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A practical exercise in the consumption of beer - or - How to use a lathe

Started by MrFryMoto, March 16, 2009, 12:27:20 PM

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March 16, 2009, 12:27:20 PM Last Edit: March 16, 2009, 01:03:33 PM by MrFry - Cycles
Step 1: Have a titanium obsessed buddy who needs a project done
Step 2a: Buy stock, tools, dial indicator,s and beer.
Step 2b: Buy Beer... lots of beer
Step 3: only at 10:00pm on a friday night can the festivities start
Step 4: Attempt to use 65 year old lathe with little knowledge on test piece while drinking beer
Step 5: start troubleshooting how to use lathe
Step 6: Drink beer
Step 7: Realize it's 2am and call it quits
Step 8: drink beer
Step 9: sleep
-----Day 2----
Step 10: Eat Breakfast burritos, and grab supplies for dinner
Step 11: Drink Coffee
Step 12: Drink beer
Step 11: start using lathe only to start feeling that project will not get done this weekend




Step 12: Attempt to clean up and adjust the top-slide
Step 13: Realize you have take apart everything but the head-stock and clean
Step 14: drink beer and Re-assemble lathe
Step 15: say, "one quick pass then we will get dinner going"
Step 16: Drink beer


Step 16: after several passes realize it's 7:30 and we should start dinner
Step 17: BBQ steak, mash potatoes, cook bacon, saute mushrooms and onions while drinking beer
Step 18: Engorge yourself on meat and taters' and drink beer


Step 19: Get more beer
Step 20: Grind tool bits


Step 21: get some pretty decent turns off of piece [thumbsup]
Step 22: Let MrFry try his hand at it


Steps 23-27: Remount, reface, and return piece to fix MrFry's attempt


Step 28: Hoot and hollar about great turns you are getting out of lathe



Step 29: Drink beer
Step 30: call it a night after realizing it's 2:00am again and we are not going to get the piece done
Step 31: Drink beer and watch Monty Python
-----Day 3-----
Step 32: Get McDonalds for breakfast
Step 33: Make more adjustments to lathe, and get very decent (< 3/1,000" out) turns.
Step 34: End up calling it a weekend and see about getting piece done next time.



all in all - i'd say it was a pretty successful unsuccessful weekend  ;D
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NAKID

#1
March 16, 2009, 12:41:12 PM
No wonder it didn't turn out well, you were drinking Stella (shudder)
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TiAvenger

#2
March 16, 2009, 12:55:08 PM
I think we should rename this thread, "A practical exercise in the consumption of beer."



[laugh]

herm

#3
March 16, 2009, 01:06:08 PM
i want to know what they are making.........other than a mess
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TiAvenger

#4
March 16, 2009, 01:11:20 PM
It will eventually be a rear axle 17 to 25mm bearing spacer and axle carrier.

Holden

#5
March 16, 2009, 01:13:59 PM
Quote from: NAKID on March 16, 2009, 12:41:12 PM
No wonder it didn't turn out well, you were drinking Stella (shudder)

That's exactly what I was gonna say... [laugh] :-X [puke]

ZLTFUL

#6
March 16, 2009, 01:15:23 PM
Quote from: herm on March 16, 2009, 01:06:08 PM
i want to know what they are making.........other than a mess

You dolt. Isn't it obvious? They're making metal shavings!  [drink]
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Duck-Stew

#7
March 16, 2009, 01:31:23 PM
The piece will adapt a complete 25mm rear wheel, cush drive, and caliper carrier onto a 17mm rear axle.  That, and a nifty pile of shavings!

I wonder if the pile of money from switching to Geico is interested in seeing the pile of shavings created by those two!  [laugh]
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MrFryMoto

#8
March 16, 2009, 01:41:25 PM
Quote from: Duck-Stew on March 16, 2009, 01:31:23 PM
The piece will adapt a complete 25mm rear wheel, cush drive, and caliper carrier onto a 17mm rear axle.  That, and a nifty pile of shavings!

I wonder if the pile of money from switching to Geico is interested in seeing the pile of shavings created by those two!  [laugh]

and i didn't even get a picture of the bucket we were putting them into!  ;D
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mitt

#9
March 16, 2009, 01:55:36 PM
Looks fun.

Can you choke up on the cutting too a little more?  Looks like a lot hanging out of the tool holder if you aren't doing any deep cuts.

mitt

TiAvenger

#10
March 16, 2009, 02:04:10 PM
At first, no. The carrier made contact.

Now, yes. 


We did a lot of things wrong (mind you, we have no training at all)

The bits I ground had NO back rake, and little side rake.

We had it a tad below center line, rather than above.

Probably too aggressive on the feed rate.

Work too long ~ about 4.5 times the diameter of the stock.


correct those issues, and who knows how good the next attempt will be.

Monsterlover

#11
March 16, 2009, 03:39:39 PM
In your situation, you're better below center a few thousandths than at all above.

Grind some clearance on that cutter, put a little radius on the nose and git 'er done!
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#12
March 16, 2009, 03:49:49 PM
Quote from: Monsterlover on March 16, 2009, 03:39:39 PM
In your situation, you're better below center a few thousandths than at all above.

Grind some clearance on that cutter, put a little radius on the nose and git 'er done!

I always found a few thousandths below center helped reduce chatter.



I ever tell you about the idiot who sharpened the Joh blocks?
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

Monsterlover

#13
March 16, 2009, 03:54:32 PM
Omg please do!

Who would do that?!?


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Mother

#14
March 16, 2009, 05:37:37 PM
Axle... [roll]...Right


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