Glen,

Pardon my ignorance, but what is 'broaching' ?

So many toys, uhhh tools, so little time :-)

What criteria led you to the Southbend and the Rong Fu ?

Any recommended vendor(s) for such ?

Appreciatively,
Courtney



Glenn Ashmore wrote:

With all custom machine work the setup time is 90% of the cost. Once you
get the setup done you can machine 10 parts for only twice the price of a
one off.

I am running a Southbend 10K lathe, Rong Fu mill and lots of welding,
grinding and polishing equipment. I machine parts for the equipment I
design myself and a few replacement items but usually the OEM parts require
tooling that I don't have and so much setup time that it is cheaper to just
buy the part. Lewmar could probably machine and assemble 20 windlasses it
the time it took me to turn, bore, broach and polish one drum and the broach
would probably cost as much as an OEM drum. OTOH, if you are a tool junkie
like me it is a great excuse to buy more tools. :-)




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