1946 South Bend Lathe Rehab

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shalafi4: Feb 20, 2011; another medical bills avatar

Motronic posted:

Turns out this is typical and expected. Going to bring the compound and tool holder down to a buddy with a milling machine and we'll figure out if this is a machine operation or just a "find something that fits and thread it" job.

Note, I didn't cheap out. That's Bostar PRECISION right there.

mill it down with your lathe!!! :getin:

Actual reply, that's pretty normal. One suggestion though stone the crap out of the cutouts after you mill them. If there's any kind of high points it *can* cause the toolpost to wobble on a tiny scale.

shalafi4 fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Sep 27, 2016

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shalafi4: Feb 20, 2011; another medical bills avatar

Motronic posted:

I wish it was that easy, but it's also too tall.

And I have none of this stuff in the shop. If it cant' be done with some manner or grinder (air, wheel, angle) a sawzall, or a welder I'm pretty much done. This is my first real metalworing tool so I'm screwed. I totally understand how this gets easier as you go along, but I'm not there.

Oddly enough "milling" it on the lathe was only half a joke... you actually can cut the channels on the lathe

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 02:09

shalafi4: Feb 20, 2011; another medical bills avatar

A walking future darwin award that used to work in the same shop I did left the chuck key in one of the medium sized lathes (~14" 8hp lathe)

It was set around 800rpm or so and somehow didn't fly out right away.

When it spun around it hooked over a 1" dia 4140 bar and bent it when it got pinned against the bed :stare:

somehow he never managed to get hurt in the shop. Although he did ruin one of his jackets from not listening.

# ¿ Dec 6, 2016 22:38

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