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[rmwarren]

Ahhh... Point zero 74 inches, now I get it.  [doh]

Takes me a while sometimes. 

RMW

That silly little zero…  [tongue]

Trips me up at least weekly.

Being on a roll, I ordered the flat cleats for 300mm shelves and also a 1mm (avoiding that friggin' zero) thick generic FC box clip. I'm at the point of getting all my random glue bottles and stuff up off the worksurfaces so they should speed that up.

I like how these shelves nest together side-by-side, so I'm going to convert some of my office shelves that now have plywood FC standards to the latest design.

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The holes in this design are spaced so I can trim them to fit 100mm & 200mm depth shelves.

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RMW

 

[ryanjg117]

I've had similarly good results with SCS (OshCut is also pretty comparable and sometimes cheaper). Good complement to TIG welding too, if you're interested in getting into another hobby.

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I'm looking to move my clamp rack from a roving unit to the wall. Love the simple brackets - any chance you share out the STEP files?

 

[rmwarren]

Latest iteration of the shelf cleats arrived. I was in error on the last ones, they were actually ~0.10" thick, these are 0.74.... eeerr 0.074"  [poke] [member=44099]Cheese[/member]

Anyway, other than needing to trim a touch off the tips to get them to fit over the cleats (design error) everything worked great, same process to countersink the holes, clean up the steel, quick shot of lacquer and a few screws.

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The little pin cleats (still waiting to be welded) will fit underneath. Overall shelf depth is 300mm, the holes are spaced to trim them down to 100/200.

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For giggles, here's the iterations I've gone thru over the years.

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The little cleat plates are meant to be screwed to boxes or whatever needs to be hung instead of having to route out the material.

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I was a little unsure of the shelf standard's strength with the thinner steel. Most of the plate is is 1" thick, the nut is 2-3/4", at a guess maybe 50-60# total.

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Good enough for me.

RMW

 

[Cheese]

Latest iteration of the shelf cleats arrived. I was in error on the last ones, they were actually ~0.10" thick, these are 0.74.... eeerr 0.074"  [poke] [member=44099]Cheese[/member]

Anyway, other than needing to trim a touch off the tips to get them to fit over the cleats (design error) everything worked great, same process to countersink the holes, clean up the steel, quick shot of lacquer and a few screws.

Nice Richard, I'm a real fan on how much time you've eliminated on this cleat project. Going from hours using a band saw to minutes screwing in 8 screws.

In the 5th photo down, what are those 4 recesses for, Systainer feet?

 

[rmwarren]

Latest iteration of the shelf cleats arrived. I was in error on the last ones, they were actually ~0.10" thick, these are 0.74.... eeerr 0.074"  [poke] [member=44099]Cheese[/member]

Anyway, other than needing to trim a touch off the tips to get them to fit over the cleats (design error) everything worked great, same process to countersink the holes, clean up the steel, quick shot of lacquer and a few screws.

Nice Richard, I'm a real fan on how much time you've eliminated on this cleat project. Going from hours using a band saw to minutes screwing in 8 screws.

In the 5th photo down, what are those 4 recesses for, Systainer feet?

Thanks. Yes, I'm burning thru all the recycled ($90/sheet) ply I ended up with when I disassembled that mega SYS/MFT cart. There were 9-10 pull out shelves ~410 by 700mm, I think I'm down to the last couple pieces.

I'll probably fill the voids with bondo next time I mix some up, for now I'm just ignoring them.

RMW

 

[Michael Kellough]

Is that birch ply on your shop walls?

 

[nclemmons]

Very cool idea!  I have not used French cleats but this might be motivation to try some due to the minimalist approach of your design. 

Thanks for sharing!

 

[rmwarren]

Is that birch ply on your shop walls?

Nope, ~5mm underlayment. I used to call it luan, not sure if that's an accurate name though. Home Depot junk because I don't like the look of OSB and didn't want the hassle of drywall, and it was cheap.

RMW

 

[rmwarren]

Very cool idea!  I have not used French cleats but this might be motivation to try some due to the minimalist approach of your design. 

