Mozampete, that is pretty cool, mind a link to that tutorial, looks like something I'd like to make up.
As usual, I started work on the new hinge for the lathe motor mount, that led me over to the horizontal bandsaw for a simple cut to make the piece I worked to size on the lathe, than milled down on the mill... placed in the horizontal bandsaw for the simple cut off, than head back to the mill to drill and thread some holes...
nope, bandsaw breaks down, the tension block assembly breaks. No problem, I'll make another assembly
So far, so good, I made this piece easy enough. I ran into problems with the slots on each side, it would have been easier with a slotting saw, I have lots of cutters I got used on eBay, but my slotting arbor I made for wider cutters I did not make the the adapter for the arbor yet... No problem, I have a couple small endmills I got off another ebay purchase, I'll try them... it took 2 cutters to mill one slot... darn, 1 more to
do.
Ok, I'll use the slotting arbor, I'll mill the deeper piece for holding the cutter into the arbor to accept the thinner cutters...
At that point I made a bad setup for the arbor piece. After sending part of an insert flying across the shop, and the piece rocked off the vise....
I have to rethink this one, come back with a better plan, replace the broken insert, setup a better holding setup. Mill the end of the slotting arbor.. look at mill, ways are dry...
At this point you need to know, my mill, previous owners used the zerks fitting to pump thick gear grease into the ways on my machine, the last few years I have been manually lubing the ways with aw32. It's a pain, but it's worth the effort.
Well... I chose that moment to correct that problem, I pulled the table
The plan, after spending the last 3 hours or so cleaning out all the oil passages is to set up a 1 pump system, i ordered the pump from ebay, ill pick up the plumbing tomorrow from the hardware store, the pump will be here in a couple of days. No more spraying and painting on way oil on all the ways.
So, the tally of a weekend working in the shop, horizontal bandsaw, down... Mill, down... lathe. Still working but in limbo
Ahhh, my work here is done lol
By end of next week, I think k all machines should be working again.
