We need an update.

How are you coming on putting up that new building to house your machine shop.

And how are you coming on getting your new lathe and Milling machine.

Any photos of anything?

The loan was approved, so here is what I am paying for this Friday:



Belt drive Bridgeport. Mitutoyo DRO and a Servo set of power feeds. No holes in the table.



The lathe is a Republic Lagun gear drive 14 x 40 with a 1.5" hole through the head stock. Comes with a Yuasa 3 Jaw and Bison 4 Jaw chucks. One flip of a lever and it will do metric (which I prefer).

Both of these came out of the training program at Boise State University, so they have not had too much use.

The place I'm getting them from, Idaho Machinery & Supply, http://idahomachinery.com/ has six or seven variable speed Bridgeport mills on the floor. Those all have holes in the tables from production operators nodding off after too much alcohol or drugs the night before.

The shop will go up as finances permit (ain't that the story of our lives?).

I got it's sibling.



Now, I need about ten years to figure out how to plug it in and I'm good to go.

those machines look extremely clean compared to some that I have looked at. ZLR, what is that thing on the left edge of your milling table?

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Originally posted by 22WRF:
those machines look extremely clean compared to some that I have looked at. ZLR, what is that thing on the left edge of your milling table?

Why, that's the play station 2 of course.

It's a power feed. Kinda odd but the local qauck had bigger elbows so I get this one, lol.

I do however get the consolation prize of a weekend shooting ground squirrels. I can live with that. I'm just pleased that I have a machine that can ruin a perfectly good part twice as fast as the one I have now, lol.

LD, since you stray to the practical machinest forums, you know that a VFD will allow you variable speed and can be a phase convertor at the same time. Now that you have the 2 machines, you can start spending the real money on tooling.
Butch

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those machines look extremely clean compared to some that I have looked at. ZLR, what is that thing on the left edge of your milling table?

That is the heater plate to keep you coffee or cheeseburger hot while you work.

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LD, since you stray to the practical machinest forums, you know that a VFD will allow you variable speed and can be a phase convertor at the same time. Now that you have the 2 machines, you can start spending the real money on tooling.
Butch

Hey Butch,

Staying impovershed from buying tooling is the reason I went down this road. I had reached a point where I wasn't feeling a burning NEED to buy new rifles. Now I'm jonesing for a Kurt Anglock vice, a Buck 6 jaw chuck and an eight inch slab of concrete!

LD

You da man!
Butch

You gotta love Lawndart's career progression. From Pilot, to Physician and Surgeon, to Gunsmith/Custom Rifle Builder. He has finally got his head in the right place.

So long as I live long enough to service some of the younger widows in the retirement community, it will have all been worth it.

Oops, hi Lois. Oh nothing dear; just talking with the guys on AR.

LD