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Criminal abuse of machine tools...
13 years ago
I can't draw "art work" as such, but I am pretty good at making stuff with the proper tools.
I bought one of these used: http://www.smithy.com/midas
Note the word _used_ Apparently the previous owner's goal was to see if they could damage every single thing the machine was capable of doing.
Did you know if you bind up a gear train and continue to force it, you can get the gears to ride up on each other and actually deflect the shaft they're mounted on? Yeah, I was pretty impressed when I measured 0.011" out of round on a 1/2" diameter x 4" long cross shaft. Amazing.
So, while my friends here on FA are busy drawing, writing and doing "art" stuff, I'm busy ordering replacement parts for this poor abused piece of machinery.
Bunners
Just call me "Greasy paw" for a while.
I bought one of these used: http://www.smithy.com/midas
Note the word _used_ Apparently the previous owner's goal was to see if they could damage every single thing the machine was capable of doing.
Did you know if you bind up a gear train and continue to force it, you can get the gears to ride up on each other and actually deflect the shaft they're mounted on? Yeah, I was pretty impressed when I measured 0.011" out of round on a 1/2" diameter x 4" long cross shaft. Amazing.
So, while my friends here on FA are busy drawing, writing and doing "art" stuff, I'm busy ordering replacement parts for this poor abused piece of machinery.
Bunners
Just call me "Greasy paw" for a while.
good for you Buns... make something cool...
V.
http://www.radiomuseum.org/forum/de.....llins_pto.html
I had to make the special tool for adjustment.
I have another project, but it necessitates having the thread cutting portion (which is damaged) to work correctly, so there you are.
Bunners
Good to see there are others about who love machinery. That looks like one hell of a piece of equipment! Good luck getting it restored and fully functional!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgsDWb0orSQ
Bunners
I remember one of the first times I moved something on a lathe and accidentally ruined what the operator was working on. He was very pissed off when he came back.
I still don't know how I survived working in that place. But I still love those machines.
"When working with rotating machinery, keep your fly zipped."
Bunners
Look inside the 3 transmissions on a 50-year-old industrial tractor, and you will wonder how they could ever make something with that amount of exquisite machining for a price anyone could afford to pay. I was told by a factory guy that the gearing was so overdesigned back then that you could literally use water as a lubricant if you used a corrosion inhibitor.
Or look at the valve plates on an old steam engine, and still see the original hone marks after all these years.
And yes, I've seen what happens when you bind up a gearset. Try shifting into 2 gears at once while coasting downhill, without the benefit of even using the clutch. Didn't bend the shafts, but I had to use a hammer and a brass drift to move the gears down the spline to get it unbound. You can't get those parts anymore, so to this day whenever they use 2nd or reverse, you can hear them coming even over the engine noise. There are at least 3 morals there somewhere, for those who are capable of learning.
I got a compressor motor by UPS a few years ago, that they had managed to bend the 1½ inch dia. keyed shaft during shipping. Just how the fuck do you do that?