2021 POTD Thread Archive

[Shootymacshootface]

I have been trying to think of a way to make a spill proof oil cup without machining one from a solid chunk of whatever I have on hand. So, this was inspired by AVE. The top was the top cover from a $1000 hydraulic motor, and the bottom is just a giant black iron pipe cap (cast iron). I faced the bottom as much as I dared to, for a nice stable bottom. The mold halves weren't lined up very well. It was a nice lathe project.

 

[erikmannie]

I started with 1 meter of metric, steel all-thread. I used my face plate and offset dog driving pin to make ten M16-2.0 dog driving pins. I got some cool pictures of the halo created from the driving pin.

 

[devils4ever]

I made a tooling plate so I could mount my Kurt vise in line with the X-axis on my mill which will come in handy on some projects. It's made from 3/8" 1018 steel. I had some issues surfacing this thing. My fly-cutter was giving me some issues. Plus, I had chatter in the center of the piece where it is unsupported.

 

[Shootymacshootface]

I made a tooling plate so I could mount my Kurt vise in line with the X-axis on my mill which will come in handy on some projects. It's made from 3/8" 1018 steel. I had some issues surfacing this thing. My fly-cutter was giving me some issues. Plus, I had chatter in the center of the piece where it is unsupported.

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Great idea! I may have to do that with my spare vise.

 

[Larry$]

I made a tooling plate so I could mount my Kurt vise in line with the X-axis on my mill which will come in handy on some projects. It's made from 3/8" 1018 steel. I had some issues surfacing this thing. My fly-cutter was giving me some issues. Plus, I had chatter in the center of the piece where it is unsupported.

I've got a smaller vice I leave setup, near the end of travel, for quick opposite direction clamping. When needed it is turned to match the main vice so I can support and machine longer work that becomes too floppy w/o. I spend more time on setups than on machining. Would rather not.

 

[FOMOGO]

I had posted some pics back on page 415, and one of the members asked me for a drawing of the shop layout. So here is a quick hand drawn sketch of the shop. Cheers, Mike

 

[Boswell]

So here is a quick hand drawn sketch of the shop

Nice shop. I particularly like the idea of having a bar on the seconded level

 

[Brento]

Tonight i finally started to tear apart my new to me Derbyshire Elect lathe. A little history on this lathe, it was built and sold in 1942.View attachment 353921
I started by taking the cross slide and the tail stock on then took the headstock and spindle off to see how the bed looked. It has some wear for being 79 years old. Tomorrow i will start on the spindle by wiping it down and lubricating it to go back together. Idk if any of the wear on it is normal or not but that is for another night and a conversation for another thread.View attachment 353925View attachment 353926
I do see in the future that i will have to make another pulley bc one of them had a broken off support for the belt on a wall. Will have to see how that runs later on.

So after procrastinating for a week i go my felt for the oilers and i settled on using Mobil #6. After looking over the spindle and the journals i saw little wear so i went with the lighter oil that may be a compromise to the oil the was recommended.
Wiped off everything on the spindle and pulley with a clean rag then wiped it all down again with the oil using my finger rubbing over everything. Like most people i am sure i forgot to put the belt on so i had to take the spindle back out to put that on. My question to ask is with the felts in the oilers, how big do they need to be cut?
Now that the headstock is finished i decided to take apart the cross slide and wipe all the old oil off and put fresh way oil #2 on. I also didnt have any special grease but i put a dab on the screws of this high speed bearing grease. Figured it is better then nothing. The gibs looked good and the ways were not terrible BUT there isnt much scraping left on most of the slides. (hey its almost 80 years old. Give it some slack!) Further down the road maybe i will try my luck at adding a few scrapes or pay someone to do it.
After the cross slide was back together i put the tailstock back on added a little way oil underneath on the slides and dabbed some #6 on the tail stock spindle and ran it in and out a few times. Like butta as they say.

Now all that is left is to take the counter shaft pulleys off to clean up the shaft and get rid of old felt stuck in the one hole and do some rewiring. Right now it is wired to run off a foot pedal but what i am going to do is wire it to a toggle switch so i can run it on all the time or i can flip the switch to run it using the pedal. She is almost ready to run. At the end of the month i will have a qctp from Tom made for it. Until next time!

 

[Braeden P]

Got a new belt for the Hardinge same size and part number the old one is really worn out

 

[BJ Shock]

Today I made an axle spacer for an old shovelhead.
I carved it out of a big-o-stainless bolt from the dumpster at work...