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| | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,832 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,832 | Had to do some MILLING with lathe today and had to dwell on subject for a while. Did find I'd let the cross feed get a bit sloppy. The big mill is down for a new reservoir, pump, and lube lines. Needed a offset distributor drive button for a flat head Ford. The result won't win a ribbon at the crafts fair but it works.
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Evan
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,796 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,796 | The cross feed nut on my Atlas/Craftsman 12" lathe has developed quite a bit of slack. That's not surprising, since I have a tendency to use the machine for projects far beyond its design capabilities. I just ordered a new replacement from a supplier on Ebay who is making replacement parts for the old machines. As soon as I get that 3 phase generator you practically gave me wired up and running, I've got a Bridgeport mill stashed away that will take over most of the heavy duty milling jobs my home brewed milling attachment has to do now. Nothing beats having the right tool for the job, even if being able to cobble up a suitable substitute comes in handy at times!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,832 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,832 | Jerry,
Once you get the Bridgeport running make a mount jig for boring wheel/master cylinders to be sleeved. Much quicker and easier than doing on a lathe.
Evan
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,796 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,796 | I use a piece of flat plate welded to a pipe to hold the cylinder, and offset the jaws of a 4 jaw chuck to center it. A #2 Morse taper in the tailstock with a piece of round stock the inside diameter of the wheel cylinder or the MC threaded onto it holds it centered and straight while I adjust the chuck. Once the fixture is on center, multiple cylinders can be machined off the same fixture. A tool post grinder on the compound rest does the finish diameter and polishing, or I can rough out the sleeve ID and use my Sunnen hone for that operation.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,723 24601 | | 24601 Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,723 | I wish I knew what you guys know ... sigh ...
~ John A kid raised on Hotwheels, Matchbox and Tonka cannot be reasonably expected to own only one vehicle as an adult. 1949 Chevrolet 3804In the Legacy Gallery | In the Gallery Forum1973 IH 1310 Dump1963 Kaiser M38A12001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie"2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley) | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,796 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,796 | No time like the present to start learning- - - - -none of us were born with the ability!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,796 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,796 | I just acquired another piece of equipment- - - -a surface grinder that should have enough table travel to mill stovebolt cylinder heads- - - -once I make a holding fixture to mount to the magnetic base. I'm headed to central North Carolina to pick it up this weekend.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | Where in Central NC, Jerry? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,796 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,796 | Kenly NC- - - -looks like it's right on I-40 according to Mapquest. I'll probably get there sometime late Friday night, unless I have to stop overnight before I get there.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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