Rod's Lathe stand project

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krv3000:
grand work well dun

micktoon:
Hi Rod , Nice job , glad nothing got too badly damaged when the l;athe toppled over , you must have been lucky there ! Thanks for good post plenty pictures and you have made good use of the space with the drawers etc.
Cheers Mick.

BlueRock:
Sweeet looking job Rod, well done!

Stilldrillin:
That has worked out very well Rod! :thumbup:

Well done, and well shown...... :clap: :clap:

David D

RodW:

--- Quote from: krv3000 on June 13, 2013, 05:45:40 PM ---grand work well dun

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--- Quote from: Stilldrillin on June 14, 2013, 05:22:29 PM ---That has worked out very well Rod! :thumbup:

Well done, and well shown...... :clap: :clap:

David D

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--- Quote from: Meldonmech on June 11, 2013, 01:44:16 PM ---Hi Rod
Great job, and using all that valuable space. Nice to have all your tooling handy in the drawers.

Well Done Cheers David

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--- Quote from: Meldonmech on June 11, 2013, 01:44:16 PM ---Hi Rod
Great job, and using all that valuable space. Nice to have all your tooling handy in the drawers.

Well Done Cheers David

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Thanks for the encouragement guys. I spent a bit of time today grinding off the rust and painting the leg assemblies so I can say it is totally done. Sorry, I did not take any photos. but you have seen it all already, just that it looks nicer now! I think that just leaves the drawer on the end to finish off.

Yes, I am very pleased with the detail in the photos I have taken. I think my camera setup is worth more than my mill and lathe put together as I have a Nikon D800 and because the pics are 36 megapixels, there is heaps of scope to crop them down to focus on the subject.

--- Quote from: micktoon on June 13, 2013, 06:12:28 PM ---Hi Rod , Nice job , glad nothing got too badly damaged when the l;athe toppled over , you must have been lucky there !
Cheers Mick.

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Mick, thanks. The only thing that really got damaged was one of my new gray drawer units. I decided to buy another one at $275 as they were a clearance line and was the only ones that I had seen that fitted under my benches. The bottom drawer was a writeoff so I decided to take my new Plasma cutter to it and cut out the cancer!

I thought I would start at the back so when I stuffed it up no one would notice. :bugeye:

So here we are setup for the first cut. I decided to screw down a guide to get a straight cut as my hands are not very steady... I also hit the ends with the angle grinder so I had a bit of shiny metal to start cutting on. My plasma is a scratch start and the manual says to drag the tip on the work you are cutting.

And it worked awesomely!

Before long, after cutting away some braces on the inside, I had shortened it nicely. I also had to cut the MDF shelf on the bench away to get enough clearance between the two shelves.

What a lot of fun plasma cutters are! :thumbup:

And you can see I finally straightened the wonky shelf. I replaced the MDF with a 19mm x 235mm pine shelf so it should be strong enough. If it sags, I will put a steel or ally shelf in its place...

Now it seems the only problem I have is that I don't have enough tools to fill the 20 drawers i now have at my disposal! :beer:

I think the only thing left shed wise now is to make a mounting plate to screw on the wall to hold my QCTP holders.. oh and trim a bit more of the base of the drawers that I cut away and put it on wheels so I can roll it under my bottom shelf for more storage.... :nrocks:

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