The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
Technical Discussion => Misc. Technical Discussion => Topic started by: Justin B. on November 14, 2006, 06:31:08 PM
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I just augmented my backyard "dawg-house" with a Harbor Freight 9x20 metal lathe. I think my first "real" project will be to make a wheel balancer. But, I first have to figure out what I'm doing with it! I had a few lessons from a retired gunsmith about 25 years ago when I was at Ft. Hood but got transferred before I ever did much useful stuff with it.
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Cool. A lathe is one of those mysterious things that allows you to build tools. Of course you have to have something on the brain to figure this all out. A friend of mine, Ron Mass has one from a WWII Guppy class submarine. My peg board obsessed brain drools over his lathe. But unfortunately I have no clue how to use one. My brain is an early version not equipped to use a lathe - probably 0.1b or c. :-/
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So far I have figured out how to turn a round bar into a big pile-o-chips and shavings, made two stainless steel hinge pins (to replace the busted plastic ones) for the lid on the crapper, and actually cut some threads on the end of a 1/4" rod that actually accepted a nut! I was really pumped after the thread thing... Then I got careless/distracted and the machine showed me who was boss by stripping it's nylon sacrificial idler gear. It came with two spare gears, so if I strip one every three weeks I'm in deep crap!
After I make the balancer I'll turn out a clutch alignment tool, if I ever get around to changing the clutch on the '80...
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Make two balancers I sure could use one and wouldn't be shy to ship it around this list as needed! As for lathes, I was more of a vertical mill / grinder operator but still have my copy of Machinery’s Handbook http://tinyurl.com/w3rgq a good addition to your library!
Rich
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i would love to have a lathe and a mill. i am a fab guy so i am always cutting, grinding & welding. there are somethings a lathe would just do the trick faster and better. dont you just love harbor freight!
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I spend too much money whenever I go over there and I think the wife has taken to hiding the flyers when they come in. :o I ain't seen one in almost two weeks... >:(
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my miss lets me have them cuz she figgures its the lesser of two evils. i have the tool guys stop at the shop every week, talk about being able to ring up a tool bill :o
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Yeah, those guys are as bad as dope dealers! [smiley=1drink.gif]
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mrridden, I broke down and ordered a copy of Machinery's Handbook - dang it was expensive!
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Youll find youll use it though. A good reference that eliminates the need to "reinvent the wheel" whenever you are trying to solve an issue.
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Make two balancers I sure could use one and wouldn't be shy to ship it around this list as needed! As for lathes, I was more of a vertical mill / grinder operator but still have my copy of Machinery’s Handbook http://tinyurl.com/w3rgq a good addition to your library!
Rich
Mr Riden, what do you mean by Vertical Mill. Im innto woodwork myself. Very good with a wood lathe but only used a metal lathe in school.
cheers Shannon