It's The Little Things That Make The Biggest Difference

[machinist@large]

Now, how would I get to Michigan? I can't afford to go to the next town...

IMO, they're more craft than art, art is non functional...

Tony, don't sell yourself short; a lot of what all the "High Brow" crowd claims is the "Most ~|®¿¿¿¿¿ ever!!!!" instantly becomes what they wipe their with when the next trendy of the second has them scrambling to catch up. And I'm the first to admit that what I really find cool isn't most people's cup of tea.

I could go on, but that would make Poboy's rantings seem brief.........

I think Kelly wood would disagree with there.

 

[OzFab]

Anyone wondering what I've been up to lately?


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No? Didn't think so...

Anyhoo, here's a teaser...

 

[OzFab]

Ok, enough suspense, it's a new body for my electric scooter; below are before & after pics, you tell me which looks better...

Keep in mind, the new body still needs paint...

 

[chancer]

I like the DIY wood one.

 

[OzFab]

Yeah, me too; the original, to me, is simply too big, bulky, clumsy & just plain ugly; I've been wanting to do this for years...

 

[OzFab]

Painting this thing has become a nightmare!

Although it’s made of wood, I didn’t want any grain marks showing through the paint so, after sanding everything as smooth as possible, I laid two coats of primer/filler, wet sanded, then repeated the process before laying three coats of black, then two coats of clear. There were one or two areas where the grain was showing but, otherwise, it was perfect… then the new LEDs arrived…

See, this scooter is road legal as it has a working brake light, head light, indicators & even a horn…

I didn’t want to simply screw the lights to the body, that would be too easy so, after taking precautions against causing damage, I set to work frenching the three lights… which, by now you’ve guessed, didn’t end well; I left chips in the paint & even took a chunk out of one spot…

STRIKE ONE…

After making the necessary repairs to the damaged areas, I masked off the majority of the body so as not to end up with primer overspray covering the entire piece, then laid two coats of primer/filler, removed the masking & wet sanded the whole thing before laying two fresh coats of colour to the repaired areas, a full colour coat to the whole piece & finished with a further two coats of clear before leaving it to dry overnight…

Just a quick count:
2 coats of primer/filler
another 2 coats of primer/filler
3 coats of colour
2 coats of clear
wet rub
another coat of colour &, finally,
2 more clear coats…

So, on the majority of the piece, there were a dozen layers of paint…

The next morning, I went to inspect my work & the first thing I noticed was tape marks down each side of the top surface… under the fresh clear

STRIKE TWO!

Now it’s literally back to the drawing board for a third attempt…

 

[Scout]

Here's a little tip I learned: When starting a thread on round bar, I place the bar in the head chuck of my lathe with the drill chuck in the tail stock; I then sandwich the die between the bar & the open drill chuck. As I turn the die onto the bar, I wind in the tail stock, which keeps the drill chuck in contact with the die, keeping it straight & square on the round bar.

Once the thread is established, I can then move the round bar to my bench vice & continue/complete the job...

I've done this, but I use the open end of the wrench to hold the die. If for some reason I need to stop threading I can yank the wrench off.

 

[Kansaskart]

Here's a little tip I learned: When starting a thread on round bar, I place the bar in the head chuck of my lathe with the drill chuck in the tail stock; I then sandwich the die between the bar & the open drill chuck. As I turn the die onto the bar, I wind in the tail stock, which keeps the drill chuck in contact with the die, keeping it straight & square on the round bar.

Once the thread is established, I can then move the round bar to my bench vice & continue/complete the job...

How big of threads have you tried manually? Ive seen the larger 3/4 and 1" dies. Ive always used my lathe, takes forever but im not a good lathe guy.

 

[OzFab]

Speaking of cutting threads on round bar, I was doing this last night, wound a nut on the thread & now I can't get the dang thing off...

 

[Randy H]

Sorry, I mangled your threads a bit removing the nut.

 

[MTNSleder]

Sorry, I mangled your threads a bit removing the nut.

How'd you do that?

 

[Randy H]

How'd you do that?

Photoshop. If you want details feel free to shoot me a PM.

I'm just trying to figure how Ozfab made his gizmo.

 

[OzFab]

You did really well with photoshop, I can't even pick the edit...

If Pat (machinist@large) was still around, he could tell you but, alas, another one of the greats gone...

 

[MTNSleder]

Photoshop. If you want details feel free to shoot me a PM.

I'm just trying to figure how Ozfab made his gizmo.

You kid's with your Photoshop...

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Photoshop. If you want details feel free to shoot me a PM.

I'm just trying to figure how Ozfab made his gizmo.

Easy. 2 pieces of threaded rod meet in the middle of the nut.
Optical illusion.

 

[itsid]

Easy. 2 pieces of threaded rod meet in the middle of the nut.
Optical illusion.

I'd bet Tony made it "properly" instead
he has a lathe afterall...

one end is threaded and welded on after threading in the nut...
the weld is then filed/rethreaded on the lathe afterwards.
At least that's how I'd do it (if I had a lathe )
if the nut's removable you can even skip the welding, but you'd need very nice edges
on the cap for it to blend in


'sid

 

[Randy H]

I put it in my xray machine and can verify its one piece.

 

[OzFab]

Easy. 2 pieces of threaded rod meet in the middle of the nut.
Optical illusion.

Then how do you explain the ends?

I'd bet Tony made it "properly" instead
he has a lathe afterall...

Yes...

one end is threaded and welded on after threading in the nut...
the weld is then filed/rethreaded on the lathe afterwards.
At least that's how I'd do it (if I had a lathe )
if the nut's removable you can even skip the welding, but you'd need very nice edges
on the cap for it to blend in


'sid

Nope, no welding involved; it was all done on the lathe...

The nut IS removable... you guys just need to figure out how...

I put it in my xray machine and can verify its one piece.

Umm, nope

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

A step down in the thread size. Internal threads on one side and external on the other. I'm still betting it's 3 total pieces.

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

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