Author Topic: My latest project. Gingery horizontal mill (Read 94425 times)

DeereGuy · « **Reply #75 on:** May 01, 2010, 09:28:20 PM »

How ironic...I seen the link near the top of this thread a few mins ago and am there right now...thanks...

Gadget · « **Reply #76 on:** May 02, 2010, 06:49:02 PM »

Bob was over to learn the lost sand casing method and we had a great time. I only poured one of the castings due to the sand bucked getting a hole burned through it. I didn't bury the pattern deep enough in the sand and had one corner of the pattern blow out. The casting is still usable though.

Gadget · « **Reply #77 on:** May 02, 2010, 07:09:20 PM »

Quote from: deere_x475guy on May 01, 2010, 07:41:56 PM

Oh boy this is looking like a lot of fun... I have been doing a lot of research on lost foam this evening so hopefully I won't have too many dumb questions tomorrow.

Bob,
Here is a link to the welder and forum we talked about today. www.longevity-inc.com is where the welders are listed. The welding forum is http://www.longevity-inc.com/forum
Sign up and be sure to enter the next contest. I had a great time today thanks for the company.
Dan

DeereGuy · « **Reply #78 on:** May 02, 2010, 07:28:16 PM »

Will do Dan. I was just trying to combine the videos I took to make one video. Picasa won't combine them and I think it's because the Droid saves them as 3gp. The videos I took at NAMES were taken with my Nikon DSLR and were in the AVI format. Picasa played well with that format. I will do some searching this evening to find a converter. In the mean time I will email you the 4-3gp video files so you can see them.

I had a great time today also, and learned a lot. I can read all I want, but it doesn't sink in as well as hands on after reading. Thanks again for your hospitality and the goodies....I have a start now. I would like to talk to you more about you version 2 furnance. I was in my shop for a bit this afternoon checking my scrap iron pile. I have everything I need to make the cart and lid lifting device. If work doesn't go crazy this week, I will see if I can get started on it in the evenings. I already have my family on the look out for scrap aluminum..

Gadget · « **Reply #79 on:** May 02, 2010, 08:34:15 PM »

Bob,
Look up Format Factory. It is a free converter program that works well. It looks like it handles 3gp files so it should work. It does audio file conversions too.
Dan

DeereGuy · « **Reply #80 on:** May 02, 2010, 08:45:45 PM »

Getting it now Dan...you should also be recieving a couple of emails....one from my Droid...and once my laptop Outlook email gets back up and running another one should be coming your way.

Gadget · « **Reply #81 on:** May 03, 2010, 10:35:39 AM »

Here's a short video of the lost foam casting done yesterday.

DeereGuy · « **Reply #82 on:** May 03, 2010, 10:57:17 AM »

Hey...nice job with the edit

Bernd · « **Reply #83 on:** May 04, 2010, 09:19:03 AM »

Gadget,

Real nice looking casting. I've read about using lost foam casting. Neat way to make patterns easily.

Nice video too.

Bernd

Gadget · « **Reply #84 on:** May 04, 2010, 10:20:45 AM »

Bernd,
I have to give credit where credit is due. Bob (deere_x475guy) took the video and sent me a link to the download. I just added the title and notes to the show and threw it up on YouTube.
We had a lot of fun making that casting, it was a great day.

Quote from: Bernd on May 04, 2010, 09:19:03 AM

Gadget,

Real nice looking casting. I've read about using lost foam casting. Neat way to make patterns easily.

Nice video too.

Bernd

Gadget · « **Reply #85 on:** May 04, 2010, 04:38:30 PM »

I machined the other side of the casting today. Everything fits nice and flat. Next step is to add the clamps. The dark spots are grease on the bearing surfaces.

Dan

DeereGuy · « **Reply #86 on:** May 04, 2010, 09:25:33 PM »

Dan they finished up nicely

Gadget · « **Reply #87 on:** May 10, 2010, 05:15:50 PM »

I finished the cross slide fitting today. It is perfectly square to the bed ways and is nice and tight with no play in either direction. Bed and table travel is smooth. It doesn't look like much change but it took a lot of work to get it fit properly.
Dan

DeereGuy · « **Reply #88 on:** May 10, 2010, 06:34:13 PM »

Dan this is a great project. Did you have to do any scrapping?

Bernd · « **Reply #89 on:** May 10, 2010, 06:39:59 PM »

Dan,

Nice looking machine. Nice castings to. Are you going to CNC it?

Having those books by Gingery I can follow what your doing. Like you say may not look like you got alot done but there is a lot of work put into making a casting and then machining it and fitting it to the rest of the machine.

Going to be a neat looking table top milling machine when your done.

Bernd

Gadget · « **Reply #90 on:** May 10, 2010, 06:58:57 PM »

Quote from: deere_x475guy on May 10, 2010, 06:34:13 PM

Dan this is a great project. Did you have to do any scrapping?

I had to do a little bit to square it up Bob. The CNC cut was good enough for the bearing surfaces. I only had to scrape one of the edge bearing surfaces to get the table and bed square to each other.

Gadget · « **Reply #91 on:** May 10, 2010, 07:00:37 PM »

Bernd,
I have no plans for CNC on this mill right now, it will be a manual machine.

madjackghengis · « **Reply #92 on:** May 12, 2010, 10:40:45 AM »

Hi Gadget, I just wanted to say what a great job you're doing, I bought the books as they came out, but was in the military living on base at the time, so I just tried a bit of sand casting of an ash tray and a couple other odds and ends, just for the experience, and never did make any of the machines. I have those books memorized as they are chock full of wisdom and experience, and I've learned a lot from them, even without building the machines. I am greatly admiring your workmanship, and it is a pleasure to watch this mill go together so well and at a continual pace. I expect you will end up with a fine machine based on the quality of workmanship. Thanks much for the thread, and most of all, for the videos, I've known of lost foam casting for a while, but never saw it used until now. Great video. I hope to have a furnace together and be casting this winter, largely based on the motivation you and others have provided on this site.

mad jack

Gadget · « **Reply #93 on:** June 05, 2010, 04:13:42 PM »

I finally got a chance to work on the mill again. I cast the feed screw bearing support for the bed and mounted the feed screw. The feed is nice and smooth throughout the length of the bed.
Dan

Brass_Machine · « **Reply #94 on:** June 05, 2010, 05:16:10 PM »

Wow! I haven't looked in awhile. Glad I did. Very very nice!

Eric

DeereGuy · « **Reply #95 on:** June 05, 2010, 08:13:45 PM »

Dan, your coming along well and it looks great. I was wondering how things were going. I haven't had a chance to touch the funance again since Will was here. Last weekend I had 20 yards of woodchips delivered and 20 yards of road gravel. I am finally getting around to putting in the circle driveway on the walkout.....

Hope to catch up with you later..

Dean W · « **Reply #96 on:** June 05, 2010, 11:16:26 PM »

It's looking really good, Gadget. Thanks for the update!

Dean

Gadget · « **Reply #97 on:** June 23, 2010, 10:56:49 AM »

I got the third axis lead screw installed today. All three axis's are now done. It's time to build the boring bar mount to bore the spindle bearing support. It's been a very long process but it is starting to look like something now.
Dan

DeereGuy · « **Reply #98 on:** June 23, 2010, 07:03:38 PM »

Dan, your making some great progress.....

Dean W · « **Reply #99 on:** June 24, 2010, 01:01:41 AM »

Quote from: Gadget on June 23, 2010, 10:56:49 AM

It's been a very long process but it is starting to look like something now.
Dan

Oh, it looks like something alright, Dan. Something gooood!
Thanks for the new pics.

Dean

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