Post by: RobWilson on April 03, 2015, 03:57:45 PM
Not allot happening in the shop at the moment as I am going round doing all the small jobs that need sorting .One is a rack to store my air tools ,at the moment
they are in a bucket and generally lying around the shop getting in my way . The rack and other racks to come will be made from odd lengths of box all exactly the right lengths . :med:
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Tool%20Racks/P1080730_zpstwiibdte.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/RobWilson100/media/Tool%20Racks/P1080730_zpstwiibdte.jpg.html)
The 40 x 40 box was setup on the mill like so to get it parallel to the ways .
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Tool%20Racks/P1080744_zpsftgjk45h.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/RobWilson100/media/Tool%20Racks/P1080744_zpsftgjk45h.jpg.html)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Tool%20Racks/P1080745_zpszyg7pah2.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/RobWilson100/media/Tool%20Racks/P1080745_zpszyg7pah2.jpg.html)
Then using my Australian milling cutter 7 slots were milled .
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Tool%20Racks/P1080736_zpsusgelr6p.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/RobWilson100/media/Tool%20Racks/P1080736_zpsusgelr6p.jpg.html)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Tool%20Racks/P1080733_zpszjvbdbsa.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/RobWilson100/media/Tool%20Racks/P1080733_zpszjvbdbsa.jpg.html)
Then the box was rotated 90 degs and 7 holes poked into the side with a 20mm slot drill .
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Tool%20Racks/P1080746_zpsugpogn0k.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/RobWilson100/media/Tool%20Racks/P1080746_zpsugpogn0k.jpg.html)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Tool%20Racks/P1080750_zpsgi7tnt8o.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/RobWilson100/media/Tool%20Racks/P1080750_zpsgi7tnt8o.jpg.html)
The reason for using box section is to stop foreign objects dust/grinding crap etc getting into the open PCL fitting .I also wanted a positive grip on the fitting ,me
being a bit of a klotz at times I did not want the to be easily knocked out . Test with a few air tools hanging like bats from a rafter .
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Tool%20Racks/P1080753_zps9cyedds4.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/RobWilson100/media/Tool%20Racks/P1080753_zps9cyedds4.jpg.html)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Tool%20Racks/P1080758_zpsxx7hbreu.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/RobWilson100/media/Tool%20Racks/P1080758_zpsxx7hbreu.jpg.html)
A bit 3mm plate was cut and welded to make ends/brackets with my new welding gear , had the gear nearly 6 months now and its the first time I have used it . :dremel:
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Tool%20Racks/P1080759_zpsnovwds6l.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/RobWilson100/media/Tool%20Racks/P1080759_zpsnovwds6l.jpg.html)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Tool%20Racks/P1080760_zpsyosbsvwy.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/RobWilson100/media/Tool%20Racks/P1080760_zpsyosbsvwy.jpg.html)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Tool%20Racks/P1080766_zps03nzmj47.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/RobWilson100/media/Tool%20Racks/P1080766_zps03nzmj47.jpg.html)
Made two one for each shop , a bit of a clean up and a coat of paint tomorrow .
Rob
Post by: lockstocknbarrel on April 03, 2015, 04:46:40 PM
Happy Easter.......................... :D
A Job well done.
Engineered to your usual high standard.
Kindest Regards
Beagles
Post by: awemawson on April 03, 2015, 04:51:07 PM
In fact so neat I may well copy it if I ever get back into my workshop :bow:
Post by: John Rudd on April 03, 2015, 05:09:42 PM
So we painting tomorrow while suppin' tea? :lol: :lol:
Post by: krv3000 on April 03, 2015, 05:26:37 PM
Post by: Stilldrillin on April 03, 2015, 05:31:03 PM
David D
Post by: vtsteam on April 03, 2015, 09:09:08 PM
Quote
being a bit of a klotz at times
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I don't believe that for a second, Rob!
must be good, must zip it, must be nice, oh it's so hard.........
Changing the subject.....
Canny piece of kit, mate! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :beer:
Post by: mexican jon on April 04, 2015, 12:37:32 AM
Nice idea and quality work :mmr:
Post by: dawesy on April 04, 2015, 04:02:58 AM
Post by: RobWilson on April 06, 2015, 02:11:41 PM
Well I slapped some paint onto them today . :dremel: :dremel:
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Tool%20Racks/P1080777_zpskdvp3pao.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/RobWilson100/media/Tool%20Racks/P1080777_zpskdvp3pao.jpg.html)
Here we are all done and screwed to the ceiling ,one in each shop .
