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Barry
I'll try to say more John. I'm new to forums.
Shop Overview: 1963 13” Southbend lathe, 1979 Millrite MVN knee mill (new when I got it), 1972, Rockwell-Delta 17-600 drill press. 1941 Dunlap/Sears drill press (Grandfather’s). Tooling includes Buck, Southbend, Skinner, and Yuasa chucks. Yuasa indexers, X-Y table, and rotary table. Mitutoyo DR (for mill) and measuring tools. Lots of Starrett, including Starrett 98 Machinists Level; storage in Kennedy boxes. Baldor VSD (for mill). Servo (mill) power feed. 6” Brown and Sharp and 6” Curt milling vises (with rotary tables). Royal/Southbend lathe collet system. Bridgeport end mill holders and-R8 collets. Sunstrand bench centers. Victor three-angle vise #5819 (weights a ton). This and more, all sourced from East Coast USA sources that I worked with over the years.
I get involved in all sorts of odd projects. I help a local Harley restorer fit cam bushing. I do the OD’s using an arbor on the lathe, he uses a hone to finish the ID’s. I’ve done several vintage pickup truck side mount spare brackets, and I help a local Indian Motorcycle electrical restorer with machining necessary for generator and distributor rebuilds. Another project, done for the local university, was to make a system that would position an ultra-sound probe against a subject speaker’s throat to allow making moving pictures of the vocal tract. It had to be a stable system, so I used a heavy drill press base and column/rack/crank with attached adjustable stainless-steel rods and clamps. The probe is mounted spring-loaded in a fibreglass/epoxy holder and connected to the electronic parts of the system. The two-piece probe holder (clamp) was made in a mold that I built. (I have worked in the composite business and like using epoxies.) I have attached a couple of pictures showing the system and me demonstrating it’s operation.
Barry
Shop Overview: 1963 13” Southbend lathe, 1979 Millrite MVN knee mill (new when I got it), 1972, Rockwell-Delta 17-600 drill press. 1941 Dunlap/Sears drill press (Grandfather’s). Tooling includes Buck, Southbend, Skinner, and Yuasa chucks. Yuasa indexers, X-Y table, and rotary table. Mitutoyo DR (for mill) and measuring tools. Lots of Starrett, including Starrett 98 Machinists Level; storage in Kennedy boxes. Baldor VSD (for mill). Servo (mill) power feed. 6” Brown and Sharp and 6” Curt milling vises (with rotary tables). Royal/Southbend lathe collet system. Bridgeport end mill holders and-R8 collets. Sunstrand bench centers. Victor three-angle vise #5819 (weights a ton). This and more, all sourced from East Coast USA sources that I worked with over the years.
I get involved in all sorts of odd projects. I help a local Harley restorer fit cam bushing. I do the OD’s using an arbor on the lathe, he uses a hone to finish the ID’s. I’ve done several vintage pickup truck side mount spare brackets, and I help a local Indian Motorcycle electrical restorer with machining necessary for generator and distributor rebuilds. Another project, done for the local university, was to make a system that would position an ultra-sound probe against a subject speaker’s throat to allow making moving pictures of the vocal tract. It had to be a stable system, so I used a heavy drill press base and column/rack/crank with attached adjustable stainless-steel rods and clamps. The probe is mounted spring-loaded in a fibreglass/epoxy holder and connected to the electronic parts of the system. The two-piece probe holder (clamp) was made in a mold that I built. (I have worked in the composite business and like using epoxies.) I have attached a couple of pictures showing the system and me demonstrating it’s operation.
Barry
