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Glenn Ashmore wrote: Broaching is the way you cut the keyway in a shaft hole. It takes a slotted bushing the size of the hole and a broach, a rectangual tapered rod with teeth on one side. You press the rod through the hole and it gradually cuts the slot. My lathe is a rebuilt and tricked out Southbend 10K. It will swing 10" over the bead which means it can face a 10" cylinder but only about 7" down the side. The Rong Fu is a square columed 3 HP mill/drill which is big enough to do anything I need. Together they might be worth $3K. The problem is the tooling. Between mill bits, turning bits, tool holders, rotary tables, vices, collets, V blocks, and a hundred other required parts over the years I probably have spent over $10K. That doesn't count the MIG welder, the TIG welder, the plasma cutter, drill press, assorted vice grips or any of the woodworking machines and tools. It took 20 years to accumulate all that stuff but I could probably buy everything in the Harken catalog for what I have in tools. Even worse, there is not enough room in the back stateroom to put it all! :-) -- Glenn Ashmore "Courtney Thomas" wrote in message ... 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. :-) -- s/v Mutiny Rhodes Bounty II lying Oriental, NC WDB5619 One of my machinists recently bought a Haas CNC mill and is looking for work for it. He also has the use of our shop with two ENCO digital mills, a couple of lathes, grinder, etc. We could do nickel plating and Cu plating if necessary. You can get our e-mail off our web site at: www.parallax-x-ray.com |
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Check this out: http://www.emachineshop.com/
You can design, price and order anything custom online. What will they think of next? -- Keith __ Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places. "Courtney Thomas" wrote in message ... Many mechanical parts cost a small fortune to replace. I'm wondering if any members of this group have power equipment such as lathes, milling machines, cutters, formers, molders, etc., [other than welding], that they are successfully using to modify, repair, and duplicate... pieces of varying materials. If yes, what are you using and to do what ? I recently ran into the problem of replacing/repairing a windlass rope drum and it's unreasonably expensive and I'm motivated to unhitch from vendors and suppliers to that extent possible and reasonable, which I know varies from person to person. Appreciatively, Courtney -- s/v Mutiny Rhodes Bounty II lying Oriental, NC WDB5619 |
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Down around Sarasota, Florida
didereaux Courtney Thomas wrote in : Didereaux, I put him in my file and 'preciate the information. Where is he located ? Gratefully, Courtney Didereaux wrote: Courtney Thomas wrote in news:41B49D80.4000003 @joimail.com: Many mechanical parts cost a small fortune to replace. I'm wondering if any members of this group have power equipment such as lathes, milling machines, cutters, formers, molders, etc., [other than welding], that they are successfully using to modify, repair, and duplicate... pieces of varying materials. If yes, what are you using and to do what ? I recently ran into the problem of replacing/repairing a windlass rope drum and it's unreasonably expensive and I'm motivated to unhitch from vendors and suppliers to that extent possible and reasonable, which I know varies from person to person. Appreciatively, Courtney You might try this guy. He has a specialty one-man machine shop and last time I checked was very reasonable. Also willing and capable to take on 'weird' object projects(grin) (from business card) machining(at)verizon.com at=@ (nine-four-one)-358-7921 area code(941) ask for Chad(?) Anyways, g'Luk didereaux -- MonteP "Let bygones be bygones...send a concilliatory PRETZEL to the Whitehouse!" "Against stupidity, the very gods themselves contend in vain." - Friedrich von Schiller "Ignorant voracity -- a wingless vulture -- can soar only into the depths of ignominy." Patrick O'Brian |
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