Rockwell 11" Lathe

[EricB]

Haha thanks, guys! I wish I could take credit for the design of the bottle opener, but I can't.

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[Jwest7788]

That is a fantastic bottle opener. I made a bottle opener for a buddy once. He wanted to see the lathe and mini mill in action and challenged "Make the simplest functional thing you can think of". This came to mind, not sure where I spotted it first, but not my design concept. - Total work time, 20 minutes or so, 0 measurements taken, haha.

 

[Janger]

That is the best looking bottle opener i have ever seen.

Yeah! How did you do the engraving Eric? Nice.

 

[EricB]

Thanks, Janger! The whole thing was drawn in Mastercam, then tool-paths applied and a program spit out by a post processor. Made them on a Haas TM2

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[EricB]

The lathe has started to go back together! Sadly, no paint for now. This took longer than I'd hoped due to life getting in the way, so now I just want it together so that it's easy to move around. That way I can finish dry-walling, mudding/taping/sanding/painting, etc.

Managed to get 3 out of 4 belts from Gates. The last one I had to buy from a lower-end company since Gates doesn't make that size anymore, but it still seems like decent quality. Should get a nice smooth machine with plenty of power with these new belts on!

I still have to make a new linear bearing for one of the plates in my Reeves Drive, make a shear-pin for the lead-screw, and put a wee slot for the oil in the shaft I made earlier, but I'm heading in the right direction!