Project ideas for new guy

Here's my first theory... The nut is one size bigger, slid on then cinched tight to the threads in the three jaw chuck... Yes?

John
 
My second theory is that the threaded piece looks like one piece, but is really two pieces pressed or screwed together.
 
DaveH - I haven't quite narrowed it down, I went from scratching my brain to having a half page to-do list....lol. The draw bar hammer would probably be the most useful to me at this moment, but honestly, I want to eventually do them all!! I probably should try the most basic one and go from there.
 
Highpower said:
No sir, the shaft is the exact same diameter the entire length of the bar. The ends have never been threaded at all.
I'll give you another crack at it before spilling the beans.... laugh.gif
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Highpower said:
Ohhhhhh...... O-Kayyyyyyyy........

Lanny, have a look here.
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I should've been able to figure that out.....lol. I guess I have much to learn.

Thanks for the idea........and the link on how-to! :D

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Pete said:
Lanny,
Yes that George Thomas book is really good. I gave my first one away to my nephew and immediately ordered a replacement. I can't think of a better referance book other than Machinery's Handbook that's as good. $80.00 for used? That's a joke, Google "Hemingway kits" or "Tee Publishing" in the U.K. You should be able to get that book including shipping for about $40.00 U.S. and that's for a brand new book. I refuse to be responsible for the monetary drain on your wallet if you unwisely decide to view the Tee Publishing website though. One tip, Book shipping from the U.K. can add up fast. It's far better to save up and order multiple books on one order as the shipping costs go down on a per book basis if you order 4-10 books at a time. LOL, My last book order was almost $800. I now have pretty well most of what interests me from the Tee website. I'll go as far as saying that $40.00 will be the best you'll ever spend on a book that will answer and help you understand a vast ammount about hobby type machining. Besides the factual information about various machining procedures, The book deals with a lot of improvements and accesories for Myford lathes. But most or all could be reworked to fit almost any lathe. IMHO, George Thomas was a master at the subject and had the rare talent to not only know the subject hands down but had the rare combination of also being able to clearly write about it.

To be accurate though I just got an email yesterday about this book. George started to write this book and became too ill to finish it. A Bill Bennett took what George wrote, Edited and added to it. George's other book "Workshop Techniques" is also well worth buying but it deals with building the universal pillar tool, And the Versitile Dividing Head. But it's well worth having even if you never build that equipment just for the machining examples.

Pete
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Ok Pete, good call. I've researched the two places you mentioned as well as a few other sources here in the states, I should definitely be able to find it for less than $50. Thanks for the recommendation!!
 
Hey, I have much to learn myself! Normally the first two guesses people give me are:
1) Turning the threads off the ends.
2) The NUT is in two pieces.

jgedde came up with a new one I haven't heard before. Swaging a larger nut down to fit the shaft. yeah.gif
I should start writing them down and making a list to see what all turns up. laugh.gif

Have fun with it guy's. Just get started and make SOMETHING. beerchug.gif

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Lanny, Which Smithy machine do you have? I have one as well, and after getting through the initial adjustments/learning curve I REALLY like it. In fact I like it more each day I think as I am constantly figuring out or reading about ways to tweak its performance or get it "Right where I want it"(that and enlarging my tooling collection) I had though about asking Nelson about a 3-1 section here, But I'm not sure how much traffic it would get.
 
Max_Power said:
Lanny, Which Smithy machine do you have? I have one as well, and after getting through the initial adjustments/learning curve I REALLY like it. In fact I like it more each day I think as I am constantly figuring out or reading about ways to tweak its performance or get it "Right where I want it"(that and enlarging my tooling collection) I had though about asking Nelson about a 3-1 section here, But I'm not sure how much traffic it would get.
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Thats actually a really good question. The manual says CB-1220, which doesn't mean too much to me. I can't seem to find a current Smithy model to compare it to. I'm still trying to learn all the important things that I need to know to operate the thing, let alone "tweaking" it. Lol. I'm know where near that yet!!
 
geotek said:
My first advice would be to go through the back issues of the newsletters of the Houston Home Metal Shop Club.
http://homemetalshopclub.org/news/news.html
There's lots of information and projects for the home shop.

Another great source for information and inspiration is Guy Lautard's Machinist's Bedside Reader series.
http://www.lautard.com/books.htm
There are three volumes, and they're all good.
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Wow, that first link you posted is packed full of info and projects! Thanks for chiming in with that!!
 
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