What Did You Do Today 2025

[John HinkleyParticipant @johnhinkley26699]

Spent a little time creating some STEP files in ALibre Atom and printing them out in ABS-GF filament.

Not a very clear photo due to lack of illumination, but from top left clockwise, they are: vice jaw protectors, both grooved and plain, “parallels” and assorted angle plates.  The one with a flange is for a specific job to set a workpiece at 12.5° in the mill vice.  The parallels are surprisingly parallel, to within 0.5 to 1 thousandth of an inch, measured with a digital caliper.  That’s good enough for me.  How well they all stand up to workshop (ab)use remains to be seen.  Easy enough to print off some more if necessary.

John

 

[Roderick JenkinsParticipant @roderickjenkins93242]

After my failures with tape and glue I fancy something a bit more mechanical so I have made some low profile clamps to one of Harold Hall’s designs, by way of Blondihacks:

Rod

[DalboyParticipant @dalboy]

More time in the workshop started by repairing a petrol hedge trimmer which would not start turned out to be one of the reals had popped out of place. Then onto some of the spacers for the clamps managed to get 4 made. Just need to complete the second end on the other 4.

A quick test fit yes they are all the same length, just a trick of the camera.

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