1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

I use it every chance I get

@Sperrunner bought a large, steel flange along with that round bar

He needed a makeshift tool made for undoing a pipe/part; the tool itself costs over $2,200 from McMaster Carr so it's a lot cheaper going this route since it'll be a one-time use

The flange I have so I can set the correct spacing between the two "nubs", and the overall length is 4'

But I'm also hooking him up with 3' long square tube to slide over it and use as a breaker bar

 

There's a chance it can break though, depending on how much torque is applied since it was welded on; I let it cool slowly to prevent it from getting brittle

Mainly because the strongest way to make this would've been 1.5" round bar, drilled out to run the "nubs" through some holes in the round bar

This would allow me to plug weld it up top and weld below so it's as strong as possible

But the round bar is the same diameter as the two nubs so I shaped them to sit on the bar, and ran two passes around them

Then added a small bit of angle iron at the rear nub to prevent the bar from bending under torque

 

Also, y'all know what time it is

 

@TACOTU3

Small bit of advice, because somehow people still skip this important detail

Whenever you make something, especially if it's for someone paying, always take the extra effort to remove burrs, round off sharp corners, etc





I even ran a small file by hand inside the square tube to get rid of any sharp edges

People will remember small stuff like that, not getting cut or scratched up on or getting edges caught on their gloves

 

Surprised it let me get so close

 

You and Monica might love my baking but Miguel being a chef and all, he might cricize it like crazy

Just finished making the filling

 

Dibs

 

Wheres the MSG?

 

Pfft I be making it all from scratch home slice

 

@Sperrunner

 

But did you grow the apples

 

i appreciate this kind of work so much, nothing pisses me off more than when i buy shit that has surprise sharp edges

 

I've either been cut a few times or got a shirt or something caught up and ripped over sharp edges

Freaking hate them

 

Freshly picked from the grocery store

But hell even the nutmeg I grind up myself

 

I'm not one to criticize something I have never made.

 

I'm sure he'll be gentle

 

It's looking gooooood



I place a tray full of water undeeneath to provide some humidity

 

yeah exactly, it sucks so bad when that happens. best case ive lost a pair of jeans or a shirt and worst case i end up with a new scar lol