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Ok they some are not pretty and those w/ hand wheel phobia may run the other way :p
my 1900-1920 14X6 hendy tool room lathe http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...lder/lathe.jpg my new "toy" taig mini mill http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...ilder/mill.jpg got more just no pics:( |
well than start shootn!! haha, nice equipment steve
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It doesn't matter how old it is if it works for you.:cool:
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some more :D
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...r/PIC_0330.jpg http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...r/PIC_0328.jpg http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...r/PIC_0327.jpg the most important tool in the shop (semi-BFH) the bigger 1 is 4 times as big :rolleyes: http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...r/PIC_0331.jpg shop w/the lathe and future knee mill http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...r/PIC_0332.jpg both hobby shop and fabricating shop http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...r/PIC_0334.jpg truck and equip shed ( 1 bay shy ) http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...r/PIC_0335.jpg Enjoy IHB |
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Now that is a shop!!
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Nice Shop!
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Jesus man! your shed's bigger than my bloody house! LOL.
Steve. |
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Steve that hammer is the most important thing in the with that I can fix any thing. All kidding a side I have found out that it not so much the tools but the know how to use them. I have a lathe and a mill but as far as being able to use then well that a different story every thing I do is trial and error, but then what do you expect from a truck driver. The definition of a truck driver is a dumb labor with his brains knocked out. Ed
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LOL I just driva the truck 4 I learned the basics from my dad who learned it in school for mechanical engineering .
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Dang, you make my Dremel and Dremel drill press mount in the corner of my living room look like poo!
In the last year I've picked up a small drill press and band saw at Home Depot and I have a small 110v Lincoln Weld Pac wire feed. Quarters are kinda cramped, I'm in a basement apartment with half my living room being my "workshop". Nice setup you got, I'm so frigging green! |
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is the BFH so when things dont fit right
love the shop steve |
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I've seen some of your builds. I can see that it is not all about the tools but more about the talent.
Still can't believe the stuff you are able to build!!! Awesome!!! |
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Steve-I don't see a problem with the old lathe. I think a lot of people prefer them. You seem to know what to do with it! As for the BFH-I always heard "don't use force, just get a bigger hammer":D
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thank you guys
Tom , I had the chance of comparing between a newer non usa made to the older big iron . I told the guy to put the newer one in the scrap :p It had more slop then my antique and no way to adjust :mad: I guess thats what you get in the throw away age :( there are times I wish I listen to myself with the mill and got the older bp . but what I got is better then what I had . I guess variations of the BFH story is wide spread :D . |
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the beast is in the shop :eek: now compared to the 1 the guy got that took the place of this 1 , it is small :eek: they have a tool room as big as my house with mills that are as big as my kids rooms :eek:
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...r/PIC_0817.jpg now just got to power it up and learn how to use it :confused: can't wait |
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That's small. It's the same size as Scott's Bruder skid steer... I see it parked behind:p
What are the travel distances? Did you get any tool holders? Vice, software? |
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nice mill!
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Nice looking mill
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yea and weighs almost as much but that lil kitty brought it in travels are 30" x 17 " y 6" z + you got the knee . I thought the vice came with it but I read wrong :( the bigger machine they got took the same tool holders but that no biggy they where to big for what I'm going to do + I know a place to get all I need for not to much $ Quote:
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Ummm, that's just a little bigger than your Taig mill. Hopefully you can make the adjustment to using it. I wish I had your room for machinery.
Is this the machine that is going to turn out all of your new wheels? If so, will you turn the OD of the wheel blank on the lathe and then finish it off in the mill? Looks like fun. |
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Nice purchase! Looks right at home with your lathe. Old and heavy rather than new and light weight!! If you can afford a Kurt angle-loc vise, get it! They are the best you can get! Hopefully, the mill uses R-8 tooling. Lots of things out there for it if so. You make me green also as I have no room for anything that big:(:(
Lynn Sherline CNC is still waiting for new parts:( Budget ran out of funding at the moment. |
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Rich , I out grew that tiag the minute i set it up :( I should have stuck with my gut instinct :confused: well I had to unload some stuff to get this size . but it is worth it the only part of the wheel process being done on here is holes and taping I'm now looking to get a cnc tool room lathe next that will take the bar size I use . I got a 150 wheels @ the drill press right now and only finished drilling the hubs . At the amount I'm doing it's getting old doing it by hand . once the mill is going , I'll be making stuff I've been trying to get to for a while . Quote:
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Size #40 tool holders!! That is huge for a manual machine. I still need 2 new stepper motors. Sherline has smaller stepper motors and wrong type of connectors on it right now.
Lynn |
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I know that it is CNC just that size toolholders are huge for most single tool machines. That thing should be able to handle some heavy duty milling! I think that the Okuma CNC mills I have been running use the same size. Only ran one other CNC mill that used bigger toolholders. It was a beast!!
Are the controls on your new mill Fanuc or something else? Lynn |
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well the big gray old POSCNC mill was giving me such a headache I had to put it aside till I can get a control for it and have time to work on it :( . BUT 2 new pieces came and I finally got them hooked up now I'm waiting for the rest of the tooling :(
8600# mill most expensive of the 2 :eek: got lucky on this 1 :D http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...r/PIC_1300.jpg 5000# 16/40 lathe it's not new but it's no antique and it is sweet :D http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...r/PIC_1299.jpg |
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Well quit goofing around and get to making some parts.:p:D
Travis |
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Sweet set up.going to have to pump out alot of wheels to pay for them
I'm jelious |
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The all look good, I think you are going to have fun with them.:cool::cool:
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yea BIG thanks to my sig. other :eek: :D the mill was a rare find :eek: It was set up as a scanner in reverse engineering . It's a "99" but maybe 100 hrs on it looks like it came right out of the factory best part , only a 1/4 of a new 1 . I've been trying the lathe already , like night and day compared to the old 1 :eek: I'm waiting on the rest of my tooling for it , then I'll be buried in shavings soon enough . and the mill :D I'm getting use to this cam program real quick :D:eek: the heck with righting out the program :eek::p sit here and do it on the puter when I'm too tire to operate . ;)
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Hey Steve, do you still have the Cat CTL?
Just right for loading out shaving's & chip's, LOL! later, Neil#2 aka doodlebug. |
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Looking good
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Very impressive.
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I think you will spend more time writing programs than running the mill :eek: Looks like you should be set for quite awhile for making wheels. Wish I had room for either of the machines:(:( Good luck with them.
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Looks like your wife will have to park in the barn soon.What cam program did you get?
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Wowee nice lathe!
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jeez.. nice set up.. very jealous
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