size of the unit as I could have covered the whole shelves right up to the edges by knocking an inch or so off each end of the unit, The ali still does the job and things slide on it , just would have looked better notched out around the legs and going to the very edge.
First it was painted with the small roller Machinery Green.
Then the plywood shelves attached with countersunk self tappers, The two bottom shelves only just fitted in the gap with a struggle if the shelves had of been any less height between them they would not have tilted and fitted into the gap.
Then two of the chequer off cuts per shelf were drilled and small ring shank nails hammered into the lowest part of the chequer pattern so the nail heads would notstick up and catch things getting slid onto the shelves. You can see what I mean about the ali being a bit short at the edges but still serves its purpose.
The finished job in position and with most of the stuff that will be getting kept on it , I will have a better decide on what goes where etc as time goes on.
The Hoffman dividing head was only just able to be lifted onto the top shelf but the J&S 15 inch rotary table will need two to lift it or engine hoist, it weighs almost as much as the shelf unit itsself lol.
At the moment I seem to have less space than when I started due to the stuff I have had to move to accomadate the shelves lol but once its all put away it will be a step in the right direction.
Cheers Mick.
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