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| saw:
Nice work :clap: :clap: |
| narrowgauger:
Hi Dan great work so far. Even nicer is to see you using a superb lathe. I have been using a 210 and 360 for over 30 years and would not swap them for anything else. keep the pictures coming. have fun & stay cool Bernard |
| Dan Rowe:
Thanks for the interest Benni. Yes Bernard the 360 is a nice lathe and the chucks are just the size I need for a lot of the parts I make. I have a South Bend heavy 10 but I usually only use it with 5C collets and do the chuck work with the 360. I have a 5C mount for the 360 chucks which makes going from the lathe to the mill spin indexer a simple operation. No worries I will post photos when I have new parts. Dan |
| Dan Rowe:
Benni, I used the trick I saw you use on the compound and used a center drill for a slot drill...thanks for the tip it came in handy. I finished the frame timber braces. They needed a spot face for the bolts. The scale hole size worked out to 0.059" which works really good for a 0-80 bolt. I made a drill guide to drill the rivet holes for the timber brace and the frame at the same time. The guide needed clearance for the radius so I used a small center drill to mill the slot and the clearance at the same time. I worked myself into a bit of a corner as I have already added the running board brackets to the first frame. Well I forgot the hose brackets on the left side. Most Shays were equipped with a siphon that is a steam educator to pump water from a near by water source. The siphon was used on the Mapleton Tramway and several photos show the hose and one shows water being pumped from a line side tank. It took me a while to come up with a solution and it was a tiny rivet press. The body of the press is 1/4" steel, and the screw is a 8-32. The gap in the press was cut after the hole was blind tapped for the bottom die. The upper section of the bottom die has a 5/64" hex so it can be installed with a nut driver. I tapped a small section of aluminum round to hold the screw and bottom die for machining. I used another screw to lock the bottom die in the holder. The pointed screw in the holder was used to mark the high and low point of operation of the press to check for tool clearance. The hose bracket was attached flat and rolled for the hose after it was attached. Dan |
| ozzie46:
Nice recovery! Well thought out and done. :smart: :smart: Ron |
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