The Home Machinist!

I just made some tooling for my Logan 10" lathe, cut a few videos on it at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI22t7 ... subscriber

please like, comment and susbscibe to my channel, thanks. Fonzy

Cool build. I just retired and recently posted a few videos on YouTube. This one has a turntable I built from a junk 7" grinder, and a foot operated one. Can be seen at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4je9lowQj4

Please like, comment, and subscribe to my channel. Al

HGR is just 12 min. East of my home...When I go there it is in my Van [min] or our Co.'s 24' stake bed truck [max]

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NICE JOB!...Your 7018 weld looks good! What filler rod did you use for the top TIG weld? i.e. 309/312 SS?

Awake, It looks like pushing, but it was about square to the work, I was having trouble with spatter, at first,[too high amps for the small sample plates] so, by expereience, I tend to reduce the normal lead angle from 10-20 deg to about square with work, to counteract, throwing spatter from a hot w...

I just made a video where I burn test a bunch of E7018/E7018AC using an AC welding machine! Take a look>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kPPCeNTIUs

This is a very enjoyable post, the trials and tribulations we "over 50" have to go through. I'm lost between the chickens and the job prospects, but good luck Big Dave, I can see you got what it takes to see things thr ough.

If you are asking about using hard welding alloy deposits to build composite tools...sure I do often I use a HSS+cobalt alloy stick rod to build very tough form lathe tools, roughers, ect. At Warner & Swasey I often was called upon to make huge composite tools for the Lathe bed planners. [This w...

Tubalcain on YouTube has a video covering threading away from a shoulder [tool upside down fed toward the tailstock] But, he has the tool on the frontside of the lathe. he also mentions, and so will I, if it has not been mentioned here yet...NEVER RUN {cut work} A LATHE IN REVERSE> IF YOU HAVE A THR...

Here's some small shop AC welder arc welding & metalworking videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0I6XylXwis

See all at My Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/alpho52

fonzy wrote:Is this a tank, A pipe joint, an ocean liner?.

dgoddard wrote:Actually it is the receiver for a rifle action, The Chicopee, upgraded to a larger caliber than the original design was intended for.

Oh oh boom booms, I'm out of here for sure...too deep for me...next!

Please see my edited/added comment posted earlier,above

Say...if this is code work I'm out a here...I'm just a machinist- welder. You need to be taking this up with your code organization's web site!

Seriously, AWS / ASME have huge sites with lotsa help!