Mini Machine Shop Tooling Tray Build (w/ xTool P2 CO2 Laser Cutter)
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- Опубліковано 9 сер 2023
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Nice job Tim - you probably saved yourself 100 hours of searching for the elusive collet, wrench, end mill, etc. Every minute you spend getting organised probably pays itself back in operational efficiency by an order of magnitude. Well done.
Thanks! I spend way too much time searching around for things I was using 2 minutes ago.
I have done that for 6 years this inscape thing ... VERY effective pretty simple and free ... that is a good tip for people new to this
It's amazing how much capability can be cobbled together with free software. Inkscape can be a little clunky, but it's really capable for design.
FYI, we've done something similar using HFT Anti-Fatigue Foam Floor Mat. Cuts easily with our laser. Nice frame build, its the little things that makes shop time a joy. Thanks TW.
4:10 you got the kart going!! 👍👍 I'll be watching for that one.
Yep, I finally did it. That thing took way longer and cost a lot more than I was planning on, but the chassis is super nimble and the fun factor is 11/10. I've built several karts before, but never one for myself, so now I can cross that off the bucket list.
Also keep in mind, you are applying heat with the laser cut, that heat can cause the wood to warp or alter its flatness. It always best to clamp down any wood that is done on the laser cutter.
Blue painters tape works well to keep the material flat while you cut.
Tim, just awesome work and channel.
Measure the diagonals to check for square. Nice video
That's a great way to keep everything in line. Thanks!
Love the storage salutations
Nice work mate!. I would appreciate you demonstrating the difference in how much splatter and BB's stick to cold rolled welding table vs hot rolled steel table top. And if anti-splatter stick spray is needed on either. Nitrided cold rolled vs cold rolled vs hot rolled. cheers mate
Thanks! Great suggestion, that would be a fun experiment to run!
I love the fab stuff, nice work!
Thank you! Cheers!
Me too! The beginner learning stuff is great, but after all that learning we got from Tim we need some red meat to sink our teeth into
Hi Tim. Love your work mate 👍.
I’d think about having a canvas sheet to drop over your tool tray. That will keep spatter and grind dust off your milling tools ( particularly the R8 collets and the other Toolholders).
My welding table is close to my lathe, so I throw a cover over the lathe when I’m welding/grinding.
Regards
Robert
Thanks! That's a great suggestion. I left the gauges out of it for that reason, but the last thing I want to do is mess up my tapers.
Great idea, good job
Thank you!
Hi Tim, Frank from down under. which Ally Mig welding video do you recommend to assist me in rectifying the faults i am encountering? i am getting soot and blobs on most welds with the occasional perfect weld. struggling with determining whether its wire speed, speed of gun or heat. (volts,) or all of the above lol. keen to learn from your videos, just point me in the direction of the ones i need to watch. cheers, frank
Hi Tim. My problem with storage is placement of the PVC filler rod tubes I have constructed. With steel, stainless, aluminum and some bronze rods of different diameters, the numbers add up quickly. I now have I think I am up to 14 tubes. That can take up valuable space in a small garage. Along the wall limits hanging power tools used most often, stand takes up floor space and in a small garage, both areas are a concern. Anyone have any ideas?
On another topic, TIG welding steel, many instruction videos talk about the heat affected zone. They make it sound like a seriously bad thing without giving an explanation. I understand that from many videos about weld shrinkage and metal warping but many video lead you to believe there is a more sinister thing that will happen without explaining. My first thought is that it is a carry over from welding stainless or titanium where too much head will cause breakage. Will that happen to cold/hot rolled steel or DOM tubing? What about 4130? I know many people use heat to bend metal if they have no other means and to do so, the metal is cherry red in a large area. I am pointing this out so many will not feel afraid and that instructors tend to gloss over steel and too much heat and just want you making perfect welds from their instructions. The world is not perfect. The words "main reason" are not used. Keep the videos coming, I enjoy them and try to watch all as they come out.
Can you do a show and tell of the mill and lathe
I second that. I am shopping for both a lathe and a mill. Love to see how you like yours.
I can do that. I actually have a small steam engine kit that I'm planning to make with them and show a bit about the machines while I make them. I bought them from Precision Matthews (full price, no UA-cam deal) at the recommendation of a personal friend. The Lathe is bigger than I need, but it's the smallest one with a camlock spindle, which makes it really easy to change between chucks. The mill is thier Taiwanese 728 model and it's really nice for a little benchtop unit. Quinn on the Blondihacks YT channel did an excellent review of the same model mill that I have on her channel not too long ago.
Nice!
Thanks!
I ❤ tim
DR650 👍💪
It's a lot of fun. This one is just a DR350. It's a 1992 model year, kick stat only, that I picked up last year with 800 miles on it.
When is your Fireball fixture table arriving? :)
I checked those out at Fabtech last year. It's a beast, but I'm really happy with the Siegmund system. It's really stout, the hardness of the tool steel makes it nearly impossible to distort the holes and the tooling is perfect for the type of work that I do. I have a lot of other Fireball tools, their squares and shims are awesome!
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I have to tell you Tim, if you’re anything like me, and I truly hope you’re not, you’ll find that organization only lasts for so long. My wife tells people that I will buy a tool just in case a friend might want to borrow it. She’s not wrong! Organizing everything horizontally uses up a lot nor room. When you have a couple of hundred of mill bits as I’ve grown to have, that doesn’t work so well unless you have a large draw for your bits for steel, a bit for bits for aluminum, plus shelves and draws for slitting saws which are always mounted, face mills, etc. Then a few draws for metrology tools. Maybe a thousand drill bits for hard steel and titanium, for steel, for cast iron. For aluminum, for brass, bronze and copper. Short, long, HSS, cobalt, different types of carbide… Ok, that’s a start, maybe a quarter of it. Then there’s the lathe, the welder(s) and accessories. Plasma cutter, various metal saws, cabinet saw. Ugh! There a lot more. But that’s what happens after a few decades.
If you don’t plan for having several times as much stuff as you have, because you WILL find that you will always need more for this job, and that job, when you begin your plans, you’ll run out of room in a couple of years, maybe less. People tell me no, but then they find out. Eventually you end up having every available inch of wall space filled with tool cabinets, and then you’re trying to figure out where to put more, and you’re wife says: “Not in here you don’t!” very emphatically.
Good luck.
Ain’t that the truth! This is maybe 5% of the tooling that I have, and I have no intention of organizing all of it like this, just these few most common essentials. I generally tend toward semi-organized because like you said, the tools change and add too often.