Just wanted to put a quite update up. I have been waiting for a new lathe belt for over a week now, and it was suppose to be shipped 4 days ago but nothing yet. Being a little impatient, I found some 3M Scotch-Weld CA4 glue which has been used by others for bonding lathe belts. I had two belts left over from moving and another lathe so I figured I would give a shot at bonding them together to get a belt long enough to use. I was able to use one of the original ends which I was able to peel apart after applying a little acetone to the glued joint. I then set my belt up in the milling machine to cut the two new tapered joints. This worked out really well and I'll have to make a video on it in the near future. I bonded the two belts and left it sit overnight. The tensile strength on this glue is 2,300 lbs so hopefully it will bond to the material.
Today I set up the second joint and set it up in my lathe and bonded everything back together. It is now currently clamped together and waiting until tomorrow for it to cure. Full cure time on this glue is 24 hours, so I'll pull it tomorrow evening and give it a test run. I was careful to try and get the length as close as I could, although I can still adjust the length lather on the machine.
On a side note I am moving my shop around in my basement. I am putting up a new room to keep all my shop stuff in. The floor space I am currently using is about 10x12'. The new room will be about 10x14'. I'll end up with a little more room, but it should be plenty of room for what I currently have. I'll get some photos of all this stuff up soon.
This is about my projects in both gunsmithing and machining. I get into quite a bit of automotive stuff too!
Friday, October 23, 2015
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Buck Chuck Cleanup!
About a month ago I was cruising eBay looking for the elusive deal for any of a number of lathe parts I was looking for when I ran across a listing for a Logan 11" lathe head-stock. I looked at it several times over several days and went back and forth on wither or not to buy it. Now, I can see you asking, what the heck would I want with an old Logan head-stock. I don't have a Logan anymore, and I don't need any parts, however, this listing was for an almost complete head-stock with a "Stuck" 6" 3-jaw adjust-true Buck chuck. I didn't want to buy it and be left with a head-stock that I would never use, but after doing a little research, it still had a nice bull gear and back gear assembly in it. After doing the math and figuring that I could sell the extra parts off it and pay for the entire purchase plus make a few bucks, I committed to the purchase.
When it finally arrived, I did have to work a little to get that chuck off there, but with a little Kroil, it came right off! In the next couple weeks I was able to find a buyer for most of the other parts and I had my original purchase paid for and a few extra buck to boot along with a really nice Buck chuck!
It's been sitting for a few months while I am getting the heavy 10 restored, but the other day I decided to break into it and start cleaning it up. I didn't get a ton of photos of it but I got a few of the before photos. This thing was literally caked in dried on grease/metal chips. I had to scrape the crap out of the jaws with a brass scrape to get them clean and even that was tough! There are a few light dings on the outside of the chuck and I didn't take it down to bare metal, but rather cleaned it up and made sure everything was free, greased or oiled and fully functional! I also noticed that it has the original Buck back plate on it too!
I have to get a few chuck wrenches made up for it, but it looks like it will function perfectly after I get it installed. I will be taking the back plate off and taking a skim cut to make sure it is running true with my lathe spindle too! After geting it all back together I might have to attack the outside with some 600 grit and make it shine like the rest of the lathe!
One chuck down, 2 more to shine, and one more to clean that looks like the Buck did!
When it finally arrived, I did have to work a little to get that chuck off there, but with a little Kroil, it came right off! In the next couple weeks I was able to find a buyer for most of the other parts and I had my original purchase paid for and a few extra buck to boot along with a really nice Buck chuck!
It's been sitting for a few months while I am getting the heavy 10 restored, but the other day I decided to break into it and start cleaning it up. I didn't get a ton of photos of it but I got a few of the before photos. This thing was literally caked in dried on grease/metal chips. I had to scrape the crap out of the jaws with a brass scrape to get them clean and even that was tough! There are a few light dings on the outside of the chuck and I didn't take it down to bare metal, but rather cleaned it up and made sure everything was free, greased or oiled and fully functional! I also noticed that it has the original Buck back plate on it too!
I have to get a few chuck wrenches made up for it, but it looks like it will function perfectly after I get it installed. I will be taking the back plate off and taking a skim cut to make sure it is running true with my lathe spindle too! After geting it all back together I might have to attack the outside with some 600 grit and make it shine like the rest of the lathe!
One chuck down, 2 more to shine, and one more to clean that looks like the Buck did!
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Sneak Peak!
Here's a sneak peek of the latest I've gotten done on my lathe. Finished up the tailstock along with the collet tray, and got the taper attachment cross feed rail painted. All I need now is a beltv and to align the tailstock.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
My Intro!
Hello to everyone! I am starting this blog to better document my many projects that I take on and to help compliment my many Youtube videos!
A little about me. I'm a graduate student going to school to become a DC and I am about half done when I am writing this. I learned how to do what I do with a lot of guidance by very experienced people, a lot of practice, tons or reading, and endless hours of refinement to my techniques. I have been running a metal lathe for about 8 years and currently own two. A Fully Restored, not repainted, South Bend Heavy 10L, and a Clausing 5914 Lathe. The south bend was reground and scraped by a local builder, then I did everything else and took the machine down completely to every bolt and everything was replaced or refurbished, re-painted from bare metal, and re-assembled. I'
I focus mainly on gunsmithing when I have the funds to build what I want, but also get into random metal projects and tool building. I have built several of my own rifles and have built them from start to finish covering every aspect of rifle building. about the only thing I have yet to do to date is checker a stock, and metal engraving which I plan to do in the future. If you have seen some of my videos, you may have seen some of my work, but I have not published much.
I also spent about 5 years as a carpenter and about 3 of those years as a finish carpenter. I am extremely detail oriented, and excelled at finish carpentry. I have done every aspect of building a house from foundation work to roofing. I gained a vast knowledge of many topics of construction, but I no longer work in that industry.
I was also a chemist at a factory for a couple years before going back to school to become a DC. While I enjoyed my time there and it was a very rewarding job, I left to pursue my dream career.
The reason for my blog is to follow my projects and give you guys a little more detail on what I am doing.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll hang around!
A little about me. I'm a graduate student going to school to become a DC and I am about half done when I am writing this. I learned how to do what I do with a lot of guidance by very experienced people, a lot of practice, tons or reading, and endless hours of refinement to my techniques. I have been running a metal lathe for about 8 years and currently own two. A Fully Restored, not repainted, South Bend Heavy 10L, and a Clausing 5914 Lathe. The south bend was reground and scraped by a local builder, then I did everything else and took the machine down completely to every bolt and everything was replaced or refurbished, re-painted from bare metal, and re-assembled. I'
I focus mainly on gunsmithing when I have the funds to build what I want, but also get into random metal projects and tool building. I have built several of my own rifles and have built them from start to finish covering every aspect of rifle building. about the only thing I have yet to do to date is checker a stock, and metal engraving which I plan to do in the future. If you have seen some of my videos, you may have seen some of my work, but I have not published much.
I also spent about 5 years as a carpenter and about 3 of those years as a finish carpenter. I am extremely detail oriented, and excelled at finish carpentry. I have done every aspect of building a house from foundation work to roofing. I gained a vast knowledge of many topics of construction, but I no longer work in that industry.
I was also a chemist at a factory for a couple years before going back to school to become a DC. While I enjoyed my time there and it was a very rewarding job, I left to pursue my dream career.
The reason for my blog is to follow my projects and give you guys a little more detail on what I am doing.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll hang around!
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