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Old 05-25-2010, 11:32 PM   #26
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Thats the same pressure my boost gauge reads @ 12 mph.
Did you slip on a puddle?

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Old 05-26-2010, 02:46 PM   #27
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that's awesome man. What tooling do you use to make the round end?
I made a radius cutting fixture specifically to fit my Hardinge lathe. We made it from scratch, based off of a similar design my grandfather made for a South Bend lathe in the 1960's. He helped me make the new one also. It's 1-of-a-kind, and will not be re-created for sale or distribution.

It looks nothing like the tool shown below

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probably something like this:




WC: what on gods green earth needed to be that accurate?
The part did not need to be nearly that accurate. I just wanted to see if I could do it!

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Old 05-26-2010, 02:48 PM   #28
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I finished up my shift knob project today. it's a piece of delrin pressed onto a piece of aluminum. Thanks for WC for the inspiration.





sorry the pictures could be better...


now you owe me royalties!
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Old 05-26-2010, 04:54 PM   #29
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now you owe me royalties!
I'll give you 10% of what I spent on the project...which was $0 on the material, and maybe 3 hours spent on the drawing up and making of the part. Since I'm still in college, and 3 credit hours is about $900...

You owe me $90? I'll check my math again before I send out the invoice
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Old 05-27-2010, 12:11 AM   #30
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This is most of the stuff I made for our drag Galant vr4

http://www.streetfire.net/photo/img0007_1385988.htm



http://www.streetfire.net/photo/dsc00469jpg_1704087.htm



http://www.streetfire.net/photo/dsc06307jpg_1931718.htm





I will post up later with all of the cool s**t that I have made for my STI
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Old 05-28-2010, 03:01 AM   #31
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Cool Thread! I made two of these a few years ago, Cylinder head for a top fuel drag bike. I've posted these pics before but thought you guys might like to see. Done on a DMU 70evo.





Some footage of 5 axis in action.
http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/illicit1/?action=view&current=MOV02483.flv
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Old 05-28-2010, 09:15 AM   #32
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I need to upgrade my VF4 with a 5 axis
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Old 05-28-2010, 11:49 AM   #33
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some of my work

My 1976 Hardinge HLVH



Those Mitutoyo Mic's have a tolerance of +/- 0.00005 Haha...so you could be wrong if its not calibrated correctly...

I'm impressed. Good work!
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Old 05-28-2010, 03:11 PM   #34
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so you could be wrong if its not calibrated correctly...
Or if the temperature varied slightly from the the standard at which the part should have been measured. Or if he held the mic for too long. Etc.


I think the OP's question has, in fact, been answered. The answer is Yes.
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Old 06-12-2010, 08:09 PM   #35
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Sorry to go OT but I need help from someone with a lathe. I built myself a bead roller this weekend but it's kinda useless without any mandrels. I'm only rolling two profiles and would also possibly like to use it as a shear and to throw curved flanges. If you can help a brother out shoot me a PM.

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Old 07-02-2010, 02:38 AM   #36
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This is most of the stuff I made for our drag Galant vr4

http://www.streetfire.net/photo/img0007_1385988.htm



http://www.streetfire.net/photo/dsc00469jpg_1704087.htm



http://www.streetfire.net/photo/dsc06307jpg_1931718.htm





I will post up later with all of the cool s**t that I have made for my STI
Prison Rape?

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Old 07-02-2010, 09:12 AM   #37
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did some "maching" a few years back, tried to make an endlink...



the mods closed the thread for no reason tho
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Old 07-02-2010, 12:31 PM   #38
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forgot about the drysump pan i did a while ago

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Old 07-02-2010, 11:29 PM   #39
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that looks fun, what did that attach to? gotta love low clearance dry sump, and no starvation, yum
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Old 07-08-2010, 09:37 PM   #40
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Well it actually looks like a suby pan.
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Old 07-09-2010, 10:33 AM   #41
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Well it actually looks like a suby pan.
Bingo

did a REV 2.0 that has some internal tapers that go into the pickups and some flapper doors. but no pictures sorry.
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Old 08-15-2010, 03:34 PM   #42
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Not a car part, but I made a pen out of solid 304 a couple years ago. All manual, played with threading and a round insert for the spiral. For Parker ballpoint inserts. Heavy though.

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Old 08-15-2010, 04:59 PM   #43
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Not a car part, but I made a pen out of solid 304 a couple years ago. All manual, played with threading and a round insert for the spiral. For Parker ballpoint inserts. Heavy though.
Should've used Inconel.




j/k, looks cool!
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Old 08-15-2010, 05:18 PM   #44
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Should've used Inconel.




j/k, looks cool!
I've actually got a 1" dia by about 10" long piece of titanium sitting in my toolbox at work. I don't know what alloy it is but it sparks crazy white. I thought it would be a waste to turn it down to pen sized, though.
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Old 09-04-2010, 07:21 PM   #45
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I just started my new major of Automated Machining Engineering and am eager to build parts for my car. I love to see all the other guys in the same field or work that I am. I have a thread started to try to get some basic idea's of what I can work on. My Thread
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Old 10-05-2010, 01:21 PM   #46
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What's MACHING?

If you meant MachINEING... I do that.

I charge $55/hour for work... I weld, and port items as mainly.

It depends on what you want done... I have a lathe to work on.

Old school... from the Legendary Bethlehem Steel!



It still works perfectly-100% manual for adjustments and everything. You can see the levers with pins to lock into predetermined positions to control the speed. You can see a chart machined into the side of the lathe showing positions of the 4 levers(2 pin positons for each lever) Each combination sets the rotation at a different speed.

I make everything on this piece.

I love making shift knobs... sandwich filter adapters... short shifters... beveld flanges... turning rotors.

My pap-who was a machinist by trade and supervisor at the steel wouldnt let me use it until i was 14 or so... but it is so fun now that I've gotten good working with metal.

Here's a Question/CHALLENGE to everyone out there: Find someone that has a Lathe this old... and or from somewhere as famous as the bethlehem steel... THAT STILL WORKS PERFECTLY!

*I think it still works well because it is preserved in a casing of 1/4" thick grease over LEAD paint!
**Still have original Carbide, Ceramic, and many other burrs... along with an original "Center" and a full Drill set(nothing very small-as it was used to mill smallish medium sized Rolls of steel.

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Old 10-05-2010, 11:11 PM   #47
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I don't have a picture of it, but the lathe I learned on was a LaGrange that had a U.S. Department of War inventory tag number on it. It was still chugging along just fine in 2001 last time I used it.
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Old 10-06-2010, 01:05 AM   #48
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Im a toolmaker by trade. Now working as a medical technician at a hospital with a complete toolroom of all machines. CNC Mill, manual lathes, mills, grinders, sandblasters, tig, guilotines, benders, etc. Good fun. Dont have any poser pics of work i do but might try to get some.
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Old 10-06-2010, 06:34 PM   #49
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I've used a couple lathes as old as that....
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Old 10-06-2010, 07:40 PM   #50
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i made these at work. made out of t7075.

WRB paint matched






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