my first parts from my new lathe

[biggdawg]

Hello,

new here i decided to pick up a mill and lathe to do some gunsmithing. been relearning with my gunsmith friend/mentor. well my new mill came missing one of the handles it was for the quill, the will be sending me one but it was on back order so i decided to make one for practice. i used a two piece design i came up with and it turned out quite well for my first from scratch parts. just used some cold rolled and hot rolled steel i had laying around.

looking forward to learning as much as i can here. thanks for having me.

Edit to add machines i bought grizzly G0709 lathe and Grizzly G0695 mill

 

[RandyM]

It is better than the one they will send ya. I bet when the new one comes it'll just end up in a drawer.

 

[westsailpat]

What mill and lathe did you buy ?

 

[RandyM]

What mill and lathe did you buy ?

You can check them out here.

http://www.hobby-machinist.com/threads/joined-the-grizzly-family-g0709-and-g0695.64558/#post-536516

 

[biggdawg]

i edited the first post but as Randy pointed to my other post both are grizzly the G0709 lathe and G0695 mill

 

[richl]

Nice job, I spend more time improving and upgrading my machines than real projects. It's all good though. I'm with Randy, when the send you the plastic one, in the drawer it will go.
I have the Precision Mathews equivalent of your lathe, pm1440gs, you are going to love your machine.

Have fun

 

[Terrywerm]

Nice job on the handle and welcome to H-M!

I think many of us spend many enjoyable hours making improvements to our machines, whether they need them or not. It is a great way to improve our skills and gain a great sense of accomplishment.

 

[T Bredehoft]

I find the sense of accomplishment is really a great reward. Designing and making parts for my lathe and mill are alot more fun than making 10 of this and ten of that and ten of the other, then assembling them.

 

[kvt]

Looks nice, the more you think about the more you will want to make the rest match. each time you do something you look at something else and think that you can make it. Again welcome have fun with them, I for one do this as a relief and not something to make money etc.

 

[biggdawg]

Looks nice, the more you think about the more you will want to make the rest match. each time you do something you look at something else and think that you can make it. Again welcome have fun with them, I for one do this as a relief and not something to make money etc.

yes this is a hobby not really to make money wanting to get into gunsmithing when i retire from wrenching on cars. I should say i want to start machining my own gun barrels and building parts for my guns that would be more accurate. I have already found myself saying hey why buy that i can make it lol.