Topic: Lets see a photo of your SHOP!

[WhyNot2]

Tuned the lathe up, cleaned off some bench space, and faced-off a bunch of frame kit parts today.

I'd love to have a lathe, and wished I knew what to do with it if I had it too......!!!!!!!!

[WhyNot2]

sh1t, i've got plenty of room, just not the coin......!!!!!!

This is looking out the door of that shop that's being painted....!!

Beautiful! If you owned a lump of dirt that size in my neighbourhood, you'd be a millionaire!

yes that would be a couple of million round here as well

Oh yea..........my father-in-law in Stuttgart, Germany had just a 3x6 foot spot out the back door to call his own.

Your wife is German? I love German food! (and Italian, French, Polish, Dutch, Belgian, etc etc......)

lol......!!!!!! Yep, have had her around for the last 43 years, hence the 110 pounds I've added to this little frame of mine since.

[BomberMann650]

Not as productive as Scotty's lathe run.

But I did my first ever facing and turning setups.
There's a few bugs to work out with the machine.  But it makes chips!

[BenelliSEI]

Not as productive as Scotty's lathe run.

But I did my first ever facing and turning setups.
There's a few bugs to work out with the machine.  But it makes chips!

Nothing more satisfying! I have an ancient Myford “Super Seven” lathe and I’m not very good with it, but when something needs a spacer, or cleaning up, there is no better tool. Only use it occasionally, but still the best investment I ever made.

[Terry in Australia]

Not as productive as Scotty's lathe run.

But I did my first ever facing and turning setups.
There's a few bugs to work out with the machine.  But it makes chips!

Nothing more satisfying! I have an ancient Myford “Super Seven” lathe and I’m not very good with it, but when something needs a spacer, or cleaning up, there is no better tool. Only use it occasionally, but still the best investment I ever made.

The Myford Super 7 is a fantastic lathe John, back in the 90's I met an old guy who had 2. He'd owned a motorcycle repair shop in Melbourne in the 50's and bought 2 new Myfords, but went broke in the early 60's so took a job as a "Saw Doctor" at a timber mill in the country. When I dropped in to visit him (and take his Velocette Thruxton 500 for a ride) he'd only just unboxed the second lathe as after 40 years he was just noticing some play in the first one, so the first one was his "roughing" lathe, and the "new" one was his finishing lathe.

I always wanted a Myford, I almost scored one when I was in the army, but had to settle for a new Chinese lathe that a mate swapped me for my freshly restored Honda CB350F. Probably my most versatile tool.

[simon#42]

i never realised  that i needed a lathe until i got one now i dont know how i got by without one .

[BenelliSEI]

My Myford is +70 years old. It actually belongs to a friend who’s Dad brought it from England. He did small Piece work from his back yard shed in Toronto, in the early ‘50’S (British immigrant tool and die maker). My friend (and now his son and grandsons!) recently moved to a +5,000 square foot shop, where they make chocolate bar machines for Cadbury Chocolate. They build the machines in Toronto, then ship them all over the world. The Myford was on a pallet, collecting dust. +25 years ago, he “lent it” to me.

[scottly]

I've started the drilling and boring operation on the frame kit clamps, which is the most time consuming one.
The first step is to drill the hole with a .985" bit. Notice the 1/8" shim under the chuck jaw; this was Frank's idea to drill the hole off-center easily, with no muss or fuss like trying to do it with a 4-jaw chuck.
The thing with the tubes, clamped to a piece of flex gas line is a homemade "mister" nozzle, which uses compressed air to spray a coolant on the part.
The boring bar is mounted on the toolpost, and after the hole is rough drilled and the tailstock pulled out of the way, it's moved into position for the first pass. On the far right, you can see a dial indicator. The indicator bumps up against the cross-slide so I can repeat the final bore size with some accuracy.

A tip for setting tool height is to lightly pinch a pocket rule between the tip of the tool and round stock in the chuck: if the top of the rule is away from you, the tool is above center, and if it's towards you, it's below. When the tool is centered, the rule will be straight up and down. If you have a 4-way toolpost like Cowman, you can put shims under the shank of the tool if it's too low.   

