If you had 20 hours free time in a machine shop ................

mmcmdl said:
I'm thinking ....................................dumpster clean out . Going to be a slow night in here for the 2 of us .
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Would that be bring things IN from the dumpster or putting things in it ?? :)
 
Wow - thank you for sharing that. An excellent video. I would not have realised that making a ball end that way was possible. I look forward to watching your other videos.
 
I have about 2 dozen parts to make for a steam engine so I know what I'll be doing :)
 
Clean and organize the shop... :(
Two days and I didn't get anywhere with it.
Did make some progress in the 'tractor' shed though.
weather has turned colder today. 84° two days ago, 53° currently.
 
20 hours unmolested???? i don't know what that would even be like.
someone's always jerking my chain for something or other.

but if i had 20 hrs solid alone,
i'd be scraping lathe parts :grin:
 
Mike_Mac said:
Wow - thank you for sharing that. An excellent video. I would not have realised that making a ball end that way was possible. I look forward to watching your other videos.
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Hadn't occurred to me either. Wish it was my channel, he's an excellent machinist!
 
ErichKeane said:
Oh? Is there good plans for one of those anywhere? I'd love one (I saw Kieth Rucker use one!) but haven't found them for sale anywhere. I actually have a spare Starrett head, but wouldn't mind making one if there are decent plans out there...
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Haven't seen any plans. Might have seen one on eBay a couple years ago, but IIRC it was wickedly expensive. I've been working on something on my CAD system. It's basically a good, stout cast iron frame, a short (1") sine bar, mike head, and some kind of variable height anvil. Making sure the anvil stays true is probably the biggest challenge.
 
Old Mud said:
Would that be bring things IN from the dumpster or putting things in it ?? :)
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Bringing things IN of course . :encourage: Made a couple taper wrenches and two die setter gages tonight .
 
I think in the absence of deeper inspiration, I would set up to make a bunch of QC tool holders.
You could save enough to think of it as making money. :)
 
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