Author Topic: Building a bridge............. (between your legs!) More pics! (Read 9862 times)

scunny · « **Reply #50 on:** October 12, 2006, 03:25:15 AM »

I'm not sure how to do this but I want to complain to the moderators of this site. I have just had an image go thru my head of 2 grown men chasing each other around a green swathe on ride on lawn mowers........
........and they were giggling

crazypj · « **Reply #51 on:** October 12, 2006, 05:45:45 AM »

Doh, 13,000 for CNC retrofit on a 2,000 mill doesnt make too much sense to me. Great for production work where you have a bunch of them and are only paying one machine minder but not much good for us mortals who only have a single machine and dont make 100,000 parts. ( plus I'd have to learn cnc programming

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(giggles

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PJ

nickjtc · « **Reply #52 on:** October 12, 2006, 08:15:33 AM »

Quote from: scunny on October 12, 2006, 03:25:15 AM

I'm not sure how to do this but I want to complain to the moderators of this site.

Ditto. All this talk of having the operation...................

old750 · « **Reply #53 on:** October 12, 2006, 08:43:26 AM »

You can build your own CNC kit pretty easily from what I've seen. Ebay always has good servos and drivers for cheap, you can make brackets, buy some pulleys, belts, and an old PC. It seems to me you can do all this for under $1000. Just an example of something you can buy out of the box:

http://www.ajaxcnc.com/cnc_kits.htm

They are around $2000-$4000 but search for diy cnc or homebuilt cnc or homemade cnc and you can find tons of info on how to build your kit cheap.

-Alex

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #54 on:** October 12, 2006, 02:27:24 PM »

Very nice mate, I'll have yo look into a "home brew" CNC kit, I really couldn't justify 10K + for a hobby business, but I'd be happy just to automate mine so I've got power feed to save my arms, ha ha! Thanks for that though, I'll check it out later!

Scunny and Nick, did I mention that we'll be doing all that mowing naked? Ha ha, Cheers, Terry.

nickjtc · « **Reply #55 on:** October 12, 2006, 02:30:19 PM »

Quote from: Terry in Australia on October 12, 2006, 02:27:24 PM

Scunny and Nick, did I mention that we'll be doing all that mowing naked? Ha ha, Cheers, Terry.

Ewwwwwwww!

8 Track · « **Reply #56 on:** October 12, 2006, 02:44:04 PM »

You're right, when I was installing that option, I asked the customer why he wanted to put a $17,000 option on that machine. Of course, it was an old four horsepower bridgeport that I rebuilt and scraped in, making that bill alone around $30,000, essentially ,making it better than new. His reply was simply "I can't buy a new machine of this quality." It has its place, and it's probably not in Terry's garage. I'll have one, but that's because I build them.

Now for the other thing... So what if Terry and I have this garden tractor fetish thing? So what if we're riding around, naked, howling like a couple of schoolgirls? So what if I'm wearing nothing but a black cowboy hat, toting a big blaster squirt gun? So what if our wives are on the porch, shaking their heads in disbelief at us? That warm ozzy sun caressing our grown men skin... AAaahhhh. (Ah #$%*, I can't stop laughing) At least we're not out building choppers and running over moped drivers!!!

nickjtc · « **Reply #57 on:** October 12, 2006, 03:39:38 PM »

Quote from: twostrokecrazy on October 12, 2006, 02:44:04 PM

At least we're not out building choppers and running over moped drivers!!!

Touche

upperlake04 · « **Reply #58 on:** October 12, 2006, 03:57:53 PM »

I really shouldn't encourage you guys..

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #59 on:** October 12, 2006, 04:16:22 PM »

Hey Dave, it's got two fork braces

......not as nice as Terrys though

Sam.

8 Track · « **Reply #60 on:** October 12, 2006, 07:01:45 PM »

Nice mower, Upperlake! Get a belt on that thing and you're set! What do ya say Terry, is three a crowd?

upperlake04 · « **Reply #61 on:** October 12, 2006, 07:13:22 PM »

thanks for the invite Twostroke - but three would be a crowd (with you two) But you are nice guys

8 Track · « **Reply #62 on:** October 12, 2006, 07:24:26 PM »

Ahh, Terry's yard's not big enough anyways!

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #63 on:** October 15, 2006, 04:44:34 AM »

Well my yards not even big enough to warrant me keeping my old Cox Lawn Tractor Strokey, but out the back of my place there is literally miles of parkland, just waiting to be mown, ha ha!

Ok, back on topic for a sec, (about my average, ha ha!) I did some more on Seans fork brace today, rounded off the ends, beadblasted the whole thing after modifying the "T" logo to something rather rude at Seans insistance! I hope no-one here is offended.............. Cheers, Terry.

