Seeing as a few of you here have asked that members show more projects regardless of skill level,...And promised not to laugh..here are a few of my pieces. Several of these were made less to a certain specification or design and more just to some dimension I dreamed up and largely for me to try out methods and operations so that I can gain experience. All of these were done on my Smithy Granite 1324 MAX, Which although many at other sites seem to think is too much of a compromise to be worth owning I am very happy with!! (I've found in most hobbies folks seem to think equipment that is capable of ten times more than their skills is the absolute minimum 8) )
1. A few bushings I made used to circumvent the transmission cooler bypass tube on later model Ford truck transmissions. (The bypass is known to "bypass" too easily and not send oil through the cooler). On the right is a driver to remove and install Ford AXODE transmission pump shaft bearings (refaced and instructions added after my boss beat the heck out of it! )
2. On the left a extra key for my 4-jaw (original on right)
3. A adapter to allow a dial indicator to be mounted to my MT3 tailstock via a 3/4 MT3 endmill holder to measure off the carriage or vise.
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1. A few bushings I made used to circumvent the transmission cooler bypass tube on later model Ford truck transmissions. (The bypass is known to "bypass" too easily and not send oil through the cooler). On the right is a driver to remove and install Ford AXODE transmission pump shaft bearings (refaced and instructions added after my boss beat the heck out of it! )
2. On the left a extra key for my 4-jaw (original on right)
3. A adapter to allow a dial indicator to be mounted to my MT3 tailstock via a 3/4 MT3 endmill holder to measure off the carriage or vise.
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