Wichendon Machine Shop (restart)

[Jerry]

Very nice work Dave!

Jerry

[deemery]

For some reason, the medium viscosity CA was not sticking the belts to the pulleys very well.  That's extremely frustrating (and I tried -3- different brands, 2 of them were new bottles.)

But anyway, I got the belts from the tool shafts to the main shaft installed yesterday:

Today I'll test fit the tools and decide if I want to add workbenches between the tools down the middle of the shop.  Once the tools are glued into position, there'll be no access there.  I should also cut notches to run the lighting wires.  Slow progress... 

dave

[Jerry]

Looks good Dave!

Jerry

[friscomike]

Howdy Dave, congratulations on the belt installation.  That looks like tedious work.  Persist!  ~mike

[deemery]

I ordered some pre-wired SMD warm white LEDs.  My current thinking is to hang one in every other bay along the central joist.  Looking carefully at the existing structure, there's gaps along that central backbone that should hold the wires.  I'll check that once I get the LEDs with their presumably long and thin wire.  I also mocked up 2 of the tools, to think through the assembly process.  Tomorrow, I'll go through my detail parts collections and look for table tops.  I'll make table leg sets from styrene (easier to glue)

davve

[Larry C]

Dave nice job; things are coming along. I answered your question in my build thread in case you didn't see it.
Belt lines and belts are quite tedious so do some and take breaks along the way.

[Philip]

 Good job keeping installing them taut. Mine are loose....and....defeated. Was reading a post over at Westlake publishing and a fellow made his belts from thin brass strips soldered together. Of course they are over the top there...  

[deemery]

I worked on the downstairs office:

One thing to notice is that left corner, where I put a piece of wood angle to cover the existing hole for running wires down through the floor.  

My pre-wired SMD LEDs arrived today, and I played with them a bit.  If I understand correctly, the current limiter 'eats' about 3 volts, so with a 12v source, I can light 4 LEDs.  It appears, from working with a 9v battery and 3 LEDs, the result is dimmer than it would be with fewer bulbs.  I guess that makes sense.  

dave

[craftsmankits]

Looking good Dave.  Did that workbench come with the kit?  I don't remember seeing it before, it appears to be a FSM white metal casting, but I never purchased an FSM kit that carried that specific type of workbench.  Keep up the good work, Mark.

[deemery]

I'm not sure whose casting that is.  It's very well done, quite sharp detail.    I have a large number of assorted casting details that I've collected over the decades. 

Looking at that piece of wood angle I added, it would make a good closet if I added a door...

dave

[nycjeff]

Hello Dave, it's really starting to come together. The belts you have done so far look great and I like the tool bench as well.

[deemery]

Some detail/castings work today:

Some of these are glued into position, others are just set in place.


I admit to being really proud of the coffee cup on the desk...

On the lighting front:  I think I finally understand both the rules and the specifics of my lighting installation.  I'm waiting for the cheap multimeter to arrive tomorrow to measure the voltage drop on my LEDs, and then I can assemble the string of LEDs (2 different sizes), test them, and install them.

dave

[Jerry]

Dave there some nice details.  The desk is well done.

Jerry

[PRR Modeler]

Great details Dave.

[deemery]

(They won't be visible, but I'll know they're there.)

dave