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Great work, as usual. Drilling and tapping a long bolt in line requires a lot of precision, I imagine you spent some time using your brains first and then your hands. Did you find the fishing pole holder part ready made or did you have to bend the part yourself ? In that case can we have details ?
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Thanks I had a whole answer about ready to send and and the computer decided to do a restart and lost it all.
![]() No the rod holders are metric and store bought. One end of the bolt is just a stud I made that screws in. The other end is drilled and tapped for the rod holder bolt to screw all the way into. I through drilled the big bolt because it is easier to clean out. The tap was as I said started on the lathe with a live center so it has no choice but to get started straight. The tap has a small hole in the end for this exact reason. Starting a tap crocked in a deep hole is a nightmare and you wont get far without breaking it. The lathe is a wonderful tool for starting taps and dies straight. If you look at the top of the big bolt it will be easy to bolt a flat bar on top and have 2 or even 3 rod holders mounted now. Something he didn't consider before. Worth |
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Here are pictures of drilling the hole and starting the tap straight.
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I gave the extensions to the owner he was very happy with them.
![]() He couldn't wrap his mind around what I was doing until he had them in his hands. Worth |
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Thanks for the pictures, they made me younger. The second is rather puzzling. I hope you managed to squirt some oil on the drill and at the bottom of the hole when you took it out to clear the shavings. The lathe will soon be amortized !
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Yes the hole goes all the way through and I use a lot of oil to clear out shavings. I cant count how many times I took the drill and the tap out to oil and clear shavings. The tap for sure or you will just end up with a broken tap work ruined. These taps get real hot just by tapping by hand if you leave them in hot they will get stuck so you have to take them out so they and the work can cool off. I usually make about 1/2 turn and back up to break chips so it takes a long time. If a person is in a hurry and wants to get it done fast and not the kind of person to take their time they dont need to be doing it. Taps are so hard they are like glass almost. When a die explodes it sounds like a small gun going off. I always wear safety glasses around this stuff. Worth |
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I don't have a lathe, but I do have a set of taps and dies. Some 35 years ago, Sears sold a decent set of taps and dies under the Craftsman label. I have both metric and standard with about 110 pieces total. They have come in handy many times over the years.
I am planning to build a workshop. Doing my woodworking and shop work in the greenhouse only goes so far. I need a place big enough to set up 3 tablesaws, a radial arm saw, router table, sander, and a few other miscellaneous items. |
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If you ever do decide to buy a lathe stay away from old south bends and such.
TheyDer.e antiques best left for the museum. Many are wore out to the point of if not being practical to fix. You wont find these unfixable problems until you get it home. What I need is some way to cut steel besides a cut off wheel on a right angle grinder. Worth |
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4 families of equipment come to my mind : - disk of HSS steel or with carbide teeth / milling cutter. HSS steel cuts more cleanly and can be sharpened till its diameter becomes too small. Lubrication is highly recommended. Must be used with a stand, never with a common grinder, the speed is much too high. -band saw. Works slowly but high precision. Lubrication and automatic progression highly recommended not to break teeth. - reciprocating saw. Less fragile than disks. Can cut thick pieces of steel. Automatic progression highly recommended not to break teeth Second hand equipment is a good solution, I suppose opportunities ca be found from time to time… |
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Here is an example of the quality of work we are getting in Texas from our imported labor.
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Behold, the famed Guadalajaran lap joint.
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That one cracked me up pretty good. <still chuckling>
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Take that Estwing 20 oz. hammer and slam the 16 penny nail down. That's old school - it's still practiced today. F all the BS that people pretend to do today.
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I cant count how many times I have seen nails sticking out of the wood ready to hurt someone on the site.
If OSHA were to show up they would have a field day. If they were to take over there wouldn't be anything built in any amount of reasonable time either. No way in hell am I going anywhere near an imported worker kid with a 16 penny nail gun. ![]() Worth |
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