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Working With Steel Again
I had some old chain laying around and decided to incorporate it into
this project. I'm going to use two short lengths to hold the plaque up with.
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I used my angle grinder with a cut-off wheel again to slice through the chain.
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After cutting a few different lengths, I thought six links would look
right. I plan on bolting this chain to the plaque but I'll need
something to thread the bolts into.
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What I came up with was to use 1/4-20 nuts, but I had to
sand them down so they would fit into the links. I threaded two of them
onto a bolt and then used my belt sander to make them round until they
fit the chain links.
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Next I used a scrap piece of wood and made a test slot for the chain to
rest in. Then I put two tack welds on each side of the nuts. Looks like
this is going to work out good.
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A few minutes later this is what had. The chain will rest against the
wood plaque and the bolt will thread into my custom made nut.
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Here is my plaque and I'm milling a slot in the back of
it for my chain to sit in (one on both sides). I drilled a clearance
hole at both locations for the bolts in place of the threads. This way
the bolts will hold the chain to the plaque better.
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It's time to work on another piece that will work with the chain. And
all I have to do is get them out of those two bottom pieces that are
1/4" thick and I'm good to go. Can you guess what I'm making?
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I machined both pieces square and then drilled and reamed a 3/16" hole
in one end on both pieces. This was necessary because it's easier to hold
them now.
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I drilled two holes in one of the pieces while they were still
rectangular. Any guess's yet?
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