We had a lot of visitors today, probably because of the nice weather. I spent the gaps between jobs tinkering on this project.
I found some rib stock, so I cut it at 45 degrees and got it ready for welding.
Since I won’t know how it’ll work until I try it, I drilled holes randomly.
I bent the handle 180 degrees.
I plan to punch out a round plate with a 100 mm diameter punch and use it as a handle.
I haven’t tested whether it’ll work, but I have nearly 50 dies ranging up to about 200 mm, so I can do all sorts of things.
As usual, I applied a hole press (barelling) to it.
This rubber stopper fits into the bottom case and can be turned. And if you swap out the rubber stopper, it works with different diameters too.
Now you can spin it around.
The bottom case is held in place by pins that go in from both sides. I designed it with a physical lock shape.
You have to lift it to remove it. That’s reassuring.
You can clamp the handle in a vise,
or hold it from the front,
or hold it directly,
or even stick a spray gun in it,
and you can hang it up for storage.
Finally, we can escape that wobbly situation.
This afternoon, a package arrived from US Amazon. Nothing fancy.
I’ve been struggling for years with how to store my gloves. This solved it nicely.
