Looks like you have mitres on the corners..looking good.
Chamber flush system build log.
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LVLAaron
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It's not pretty, but it's also not going to fall apart.
Practice makes perfect.you will be able to do vertical and overhead welds next...keep up the good work my friend.
WSnyder
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You definitely need to step up your welding game and tools one day. Makes welding projects a bit easier and a bunch faster
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Dusty Stevens
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Nice fixture table. I have one from back when i built choppers. Solid top 4x8. Too heavy to deal with much so im building a fireball table now.You definitely need to step up your welding game and tools one day. Makes welding projects a bit easier and a bunch faster
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LVLAaron
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You definitely need to step up your welding game and tools one day. Makes welding projects a bit easier and a bunch faster
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I'll send you a drawing for the cart I need.
There's a Wal-mart app for that. I used a cake pan.
Looking good.
Inside the main drain pan directly under the end of the barrel I use one of those double HF magnetic parts trays- sealed in a Ziploc, and fill it with a piece of plastic air filter material as a prefilter. Clean up is pulling the filter material (in the trash), open the ziploc, pull out the (clean) magnetic tray out of the Ziploc. Bag/chips in the trash.
Inside the main drain pan directly under the end of the barrel I use one of those double HF magnetic parts trays- sealed in a Ziploc, and fill it with a piece of plastic air filter material as a prefilter. Clean up is pulling the filter material (in the trash), open the ziploc, pull out the (clean) magnetic tray out of the Ziploc. Bag/chips in the trash.
Might not want to depend on magnets to hold the weight of that pan full of oil and the hose. I can see a tale of woe developing. Especially with jaws of a spinning chuck catching a tipping pan.
LVLAaron
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Can't disagree with that. I'm thinking through a clever way to clamp or strap it down.
I keep trying to feed that lathe more steel but he keeps fiddling with “projects”.
LVLAaron
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BuffaloBill
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Are there ”T” slots in the cross slide cover? I used those to anchor my drain pan
LVLAaron
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There aren't. It's one of the few things I really wish this lathe had. There are two bolt holes for the follower I could use somehow, but it'd be a trick to get them in/out with the pan on top.
Mine is wedged in front of my carriage and I trap it and lock it down but I'm using an inboard spider and probably 5" shorter than your chuck. I've got a stop bolt drilled and tapped in back of carriage that tailstock can bump into and not hit the DRO X-axis scale. Also makes a repeatable stop to bump into if you need to retract tailstock, then push it back in.
BuffaloBill
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Maybe you could use those bolt holes to secure a T type nut, then attach to the pan, a rail with T-slot, etc?
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