Doc Machines a Shelf!

[DocsMachine]

I have been and will be spending more time in front of my CNC lathe, and was increasingly frustrated with tool storage. I need ready access to an air hose, as well as my chip-hook. The machine had this fiddly little wire loop that some previous owner added probably for that purpose, but it didn't work well for me.

So I made something better!

Let me know what'cha think.

Doc.

[netsurferdude2]

Doc what belt grinder do you have there at the 2:20 mark? Production or homemade?

[DocsMachine]

That's a Wilmont grinder, a small-shop marque that was trying to compete with Beaumont's KMGs a few years back. Nice machine, but the guy went out of business within a few years.

I picked it up, brand new, never even had a belt on it, at a local secondhand shop. Luck of the draw, I just happened to be the first to see it.

I did make my own, but it was a multi-year side project, and ironically, I was just finishing it up when the Wilmont appeared.



The Wilmont can turn sideways to do horizontal grinding as shown, so I opted to keep that one, and sold my homebrew one to a guy who has already made about $50K in knives with it.

Doc.

[desertT1]

Looks like a very nice enhancement.

[Mr. Hick]

The best part of the whole situation is that it's currently mid daylight season in Alaska, so we can't tell if you were making this shelf at 2200 or if it was mid day. That makes all the grunts and non-language hit on a whole new level.

[Tarsun2]

whats with all the leaves and greenery...?

i was expecting something like the ending of watchmen, or where captian america crashed, or the setting of the 1986 THING movie. lol

[the_matrix_guy]

Top tier stuff, as always, Doc. (Pun intended 🤪)

[Seajay]

Not overengineered enough. No flared edge to keep the Dew from vibrating off during "work".

Lovely shelf though.

[DocsMachine]

Well, actually, it's not really intended to be a "cup holder" shelf.

I have a rolling tool chest just off to the right that stores the tools and tooling for the machine, and the workbench top of which is where the project du jour is staged. If I have a drink, it stays there, a little further out of the blast zone.

The primary use of the shelf, really, is just for those two things- the air hose and the chip hook. I just figured while I was taking the time, and I had the space, I'd make it a little wider. In the initial overall shot, you can see how much winds up piled at the top of the machine.

The best part of the whole situation is that it's currently mid daylight season in Alaska, so we can't tell if you were making this shelf at 2200 or if it was mid day.

-Actually, even with all the extra hassles with recording, it only took me about three hours all told. Maybe as long as four, I wasn't watching the clock.

Editing took a good chunk of the evening.

Doc.