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Very nice indeed! I do ok on the mill but the lathe just kicks my butt. I'd love to be able to crank out something that nice.
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Making your own horizontal mill arbor
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very nice work Mark!
12L14 is a dream to turn!
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Very nice, you make everything look as simple as it is. Learning to work with what you have and controlling a machine to do the job it was made to do. I had a man tell me one time that an old wore out machine was worth nothing but scrap metal. Well I seen that same machine used by a man like yourself to make anything he wanted. He learned just how much to compensate for wear and where and how. That is a master and you my friend are in that class. I enjoy all you do to show how to and all it is going to cost for the education is a little bit of metal. We might just make junk parts until we get the hang of it and maybe one day we will enjoy the understanding of what and how to do ourselves. You are a master and I have enjoyed the journey we have been through so far and wish many more years of sharing your knowledge.
Thank you my friend!
Very nice, you make everything look as simple as it is. Learning to work with what you have and controlling a machine to do the job it was made to do. I had a man tell me one time that an old wore out machine was worth nothing but scrap metal. Well I seen that same machine used by a man like yourself to make anything he wanted. He learned just how much to compensate for wear and where and how. That is a master and you my friend are in that class. I enjoy all you do to show how to and all it is going to cost for the education is a little bit of metal. We might just make junk parts until we get the hang of it and maybe one day we will enjoy the understanding of what and how to do ourselves. You are a master and I have enjoyed the journey we have been through so far and wish many more years of sharing your knowledge.
Thank you my friend!
Thank you Nelson,
That is my goal. I remember when I started machining and knew next to nothing. I made a lot of junk, but I was learning skills and processes. I started with simple tasks and grew as fast as I could learn. In time I grew to master machinist status and then moved to the die shop to become a tool and die maker I left that profession to become an engineer in machine tool manufacturing. I have taught apprentices. I found things easy. I think some people are better or maybe I should say faster at learning the skills but almost everyone can be a good machinist if they believe they can be. I want to pass on what I know while I can. I feel good when I have shown someone how to do something and they get it and are more confident trying it.
This arbor was a needed piece of tooling to make a special gear. I have tried twice to cut this gear and failed miserably, due to not having the proper tooling, so I make the tooling, ( it is much cheaper than purchasing it and more educational) , but I will keep going until I solve every problem and cut a good gear. I have cut gears in the past, but this one is a little different. I have learned a lot trying and am reasonably sure this third try will be successful. That is how you learn , by trying.
