Lars from Norway

Well, never eat anything bigger then your head No seriously, i was machining a sprocket from a moped, i was to narrow the teeth a bit for using a bicycle chain with it. It was hardened as hell aswell, so there the gears went when i accidently feeded it a bitt too much... But it is incredible what these gears can handle anyway!

It was only the low speed gears that broke, so i mounted it all together again so i can use the lathe in the meantime while waiting for replacement parts. But i couldn't find Chester on the site you are linking to, but i guess my lathe is a just "labeled" one that has several different names? Its full name is Chester Conquest.

Dirty_Vinylpusher

Lars, most of our little lathes are more or less the same.
They just get sold with different colours and badges in different parts of the world.

I think it's the C2 7x10 or 7x12 you wanna look at.
Ask Sam, I think he bought some stuff from that site for his machine, which is the same as mine and I think the same as yours as well?

Lars from Norway

Yep, when looking for this lathe i got for my birthday two years ago i found 3 different brands which was physically the same model. But i called the store where it comes from the other day, they had the gear for the chuck axle in stock but not the other one. They have to get it from Chester in England. I just let them sort it out as they are on the case already

Dirty_Vinylpusher

Here's something I came up with today.

I needed to make a clean square cut at the ends of these U-bolts.
Of course I couldn't put them in the lathe chuck to face them off....

The big dropsaw was no good as the blade kept kicking out at the bottom, and doing it freehand with the grinder just wasn't gonna happen.
I still tried though....


A few beers later and I'd come up with this contraption.

A shaft from an old 5 inch grinder simply mounted in the chuck of the lathe.





Works a treat!
Low speed and lots of cutting oil and a nice clean cut every time

VassilisG

I think there are some good beers there.

Very good.

Dirty_Vinylpusher

Cheers Vass, yeah plenty of beers makes for good ideas


I'm keen on trying one of these discs with this setup as well.
I've used them before for cutting aluminium but never steel.

VassilisG

Steel with this disc !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I dont believe that one disc could used for all these materials.

Good luck


Which beer is the best for cutting works ?

Dirty_Vinylpusher

Mostly this:

Dirty_Vinylpusher

I'm gonna have a go at making one of these setups:


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVgZol6Mfvo[/youtube]

Lars from Norway

Now THAT is a tool i got to applaude

Dirty_Vinylpusher

Just bought a couple of end mill bits and am gonna have a go at making one.

Dirty_Vinylpusher

Well, that was easy


Consider this a rough prototype.
I didn't have any "clean" steel so I made this from some scrap I had laying around.

Had to change a few things cause my lathe is a bit (just a bit) smaller than the one in the video, but this prototype gives me an idea of how it should (and hopefully will) look once I get some decent steel to make it from.

All that said, it seems pretty true.


























This has given me a few more ideas too.
Watch this space.

Lars from Norway

I are watches very

Dirty_Vinylpusher

You're gonna make one too, aren't you Lars?

Lars from Norway

It is very tempting, but i rarely use anything which has got the "opposite" keyway (set screws has got me through most of my problems until now) like collars and carriers. But i see now the possibillities to buy some collars and "convert" them to gear- or wheel carriers or whatever i opt for.

Dirty_Vinylpusher

Well I just bought some new steel to make the "real" setup.

One piece of 50x50mm angle iron, 600mm long
One piece of 30x30mm angle iron, 700mm long
(Which is way more than I need for this setup but it'll come in handy for other stuff)


Came in at a whopping total of $8.50 [X(]


The end mill bits were about $60.
I got one 1/8 inch and one 1/2 inch.

So all in all pretty cheap

Dirty_Vinylpusher

This is a bit more complicated but I might have a go at one of these in the near future.
Shouldn't be too hard to make....... maybe?



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpcKTtYPNKM[/youtube]

Dirty_Vinylpusher

Well I made MKII of the keyway cutting jig today.
Came out pretty good.

Will get some pics up tomorrow.

Dirty_Vinylpusher

Ah but it can be used for more than just keyway slotting......



I'm thinking you could probably make a servo saver with it....
Set it at the correct angle and mill the end of one shaft to a "V" and the end of another to a "/\".


You could mill the end of a shaft down to fit a "D"-bore, if there's a need for it.


If one was to make a bearing holder from a round piece of aluminum (or indeed steel) you could flatten one side to make it easier to mount.


You could make drivecups.


Not to mention drilling through tubing at the perfect angle to put grub screws in.
And indeed do the thread tapping as well....




So many possibilities






And that's just for round stuff.
I'm thinking of a way to make a setup with a little vise to hold square and flat pieces.....

Lars from Norway

So many possibilities indeed!! I like the keyway cutter video, never thoutght of that. And i LOL'd a bit at 0:58 where the music suddenly came in I have often put square (and rectangular) pieces in the chuck to make them ,errm, square. Like for example these two blocks as shown here;

Dirty_Vinylpusher

Hmm.... you have a 4 jaw chuck though?

Lars from Norway

Nope, i just use my 3-jaw one It is not that important that is is in center as long as it gets flat on the surfaces.

Dirty_Vinylpusher

Ah ok so you just squeeze them in there and face them?

I see.


Well, this isn't a "special" tool as such but it was a good deal.

A lady I'd been doing some gardening work for last year split from the hubby and there were some stuff left behind he never came back to collect.

Got a wheelbarrow (just what I need as I only have 4 already), some shovels, a few rolls of irrigation hose and the drill for $100


It's an oldskool one.


I have no idea how I'm gonna fit it in the shed
There was a spot where it could have gone but I just built a little bench there the other day.
Dammit.

Lars from Norway

Yep, i split and face I always put something between the base of the chuck and the workpiece to make sure it spins true before tightening it up though. Just ship the drill over to me, i have space for it In fact i have been thinking about buying a drill like this, and also buy a coordinating table so i can use it as a mill.

Dirty_Vinylpusher

The postage might be a killer [&:]