Lathe, mills, drills, slotters, shapers and grinders (not angle grinders)

[Gulli]

You don't need any of those bits - I'll dispose of them for you - honest guv' I'm doing you favour...

I know they are useful just not what they are useful for
Also unfortunately the box that says diamond on it in the first photo has nothing diamond related in it I was very disappointed when I discovered

 

[T Bourne]

We are building a irrigation pump set using a deutz motor and I had to modify this output shaft that was originally made for a different flywheel.

I didn't get a final picture of the shaft.

Also made a few polly wear rings for the tractor drawbars.

 

[A1an]

were you at Dingwall implement sale today Davie? There were a few lathes and tool storage cabinets. I was tempted.

 

[davieh3350]

We are building a irrigation pump set using a deutz motor and I had to modify this output shaft that was originally made for a different flywheel. View attachment 740240 View attachment 740236 View attachment 740238
I didn't get a final picture of the shaft.

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she's a big girl! Where's it made?

Seeing the Chuck key in the Chuck reminded me of college.
i used to leave it in the chuck. Old guy in the class walked over and whipped it out and dumped it on the bench...
"Don't ever leave it in the chuck!"
" Feck off would you" I says "no one would start the machine with the bloody chuck key still in the chuck"

I walked back over to him later and said sorry as I had just turned the lathe on to wash some swarf out of the hole i had bored... and landed the key at the lecturers feet at the other side of the room

 

[davieh3350]

were you at Dingwall implement sale today Davie? There were a few lathes and tool storage cabinets. I was tempted.

No... I was up on the black isle the day before though

Maybe better that I didn't know about it till now

 

[Kiwi Pete]

she's a big girl! Where's it made?

Seeing the Chuck key in the Chuck reminded me of college.
i used to leave it in the chuck. Old guy in the class walked over and whipped it out and dumped it on the bench...
"Don't ever leave it in the chuck!"
" Feck off would you" I says "no one would start the machine with the bloody chuck key still in the chuck"

I walked back over to him later and said sorry as I had just turned the lathe on to wash some swarf out of the hole i had bored... and landed the key at the lecturers feet at the other side of the room

One of my college classmates managed to embed a ba.stard file into the ceiling, right up to the handle, in similar fashion

At least you know where the key is if it is in the chuck

 

[Hilly]

she's a big girl! Where's it made?

Seeing the Chuck key in the Chuck reminded me of college.
i used to leave it in the chuck. Old guy in the class walked over and whipped it out and dumped it on the bench...
"Don't ever leave it in the chuck!"
" Feck off would you" I says "no one would start the machine with the bloody chuck key still in the chuck"

I walked back over to him later and said sorry as I had just turned the lathe on to wash some swarf out of the hole i had bored... and landed the key at the lecturers feet at the other side of the room

Used t be my favourite trick at school, start the lathe with the chuck key in lol , and heat up metal slide it down the bench,,, hey is that your s ....... ha ha ha

 

[Kevm]

This was a while ago now (last year I think) but I’ve always been quite proud of how well it came out.
It’s a heavy duty bearing housing for my mates wood chipper because it kept splitting the housing.

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Colchester lathe and Bridgeport mill, a man with excellent taste, I also like the way you store spare quick change lathe tools in the chuck gaurd, a good use for that device

 

[Phil P]

Colchester lathe and Bridgeport mill, a man with excellent taste, I also like the way you store spare quick change lathe tools in the chuck gaurd, a good use for that device

It’s actually a semco mill, pretty much identical to a Bridgeport only cheaper

 

[Deutzdx3]

This was a while ago now (last year I think) but I’ve always been quite proud of how well it came out.
It’s a heavy duty bearing housing for my mates wood chipper because it kept splitting the housing.

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Nice size machine. A family grid retired 18 months ago and offered me his bantam for 1k didn’t have the space to put it. Kick my self when ever I see one. Big step up from my master.

 

[davieh3350]

A bit of machine tool reconditioning.... First proper attempt at getting a good bearing surface and accurately aligned ways...

it's pretty rough

some pretty deep scores

took a 0.3mmm cut off the side, still deep scores so another 0.3mmm still scores then a 0.2 cut got rid of them. 0.2 cleaned up the bottom.

Its about 0.13mm lower in one corner, but so was the un milled surface on top. Put some marking paint on the back and gave it a rub and it showed up a few high spots

so I scraped them down with the new scraper

a bit I've been practicing on (holds the sliding part in the body) been at it for hours and it's still miles out

 

[Shovelhands]

A bit of machine tool reconditioning.... First proper attempt at getting a good bearing surface and accurately aligned ways...View attachment 749044it's pretty roughView attachment 749046 View attachment 749048 some pretty deep scoresView attachment 749050 took a 0.3mmm cut off the side, still deep scores so another 0.3mmm still scores then a 0.2 cut got rid of them. 0.2 cleaned up the bottom.View attachment 749052
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Bit of an art, that scraping lark...

 

[davieh3350]

Bit of an art, that scraping lark...

Its more like days I've been at it.
learning a fair bit between the book I've got and YouTube.

 

[Gulli]

Dug out an interesting book over the weekend that cane from the same old boy that gave me the lathe.
Not a clue what half the stuff in there is mind. Will take some pictures this evening

 

[Gulli]

 

[TheTallGuy]

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Machinerys...y+handbook&dpPl=1&dpID=51d74LVeK7L&ref=plSrch

 

[Tubbylew]

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The bible of my people.

 

[Gulli]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Machinerys...y+handbook&dpPl=1&dpID=51d74LVeK7L&ref=plSrch

My word that's a lot of money for something I don't understand properly

Better put it somewhere safe

 

[Gerbert]

For those of you who like the things in the title, look up abom79 on the youtubes.

 

[pycoed]

For those of you who like the things in the title, look up abom79 on the youtubes.

+1
Though it is a bit like looking at Range Rovers when you only have a Fiesta!
(None of his machines chatter, none of his parting tools break, he never over bores & hurls the part into the darkness, in fact, he generally knows exactly what he's doing!