[Terry in Australia]

sh1t, i've got plenty of room, just not the coin......!!!!!!

This is looking out the door of that shop that's being painted....!!

Beautiful! If you owned a lump of dirt that size in my neighbourhood, you'd be a millionaire!

yes that would be a couple of million round here as well

Oh yea..........my father-in-law in Stuttgart, Germany had just a 3x6 foot spot out the back door to call his own.

Your wife is German? I love German food! (and Italian, French, Polish, Dutch, Belgian, etc etc......)

lol......!!!!!! Yep, have had her around for the last 43 years, hence the 110 pounds I've added to this little frame of mine since.

Ha ha, well that's obviously the sign of a good cook. I somehow put on that much weight and more and my wife (43 years here too) is a terrible cook. Luckily I enjoy cooking......

[Don R]

 When I got my set of frame clamps, I marveled at the offset machining and wondered at how it was done without exotic cnc tools.   

[scottly]

I finished up boring the frame kit clamps today! Just for grins, I weighed a blank, a bored part, and a finished part. Two thirds of the aluminum ends up in the bin...
Next step is to mill out the pockets for the screw heads, drill the holes for the screws, and saw the slit on the CNC mill, after I clear all the clutter out from in front of it. The 400 roller has been there since OldScrambler brought his land speed bike here for dyno testing...

[BomberMann650]

After years of working from the floor.  Decided a little work platform would be nice.

Still need a proper wheel vice for it. 

[BenelliSEI]

Working on the “rent a racer” this week, in the house garage I built a few years ago (26’ X 26’ inside). The bench I built down one side has been very handy! 2 x4” ladder frame, covered with G1S plywood, ripped in half. The leg braces are diagonals, that landed nicely on the sill plate that sits on the foundation. Easy to sweep under.

[newday777]

Working on the “rent a racer” this week, in the house garage I built a few years ago (26’ X 26’ inside). The bench I built down one side has been very handy! 2 x4” ladder frame, covered with G1S plywood, ripped in half. The leg braces are diagonals, that landed nicely on the sill plate that sits on the foundation. Easy to sweep under.

Nice

[simon#42]

good idea , i might steal that !

[Kelly E]

I'm still busy tearing down the 80' KZ1000 LTD. Washing parts and and soaking them in EvapoRust. This bike has never been apart before.

[RAFster122s]

Nice bench John, strong one too...

Kelly, KZ cleaning up nicely.

[BenelliSEI]

Nice bench John, strong one too...

Kelly, KZ cleaning up nicely.

Works well. Usually cluttered in my wife’s projects, but I get to use it occasionally. It’s massively strong too. Another thing that worked well: I covered the walls with 4’ X 8’ sheets of G1S plywood for the bottom 4’ all the way around. Takes some punishment.

[BenelliSEI]

Prepping Benelli SEI for Cobble Beach Concours, next month.

[Kelly E]

Still cleaning up the 77' KZ 1000 LTD. The current issue is the front axle nuts are both seized. Holding one and the pneumatic impact gun won't budge it. Currently soaking up some Kroil, next step will be heat.

[BenelliSEI]

Still cleaning up the 77' KZ 1000 LTD. The current issue is the front axle nuts are both seized. Holding one and the pneumatic impact gun won't budge it. Currently soaking up some Kroil, next step will be heat.

I have no idea, but could one be a “backwards” thread?

[Kelly E]

I tried it in reverse once but will check again tomorrow. It will come apart eventually.

[grcamna2]

Still cleaning up the 77' KZ 1000 LTD. The current issue is the front axle nuts are both seized. Holding one and the pneumatic impact gun won't budge it. Currently soaking up some Kroil, next step will be heat.

These are the two studs that thread into the bottom of your fork lower/slider? or the actual axle itself which goes through your front wheel bearings ?

[Kelly E]

The axle itself. Nothing in the manual about reverse threads.

[grcamna2]

I've had axle cotter pins jamb-up the threads on axles before;they can be a PITA.