Topic: Metalworking machinery

[70CB750]

Just being curious, I guess.  What metallworking machinery do you own and use in relation with Honda CB?  Here is my list:
 
- Lathe Logan 210
- Floor Drill press
- Lincoln MIG
 
+ angle grinder, dremel, electrical hand drill, sander...
 
 
and this is my wish list:
 
- mill or minimill
- aluminum setup for the welder
- english wheel
- bigger lathe
 
What do you use/wish for?
 
 
 

[kirkn]

A collection of BFH's... 



Bench-mounted drill press, vice, bench grinder/wire wheel/buffing wheel, the hand tools you mentioned, air compressor, sandblast cabinet, oxy-acetylene setup, ancient stick welder (not sure of brand).

Wish list:  small welder for misc stuff, more convenient than oxy-acetylene, bigger compressor.

[754]

  9in SouthBend
  16 x 67 lathe
  First mill long table R-8
  Herbert 2D turret lathe
  Drill press used a lot for tapping
 Just got a B&S 618 surface grinder, power feeds.. my new toy..

[70CB750]

754 - WOW!

I am scouting out for a mill nowadays, that's the next step but my ultimate wish is to work again in the tooling factory - http://www.polak.cz/  - you could get anything done there, those guys build replicas of Pedersolli revolvers just for fun.

[Danno]

I take my projects to an aircraft factory and use their tools if it is big but most things I do by hand

[scottly]

Drill press
13x40 Jet lathe
Tool post grinder
Small mill w/r8 spindle
9" rotary table
14" abrasive cut-off saw
Pexto 52" shear
4 1/2" vertical/horizontal band saw
Lincoln mig welder
Bridgeport Series One CNC mill

[754]

 He who dies with the MOST TOOLS wins....

[RustyStuff]

I own-
angle grinder, hand drill, bench grinder and a forney arc welder.

But I have access via family -
a benchtop and floorstanding craftsman drill presses
200amp Miller stick
36x18ish milling machine
12x36 atlas lathe
14x40 chinese lathe
300amp 3 phase mig
Tig
Oxy acetaline
chop saw
Horizontal and vertical bandsaw
bench grinders
plasma cutters
benders
hydro press
etc.

[Gonzowerke]

Hand drill, sawzall, angle grinder, spray guns.


A local BMW Motorrad tech is a mill whore and does any work I need on one of his 5 mills or 4 lathes.

Will give my left nut for;
TIG
Lathe
Mill
Spraybooth

[754]

 Going to look at a Clarkson Tool & Cutter grinder tommorow, it will be in my shop soon.. and a Victoria Universal mill with Verical head and tooling..for a buddy. Plus I am getting a blacksmiths leg vise and a BIG ARBOR PRESS.. AND MAYBE MORE..
 be swet to finally have a T&C grinder plus the surface grinder I got in December..

[mono]

leg vises are great!

i don't have much more than a Foredom flex shaft and a polishing motor at home, but i have access to the Toledo Art Museum's metals department where they have a mill and a variety of other amazing metalworking tools - welding, cutting, drilling, a HUGE blasting cabinet, forges, bending jigs, etc.   haven't needed to use much more than the sandblaster for my bike yet, though.

[70CB750]

Good for you, 754 

I am jealous actually

I got a forge with a blower in February, didnt have time to use it yet and still need to buy better anvil.

[754]

 Got a leg vise here that Dad had, marked St Paul works F&W Can get a big anvil right now (different deal) around 200 lbs, supposed to have lots of tooling.. that is almost always missing...

[faux fiddy]

I know a shop that got bought out by the christian academy next door. Everything will be auctioned soon.

At least two bridgeports, several lathes, a few cnc machines, water jet cutter, optical comapritor, the list goes on.

Central Oklahoma.

[fastbroshi]

   If I may go off on a tangent for a sec, I have a quick question I'm sure someone can weigh in on.  Anyone have experience or an opinion about the Atlas 618 metal lathe?  I'm looking at a very early Mk. I model that supposedly works well and comes with extra cutting tools, gears, and the manual.  I'm not impressed with the overall cleanliness of the thing. I'm wondering what would be a fair price range might be.  I appreciate any input.

[754]

 Do you mean 6 inch swing by 18 inches long.. not sure on them more familiar with the 12inch models.

 We went to have a look at the stuff today, cant move it yet but gathered up bits and searched every nook & cranny.
 My buddy is getting a universal  horizontal mill with Vertical head, a Victoria, I get the Clarkson Tool&cutter grinder.
Then we got 3 Europe made Boring heads, dividing head with nice 8 inch chuck, Shopmade toolpost grinder, set of broaches and bushings, collet set, about 80 horizontal milling cutters, and a few arbors, tapping head,  the blacksmith leg vise, 3 ton arbor press, and a bit of other stuff..

 Best dayout of the shop we had in a very loooonnnngggg time...

[fastbroshi]

yup, 6" swing X 18"

[Flying J]

I have a drill press
A basic mill i got from my dad.
Tig welder with liquid cooling
Mig welder
stick welder
Gas welder

Things i want to buy
Tubing Bender
Plasma cutter
Would love a lathe.

[faux fiddy]

I will keep you all informed about the sale, but there's everything anyone would want as far as that goes; maybe a month until it is auctioned.  Highest bid, including my friend's CNC that was new when he started there in 1979 or so.  It was his machine, period.  30 years since it was new back then.

[70CB750]

You are too far

[faux fiddy]

Good news, the friend loosing his job just hauled home a deckel maho cnc that does four axis maching, set it up at his brother's shop where there is three phase.  WOO HOO...!!

I'll try to find a pic posted and hot link it.

[754]

 How old is the DECKEL ?, that would be a pricey nmachine...

[faux fiddy]

Found the pic-  Proud new owner.  Only cost what it took to move it out of storage. I guess he will make some parts for someone that had it.

It supposedly had the software upgraded, it's probably 25 years old.
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/dmg-mori-seiki-gildemeister-maho-cnc/i-got-one-mh700c-246446/

[fastbroshi]

What a complete and utter douche.  Look at that #$%*-eating grin.  Yes, I'm jealous 

[70CB750]

Nice!!

[333]

Besides a drill press and bench grinder, all my tools are woodworking.  Table saw, lathe, joiner,and belt sander.  All Craftsman, the newest is from around 1980, and the saw and drill press my Dad bought new in 1954.

For all you tool junkies here that need yet another forum, there's a good one for this.  http://www.owwm.org/    Old Wood Working Machines, although last year, they expanded to include metal working machines.  And their website is cool, too.  http://vintagemachinery.org/home.aspx

[70CB750]

I know that site. My table saw is Walker Turner from back when there were tools made in USA.
Had to upgrade the motor but the saw is s gem!

[754]

 Can te Deckel be run manually..sorta far more useful to guys like us ...

[faux fiddy]

Can te Deckel be run manually..sorta far more useful to guys like us ...

I think so, the wheels move the table just like a bridgeport, fully manual, I think.  I still haven't seen it in person.

It does 4 axis programs I know that.  No tool changer like the hitachi he has at work.