General Tech What did you work on Today?

[XJEEPER]

Nice job! Those tight angles must have been difficult to cut precisely

The Milwaukee portaband and Swag Offroad table has come in very handy for this project. I still have to fab up the banister for the other side of the stairs, which has a rail that extends to the top of the stairs.

 

[zmotorsports]

I picked up the new miller 211 to have as a backup welder at my house and its quickly becoming my favorite welder. I finished welding up my fabbed 9" housing for my CJ. I'm really surprised it burned hot enough to really Pentwater the inner C but it killed it.

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I also TIG welded up some unit bearing pockets for @xj_nate the pockets are cast and then machined which made it interesting to weld. They aren't perfect but they should hold up.... probably.

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Very nice work on both the housing and the bearing housings.

You'll love the Millermatic M211. I added one to my arsenal of welders about 2 years ago in which I run the smaller .023" wire in because I was tired of switching around on my MM250 from the .030" wire. I haven't welded anything thick with the 211 but on the thinner material which I bought it for it works great.

Mike

 

[zmotorsports]

I was able to move on to the next job on my white board over the weekend. This project is for a fellow RME forum member who needed a new bolt pattern drilled in a couple of Dana 60 hubs.

A few holes were welded up to go from the standard 8 on 6.5” bolt pattern to the 5 on 150 for his Toyota.

Set up on the mill and locating center.

I Progressively stepped up to 9/16” drill bit. I was worried about the welded plug areas being hardened or tempered from the welding process and sure enough I had to anneal the welded areas so they could be machined.

Then used the 2” Criterion boring head to sneak up on the .604” diameter holes.

Ready so he can press the new studs in.

Completed and ready to be picked up.

Thanks for looking.

Mike

 

[Gravy]

I fixed a broken kickstand for a customer yesterday.
He had broken the bolt off below flush then drilled and broken an easy-out in here and burned up a couple drill bits trying to drill the hardened easy-out before he called me.


So I pulled the peg off and cleaned the bolt with suspension clean and used my smallest TIG torch at 45amps to slowly built up material until it was tall enough to grab with vise grips.

Threads were perfect. Didn't even need to chase them. Loving the control with this ProTIG 205.

 

[zgfiredude]

Do you think the heat may have helped as well?

 

[Gravy]

Do you think the heat may have helped as well?

Absolutely.

Additionally: my old timer welding teacher taught me that if you need to drill a hardened bolt you can heat it up enough to anneal the bolt and make it soft enough to drill.

 

[pkrfctr]

I was able to find my dad's (passed 6 yrs ago) 1979 c10. I picked it up to resto with my son for his first car. Making good progress.

 

[N-Smooth]

I was able to move on to the next job on my white board over the weekend. This project is for a fellow RME forum member who needed a new bolt pattern drilled in a couple of Dana 60 hubs.

A few holes were welded up to go from the standard 8 on 6.5” bolt pattern to the 5 on 150 for his Toyota.

Set up on the mill and locating center.

I Progressively stepped up to 9/16” drill bit. I was worried about the welded plug areas being hardened or tempered from the welding process and sure enough I had to anneal the welded areas so they could be machined.

Then used the 2” Criterion boring head to sneak up on the .604” diameter holes.

Ready so he can press the new studs in.

Completed and ready to be picked up.

Thanks for looking.

Mike

Do you also have the capability of boring out to 1.5”??? If so I have a job for you 😁

 

[ricsrx]

Now I need to machine it all pretty something like below

 

[I Lean]

Looks like a bunny.

 

[ricsrx]

Looks like a bunny.

I know.... I need to do something different.

 

[I Lean]

I know.... I need to do something different.

Or just embrace it...

 

[Hickey]

I was thinking more along the lines of...

 

[jeeper]

My great great ?great? Grandpa built the first sacrament table here in Utah when the settlers came over. It has been in the family since it got replaced in one of the chapels in Fillmore. It has seen better days for sure. My brothers and I have decided to restore it as a gift for my mother for Christmas. We’ve kept as much of the original wood as possible, and even used some of my grandpas tools as we have worked on it.
not quite done yet, but was pretty stoked to see it coming along.

 

[Coco]

My great great ?great? Grandpa built the first sacrament table here in Utah when the settlers came over. It has been in the family since it got replaced in one of the chapels in Fillmore. It has seen better days for sure. My brothers and I have decided to restore it as a gift for my mother for Christmas. We’ve kept as much of the original wood as possible, and even used some of my grandpas tools as we have worked on it.
not quite done yet, but was pretty stoked to see it coming along.
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This is awesome! Well done!

 

[lhracing]

Put a new Kenwood TM-710G in the 4Runner today. Aprs should be much better than the Yaseu FTM-100D that I have been using.

 

[Troop92]

Some new LED lights up in the garage. So focused on the work and the basement I haven't had any time for these. Nice to check even small stuff off the list. I have another that will go under the cabinets.

 

[1969honda]

When you paint use a semi gloss/gloss white on the ceiling. Have them add as much of the brightest white pigment they can. It'll help reflect more light back down and the garage will feel much brighter. @jpndave showed me this and it makes a huge difference, plus the paint will cover a lot better with fewer coats.

 

[Troop92]

When you paint use a semi gloss/gloss white on the ceiling. Have them add as much of the brightest white pigment they can. It'll help reflect more light back down and the garage will feel much brighter. @jpndave showed me this and it makes a huge difference, plus the paint will cover a lot better with fewer coats.

Great call-out, thanks. Paint is on the list, but I'll first have to tape/mud again after I shore up the ceiling drywall. The previous owner did it all himself, and, well... Let's just say that watching a YouTube video didn't make him good.

 

[moab_cj5]

Put a new Kenwood TM-710G in the 4Runner today. Aprs should be much better than the Yaseu FTM-100D that I have been using.

You'll like that radio. I dig mine.