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks [member=167]neilc[/member]

The cleats have worked really well. If I got a do over I'd probably change the height dimension and spacing but I'd definitely use them again.

RMW

 

[rmwarren]

Finishing yet another old project, the shop transitioned into metalworking configuration and (finally) set up the TIG welder. This involved relocating the Wilton vice to the long side of the welding cart and recessing the gas cylinders a couple inches. TIG is new to me, there is a lot to think about, it's definitely not as user friendly as MIG.

Setup to weld 1/4" stainless rod into the SCS French cleat hangers, rods held in a v-block clamped to the underside of the table:

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I could have done this with less heat, the warpage of the brackets was pretty extreme:

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That last photo was the first attempt, got a little carried away with ~120 amps pulsed. Even after lowering to 50A the heat melted through the front side of the brackets excessively, this probably only needed ~20 amps of so.

After straightening the brackets, the Milwaukee die grinder was perfect for cleanup with Roloc disk.

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Now I'm in the odd situation of having more hangers than I have a need for... first-world problems. [doh]

RMW

 

[Cheese]

I like the stainless French cleat hangers Richard.  [smile]  I haven't seen that many "merchandiser hooks" outside of Target.  [big grin]

I'm also liking the little Milwaukee M12 hand grinders, they've got to be less cumbersome than my air grinders with an 18" Goodyear whip attached.

That Millermatic 211 is really compact, are you running it on 120 or 240?

 

[rmwarren]

I like the stainless French cleat hangers Richard.  [smile]  I haven't seen that many "merchandiser hooks" outside of Target.  [big grin]

I'm also liking the little Milwaukee M12 hand grinders, they've got to be less cumbersome than my air grinders with an 18" Goodyear whip attached.

That Millermatic 211 is really compact, are you running it on 120 or 240?

[member=44099]Cheese[/member] I run the welders on 240V, 50A plug. The 211 is great, recently switched from .030 to .024 since most of what I do is < 1/4", primarily 10ga or 1/8". It lays down a nice bead.

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Sitting on the opposite side of it is the new (2021?) Weldpro 200 TIG machine.

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It took this long to get it set up on the cart and rearrange things to connect the Argon cylinder. With the MFTs out of the way I'm planning to spend some evenings figuring out how to use it, mostly for stainless and AL.

I'm really struggling with the amount of grinding dust, which gets absolutely everywhere and on everything, but the die grinder gets used a lot.

RMW

 

[rst]

Milwaukee’s 12v die grinders and rotary tool are some of my most used pieces of equipment.  The rotary is great for tiny spaces.  I keep discs and different diameter of double cut bits to handle the variety of tasks I encounter.

 

[estley]

I had a much simpler part done by oshcut, a piece of aluminum plate cut to size with some holes drilled. I considered having it powder coated but I passed on it since it’s not super visible. Great experience, next time I’ll try send-cut-send.

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[todd_fuller]

I used SendCutSend for a different kind of project. Wife wanted a specific microwave with the airftyer, etc, etc. Model only had the trim kit for being recessed into a cabinet, not like most trim other trim kits out there. I looked into ordering a custom one, but those were more than the microwave itself.

So it was $213 for a 75x50cm stainless cutout to match the over and be a few mm larger than the microwave. Had to get a surface conditioner too but that worked out really well. Would highly recommend the Walter two-in-one finishing drums.

 

[Cheese]

I used SendCutSend for a different kind of project. Wife wanted a specific microwave with the airftyer, etc, etc. Model only had the trim kit for being recessed into a cabinet, not like most trim other trim kits out there. I looked into ordering a custom one, but those were more than the microwave itself.

So it was $213 for a 75x50cm stainless cutout to match the over and be a few mm larger than the microwave. Had to get a surface conditioner too but that worked out really well. Would highly recommend the Walter two-in-one finishing drums.

That turned out really well...I like it.  [smile]

Which Walter drum did you use and what machine did you use it on?

How difficult was it to keep the grain lines straight?

 

[Steve1]

Seems like a handy service.
I bookmarked SendCutSend's web site.

Thanks for posting.