POTD- PROJECT OF THE DAY: What Did You Make In Your Shop Today?

[ChazzC]

kind of unusual to see her anchor dangling and not stored. Does she have amphibious landing craft in her rear.. that looks like a drop deck.

Not unusual when maneuvering in constricted waters without a tug: if you have a problem it makes it faster to drop anchor and slow down/stop.

USS Montgomery (LCS-8) - Wikipedia

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[extropic]

OT: I read the blurb in Wiki and was surprised to see that USS Montgomery was commissioned in 2016 and is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2024. I had no idea that naval vessels were so disposable. Maybe a failed (and very expensive) experiment?

 

[ChazzC]

OT: I read the blurb in Wiki and was surprised to see that USS Montgomery was commissioned in 2016 and is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2024. I had no idea that naval vessels were so disposable. Maybe a failed (and very expensive) experiment?

Relatively small ships designed for close to shore support. It’s quite possible that they “had” to build her to comply with the authorization bill and it has since been determined/decided that the class of ships was no longer necessary.

Alternatively, since it’s small and maybe nearly a major overhaul, decommissioning and replacement may be more cost effective (can always re-commission if needed).

 

[NCjeeper]

First chips on the HBM since the restoration.

 

[GT-6 Racer]

Made a tooling block for my Haas TL-1 for gang tooling holding 5 ER11 or ER16 collet chucks Or my Hardinge shank tooling. Maybe throw it on the surface grinder and shine it up a little View attachment 493146

Got a few ER11 collet chucks from Haas. Had a Micro-100 QBB holder for boring bars. Should be a nice setup. Now on to part 2 for the side around the corner on the turret. Hopefully I can get 3 more tools on that side without losing the stick holder

 

[rwm]

First chips on the HBM since the restoration.

That thing is a beast! I hope it makes dead presidents!

 

[rwm]

Got a few ER11 collet chucks from Haas. Had a Micro-100 QBB holder for boring bars. Should be a nice setup. Now on to part 2 for the side around the corner on the turret. Hopefully I can get 3 more tools on that side without losing the stick holder

Beautiful! Can you show us some pics of how it works in situ?

 

[GT-6 Racer]

Sure will. Worked on programming last night. Still need some tweaks though. Hopefully this weekend.

 

[GT-6 Racer]

That thing is a beast! I hope it makes dead presidents!

I prefer bespeckled kite flying scientists

 

[bctexas]

I made a pair of brake discs smaller in diameter by 1/2 in for a friend. He is modifying an autocross car - Mustang I think he said. Anyway, it is the first time I have opened the gap in the gap bed on my PM-1236. Shortened and tightened everything up best I could to battle the chatter. Worked fine with shallow cuts. Made a hell of a mess. Had the ways covered and used a piece of cardboard and a shop vac to control the shower of chips.