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Gallery, Projects and General => Project Logs => Topic started by: Bigbadbugga on July 01, 2014, 02:44:36 PM
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Well made a start today on the stand frame, it's pretty substantial.
It's all made from scrap I had lying around left over from other projects, and that means that some of it looks a bit scummy, but it's all solid 3mm wall box.
First I cut the two rear legs from 100x50x3 RHS. Both 900mm long.
(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii187/jonjored/df0f3254ebff3f8d077c41bf7531c2fc.jpg)
That saw has served me well for ten years now, next project will be a decent trolley for it.
The two front legs are shorter for a reason that will become obvious later. They are 50x50x3 RHS and 750mm long.
(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii187/jonjored/4421606b41eb10d6413bebfce7ea6afe.jpg)
Then the side rails, two top ones are 50x25x3 RHS and 450mm long, the bottom rails are 650mm long.
Then I cut two pieces of the 100x50x3 at 125mm long and tack welded the two sides together to make two of these....
(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii187/jonjored/bdb766fd521396bb21ec35b7328c8329.jpg)
Now you can see the reason for the shorter front legs.
I then joined the two halves making the whole thing 700mm wide to leave me with a basic frame, I only used 25mm square for the lower braces as that's all I had left....
(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii187/jonjored/2f6856ce9712f3e05a6596d7d5b31b75.jpg)
Then added two braces set the right distance to bolt the mill base to.
(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii187/jonjored/b5afc0dc0a14d1ceae622e66641368ae.jpg)
Tomorrow I'll fully weld it all, clean it down and give it a coat of paint :)
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Nice job but I would have added either diagonal bracing or some sheet material to stop it twisting.
It's what I've done with my wooden benches.
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It's getting skinned in 1mm steel. And some drawers and a cupboard in the bottom.
The step will be covered with either Ali tread plate or steel with a ribbed rubber cover for use as a footrest.
I'll also be making up some decent levelling feet too as my workshop floor isn't the greatest level playground.
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It's getting skinned in 1mm steel.
Ah, that should do it!
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Looking good and solid that is BBB, should be a grand job when it's finished. :thumbup: Bet you can't wait to start milling. :ddb: :ddb: :ddb: :ddb: :ddb:
Cheers Dek. :med:
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:proj: nice one!! Keep up with the photos!
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:proj: nice one!! Keep up with the photos!
Oops, sorry, I forgot to take pics as I went today.
Got the frame fully welded and rubbed down, then painted.
Then I did some work on a mates car while the paint dried.
Then I riveted some steel to the back and sides. This will get painted too, probably sprayed for a nice finish.
Here's were I'm up to...
(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii187/jonjored/2d9ee330e68b28831d0626c53f934e7d.jpg)
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thats shaping up nice