8 Track · « **Reply #64 on:** October 15, 2006, 06:45:14 AM »

Nice work, Terry. It looks professional enough that a passer by would glance at that and "Huh, that almost looks like a middle finger... Wait a minute, it IS a middle finger!"

nickjtc · « **Reply #65 on:** October 15, 2006, 09:07:02 AM »

What a clever soul you are, Terry!

AR-Guy · « **Reply #66 on:** October 15, 2006, 01:27:03 PM »

WOW Terry that is fantastic!!!

Where does the line form to get one!!!!!!!

I like the "logo"

Buck

seaweb11 · « **Reply #67 on:** October 15, 2006, 04:49:09 PM »

Quote from: AR-Guy on October 15, 2006, 01:27:03 PM

WOW Terry that is fantastic!!! Where does the line form to get one!!!!!!!

Am I now officially in line?
want one, want one, want one.

AR-Guy · « **Reply #68 on:** October 15, 2006, 04:52:15 PM »

Quote from: seaweb11 on October 15, 2006, 04:49:09 PM

Quote from: AR-Guy on October 15, 2006, 01:27:03 PM
WOW Terry that is fantastic!!! Where does the line form to get one!!!!!!!

Am I now officially in line?
want one, want one, want one.

HEy, Hey no line cutting

Chris Liston · « **Reply #69 on:** October 15, 2006, 05:16:10 PM »

awsome brace.

merc2dogs · « **Reply #70 on:** October 15, 2006, 08:14:58 PM »

Quote from: Terry in Australia on October 07, 2006, 02:42:19 PM

They're not expensive mate, they're only an "entry level" mill/drill, under $2K here in Oz when I bought it, it's the tooling that costs the big bucks. I really want a bigger gear driven mill with auto feed, my arms are just about falling off from turning those wheels, ha ha! Cheers, Terry.

Two ways to do it, Old sewing machine motors work well, one each side of the X, one feeds left the other feeds right. keep the foot controls or pop for a rheostat and on-off-on switch to select direction. If you make the required pulleys heavy enough, (either mount them behind handwheels, or replace them altogether) you have a flywheel effect for when you hand feed. (pop the drive belts to go full manual) actual mounting is something you have to pattern for the mill. I set up my old mill like that, and didn't realize how much I liked it till I got my little clausing that's full manual.

second way is a cordless drill with a socket adapter driving the nut that holds the handwheels on, did that last week on the clausing for a long cut (32 inch cut, and I have a 24 inch table, 3 seperate setups for the same cut)

Nice work on the brace, I've been considering something similar, but haven't finalized axactly what fender etc I want to run on mine, so I have been holding off on it.

Ken.

scondon · « **Reply #71 on:** October 15, 2006, 10:30:14 PM »

Frickin' great, Terry. I was wondering if the modified "T" would work out. Turned out brilliantly, nice work

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #72 on:** October 16, 2006, 02:35:48 AM »

G'Day Guys, thanks for the compliments, I'm particularly happy that you like it Sean, as I owe you for quite a few favors, ha ha! I've got to fo a couple of minor mods and I'll get it out to you next week mate!

As far as making more goes, I've got an idea in my head for making a very similar brace that will be a lot less labor intensive, therefore more reasonably priced.

Once I get it done (maybe this coming weekend) I'll post a new thread with pics and we'll start talking about orders! Cheers, Terry.

scondon · « **Reply #73 on:** October 16, 2006, 09:49:13 AM »

No worries, no hurries mate. None of the stuff you got cookin' is holding me back

seaweb11 · « **Reply #74 on:** October 17, 2006, 05:40:49 PM »

Hey there Terry, I just found the post that motivated all this and REALLY I should be at the top of the list

Re: Steering dampner - Anyone installed one
« Reply #47 on: October 01, 2006, 08:12:52 PM »
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"If you guys can find a fork brace that'll fit, do that too,"

Quote from: seaweb11 on October 01, 2006, 08:12:52 PM

"If you guys can find a fork brace that'll fit, do that too,"
Give me a url and I'll be happy to give er a go
........Got a spare bolt on Terry?
Hmmnn, I just thought of another product from "Terry's house of Grouse", (as opposed to my previous business name, "Terry's house of #$%*house", which wasn't a winner, probably because I used "House" twice in the same sentence, I guess?) I'll knock one up on the weekend Derek, and post a pic, you have a look and tell me if it's for you! Cheers, Terry.

I'll let you know what I want customised and emblazed on the top

Research, Research Research, it always pays off.

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