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Tool%20Racks/P1080780_zpsganjjbam.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/RobWilson100/media/Tool%20Racks/P1080780_zpsganjjbam.jpg.html)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Tool%20Racks/P1080781_zpsouf7tin2.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/RobWilson100/media/Tool%20Racks/P1080781_zpsouf7tin2.jpg.html)
I should have made three :palm:
Cheers Rob
Post by: awemawson on April 06, 2015, 02:37:11 PM
Are you SURE that you have enough hammers? Looks like someone has a hammer fetish to me :lol:
Post by: RobWilson on April 06, 2015, 02:54:27 PM
Rob,
Are you SURE that you have enough hammers? Looks like someone has a hammer fetish to me :lol:
:lol: :lol: I do have a slight hammer infestation Andrew :Doh: ,,,,,,,,,,but could always do with a few more :palm:
Bought this lot a few weeks ago ,I was only supposed to look at lathe :Doh:
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/P1080680_zpsmsfrmlse.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/RobWilson100/media/P1080680_zpsmsfrmlse.jpg.html)
I have even had the wife laughing at me when I came back to the hotel room in Florence with a bag of hammers and two fret saws , I was supposed to get two ice creams :lol: :lol: ,I found an excellent tool shop just off the ponte Vecchio selling Hammers ,lathes , furnaces you name it for the jewellery trade in Florence , a real old school shop :dremel:
Rob
Post by: tom osselton on April 06, 2015, 04:36:22 PM
Post by: RobWilson on April 06, 2015, 05:08:45 PM
The bags are filled with sand , most folk think they are filled with Lead shot ,but if they were filled with Lead shot it would soon just mush into a solid mass after a few whacks with the hammer .Also they would be dam heavy .
Those hammers are not so easy to fined in the UK to that's why I snapped those ones up , but saying that when I was in London last I had a brain fart and thought of Florence ,so I set a course for Hatton Gardens (London's diamond/jewellery quarter ) , there I found a similar shop to the Italian one ( http://www.mealli.it/ ) selling all sorts of hammers and interesting tools , Walsh and sons , like a very nice micro brazing torch .
So look for jewellery suppliers . https://www.hswalsh.com/ London ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, http://www.lacytools.ca/ Canada
Rob
Post by: tom osselton on April 06, 2015, 05:21:18 PM
Post by: RobWilson on April 06, 2015, 05:27:45 PM
Making your own hammers :bow: :bow: I may have a bash at doing that when I get the forge finished :palm:
Rob
Post by: vtsteam on April 06, 2015, 05:39:12 PM
In my own shop I call those other sticks with weights on them "harmers". :)
Post by: Manxmodder on April 06, 2015, 08:17:53 PM
Rob,
Are you SURE that you have enough hammers? Looks like someone has a hammer fetish to me :lol:
You can never have to many 'Manchester spanners' .......OZ.
Post by: RussellT on April 07, 2015, 03:56:58 AM
You can never have to many 'Manchester spanners' .......OZ.
Not to be confused with a Birmingham screwdriver?
I have found some regional variation in terms like this. Are you from Liverpool Oz?
Russell
Post by: Manxmodder on April 07, 2015, 08:54:32 AM
Post by: Meldonmech on April 08, 2015, 09:52:27 AM
Nice neat rack Rob looks well in the workshop. Make sure you don't go racking your brains.
Cheers David
Post by: RobWilson on April 08, 2015, 12:45:45 PM
rob
Post by: PeterE on April 08, 2015, 03:16:41 PM
Just hope that they are hanging well above head height ....
/Peter
Post by: RobWilson on April 08, 2015, 03:22:08 PM
Rob
Post by: howsitwork? on April 08, 2015, 05:59:44 PM
Post by: RobWilson on April 09, 2015, 01:22:46 PM
Rob
Post by: Fleety on July 08, 2015, 11:16:01 PM
I will defiantly make something similar in order to free up the bottom draw of my roll cab, mine may need a locking bar across the front though to stop the "borrowers" from borrowing when im not in work!
Post by: Jonny on July 09, 2015, 11:13:05 AM
Post by: AdeV on July 09, 2015, 10:39:39 PM
Maybe I'll do a wall version...
Then using my Australian milling cutter
:scratch: looks the right way up to me?
Post by: RobWilson on July 10, 2015, 11:46:35 AM
Then using my Australian milling cutter
:scratch: looks the right way up to me?
:lol: :lol: Aye Ade its a,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, little ripper ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :palm:
Rob
Post by: RobWilson on July 10, 2015, 11:48:54 AM
Brings back some memories that flooring Rob, I can tell you what machine it was made on and where the steel came from.
You into rubber Jonny ? :)
Rob
Post by: AdeV on July 10, 2015, 04:21:59 PM
:lol: :lol: Aye Ade its a,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, little ripper ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :palm:
:lol: :lol: :lol: little ripper... that's just shocking :lol: :lol: :lol:
Post by: RobWilson on July 10, 2015, 04:43:33 PM