Re: My project thread
My wife used chlorine bleach in a spray bottle to age ironwork.? She used to be a wrought iron designer/fabricator in a very upscale area.? The type where you don't ask what someone does for a
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Jerry Durand
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Re: My project thread
There were several machined parts required for mounting the brake calipers and to affix the shifter cable to the rear hub, so in essence, this was yet another shop project that required some
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Nitro
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Re: My project thread
1970 Murray Eliminator? restomod project.
Day one of my $20 purchase.
The wheels were too scrapped out to salvage, a brake caliper and handle were missing, so it was time to source some new parts
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Nitro
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This planer table was born in 1850, so that makes her our oldest girl in the shop.
It will require a ton of work and a few parts made for her, but I think she can still be the belle of the ball one
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Nitro
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Technically the old gal is 120 years young.
She was actually put in service in 1905, but was only in service until about 1985 before we got a hold of her.
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Nitro
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only 80 years old?? They don't make them like they used to. ?
Good work keeping this old stuff alive, more people need to know how things work other than asking your phone to do it for you.
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Jerry Durand
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This is called a mixer valve.
It's function is to mix natural gas with the air intake charge to fuel the engine.
The replacement valve assembly was made out of 12l-14 free machining steel with a 6061
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Nitro
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Re: Mini lathe 7 x12 14 8 shop drill press mill wood working sextant clocks gear milling equipment engine tractor rebuilding repair GPS vs SEXTANT Navigation
I did the Latitude adjustments just not labled.
Thank you
Dave
At Latitude 0° = 17 miles in minute
At Latitude = 14 miles in minute
At Latitude 65° = 7.2 miles in minute
At Latitude 0° = 0.28
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davesmith1800
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ER40 Collet Holders, Use on Mill,Lathe.Drill Press
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Renaissance 1
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Nice looking wire wheel and great that it's mostly used parts.
Back before the "foreigners can't teach kids" ruling we were showing how to repair and make things.? Started with helping a retired
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Jerry Durand
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Found this rusted up crusted up grinder pedestal and decided it needed a new lease on life.
After disassembly, the cast iron parts were re-machined to clean them up, the pedestal casting was glass
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Nitro
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Silly project
The 20mm projectile was machined out of a part of a scrapped candlestick holder and a stainless steel bolt
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Nitro
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Replacement oversized poppet valve stem for a 1905 Bessemer natural gas fired pumping engine.
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Nitro
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ER32 collet chuck mods to enable it to be mounted to a milling table or an angle plate.
The 8mm holes were enlarged to accept the 3/8 inch hold down hardware for our Diamond 22 horizontal.
ER32
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Nitro
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I first was looking at mini lathe in 2005. Use making bushings for portable line boring work { in field } because it is light weight.? Because help reasons it did not happen. .
For me it fun
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davesmith1800
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Re: Milling on a Mini Lathe
Here a few more photos of Tiag mill Attachment.
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davesmith1800
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Re: My project thread
It is indeed. I've got an older MicroMark 7x14 that I'll drag out of storage when I move into an apartment that isn't so tiny. I mostly use the larger lathes we have at work, because I'm not quite so
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Doug Pfaff
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The mini lathe is great for gunsmith? work.
The mini lathe can have a full length tapper attachment.? It work like tapper attachment from 1900.
I have talk to you pass about your name? Hi again
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davesmith1800
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Re: My project thread
Most of what I do is Gunsmithing work.
Doug
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Doug Pfaff
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Re: Dabbling in new steels
Someone told me one time she thought machine shops were the most wasteful industry ever because we made stuff out of stuff after throwing some of it away.
I guess no one ever told her that we seldom
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Nitro
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