Hello! I live near Springfield, Missouri. Years ago I asked the, quite frankly, stupid question of building a locomotive without machine shop tools. I've grown since then, and last year I bought a lathe off Craigslist. A Barnes No. 13.
And finally, it just arrived last week, I've bought an Armor Mill
I'm still debating with myself what scale/gauge to work with regarding train stuff, but while I still sort that out I've got some other projects in mind to do for practice.
I've done some little practice pieces on it but nothing I'd like to share (atleast not yet). My lathe and mill
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Re: My lathe and mill
After a few years of ownership, I still make a lot of direct recycle finished products.
Gregg
Just let go of it, it will eventually unplug itself.
Just let go of it, it will eventually unplug itself.
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Re: My lathe and mill
Start small
Not taxing on smaller machines or wallet.
Big and unfinished is not necessarily better than small and running
Not taxing on smaller machines or wallet.
Big and unfinished is not necessarily better than small and running
Too many things going on to bother listing them.
Re: My lathe and mill
Oh look! A vertical mill masquerading as a horizontal one.
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Music isn’t at all difficult. All you gotta do is play the right notes at the right time!
Music isn’t at all difficult. All you gotta do is play the right notes at the right time!
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It's actually a combination vertical and horizontal mill! I can swing the top half around to turn it into a horizontal mill. Albeit unfortunately the horizontal mill part of it needs work, its missing parts and the only thing still on it that's 3 phase. The vertical mill part and automatic feed work and have been converted to 120v. In the future I hope to work towards getting the horizontal mill part of it working again.BigDumbDinosaur wrote: ↑Wed Sep 29, 2021 9:18 pm Oh look! A vertical mill masquerading as a horizontal one.
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Oh wait, I get the joke now
Finally have a lathe and mill, time to decide what to build.
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Re: My lathe and mill
We can be quick witted here, at times!
Welcome aboard!
Ed
LeBlond Dual Drive, 15x30
US-Burke Millrite MVI
Atlas 618
Files, snips and cold chisels
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LeBlond Dual Drive, 15x30
US-Burke Millrite MVI
Atlas 618
Files, snips and cold chisels
Proud denizen of the former "Machine Tool Capitol of the World"
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Re: My lathe and mill
That's easily fixed with a VFD.CapnMatter wrote: ↑Wed Sep 29, 2021 9:54 pm ...its missing parts and the only thing still on it that's 3 phase...
Ed
LeBlond Dual Drive, 15x30
US-Burke Millrite MVI
Atlas 618
Files, snips and cold chisels
Proud denizen of the former "Machine Tool Capitol of the World"
LeBlond Dual Drive, 15x30
US-Burke Millrite MVI
Atlas 618
Files, snips and cold chisels
Proud denizen of the former "Machine Tool Capitol of the World"