Shop Time w/T.W. Friends

The sale is still going

 

Boss man had this disc laser cut. It’s so smooth the coax indicator barely jumps.

 

Ah yes I can see blowing glass being pretty tight at +/-.019"

 

Bicycle bottom bracket adapter?

 

Almost done for the day

 

I have no idea!

 

Also wondering if he has learned his unclamped work on the drill press lesson yet...

 

Not yet, luckily just wood for now

 

Thought this would fit in here.
.008 (actually .2 mm .00787) hole in 304
It intersected a 4mm hole from the other end.
I will see what else I can dig up that I have pictures of.

 

How on earth does that even work?? Like I can’t even wrap my head around the fact that theres a drill bit made to do something that small!

 

Since we’ve moved onto micro things we’ve made. Here’s a tiny bicycle that we cut out on our laser. The material is 11 gauge stainless (.120”)
This was a demo program that we have from when we bought our laser.
It took me a while to find it in my junk drawer!

 

#1, how do they make a drill bit that small.

#2, how do you drill it in anything, much less stainless

Thanks for sharing, that is really cool

 

Wow! That is so tiny

I love miniature stuff, especially if it is made by someone personally

 

We have tiny drills, we call them circuit card drills

 

I’ve got a tiny set in my toolbox, I’ll see if I can find it tomorrow. I think it goes down to .015” is it.

 

Boss man took this to get tested today. They need it to hold 2,000 lbs. It was tested at 4,064 lbs, 10 times for 30 seconds each time. The graphs are near identical for all 10 pulls.

I was a little nervous, I’ve never had anything tested I’ve welded. I’ve also never been to school for welding or machining.

When I was 10 years old I ask my dad to show me how to weld with his Lincoln buzz box that he still has and uses. That was 1985, I remember it like it was yesterday.

I didn’t touch a mig welder until I was 20 years old when I started in this machine shop, that was 25 years ago.

 

Nice work!

 

Thanks! Thanks again for the clevis idea too

 

Any time! Glad it was well received!

 

I’m always open to suggestions, or criticism