HDBRbuilder Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 14 minutes ago, Weber said: Sorry, that was accidentally misleading, I have no question. Just leaving it open to share an experience. I mostly machined stuff for the foundry operations (grey and ductile cast iron) or in the process of pattern-making, modifying the patterns to get the molds to run with less scrap, and other various and sundry tasks. Most of the machine work was done on mills or lathes. How much free space do you have inside that bell-housing where the repairs were made?...enough to insert and inner ring from the inside so that you don't need to change the hole pattern? And if you don't have enough free space, can you turn it from the inside and still retain enough material to provide the strength it needs by using an inner ring in the area you make space for from the inside? Just wondering... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woofers and Tweeters Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 That job left this morning. That whole machine is a little different. The clutches mount on a tapered shaft and the shaft does not go in a pilot bearing, it has an outboared bearing. The bell housing and bearing housing mount on a plate that bolts to the main frame. I just drilled and tapped new holes in the housing and plate and the bearing housing could rotate the 30 degrees and bolt straight to them. Drilling the plate. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I did 5 axis Fadal for a short time after my USN days. My last job was a 25 foot diameter electromagnet on an older NC converted to CNC. Cool place to work. After hours the shop was ours to build whatever we wanted for our hot rods. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 I whittled a race car out of a piece of balsa wood once when I was in cub scouts. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORE KLIPSCH PLEASE Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 9 minutes ago, CECAA850 said: I whittled a race car out of a piece of balsa wood once when I was in cub scouts. Mine's at the shop.... I'll take a pic of it tomorrow I think the trophy is there too...... MKP :-) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBRbuilder Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 32 minutes ago, CECAA850 said: I whittled a race car out of a piece of balsa wood once when I was in cub scouts. So, did your effort win a trophy in the pinewood derby?? I think we still used eastern white pine back when I was a Cub Scout in the early 1960's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 1 hour ago, CECAA850 said: I whittled a race car out of a piece of balsa wood once when I was in cub scouts. Now you are just making shitt up; Cub Scouts weren't founded until 1930 and the max age to join is 12 so you were too old..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 42 minutes ago, HDBRbuilder said: So, did your effort win a trophy in the pinewood derby?? I think we still used eastern white pine back when I was a Cub Scout in the early 1960's. Mine sucked. It was somewhere between 64 and 68 as we lived in Florida at the time. I think you were right on the pine though. The balsa wood creation was in the cub scouts as well. It was a rocket looking thing that had 2 wires on it that suspended it from a string. There was a propeller on the front that was driven by a rubber band. You wound it up and hung it on the string and let go of the propeller the ship that went the farthest won. I actually won that contest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 1 hour ago, MORE KLIPSCH PLEASE said: Mine's at the shop.... I'll take a pic of it tomorrow I think the trophy is there too...... MKP :-) Show off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 9 hours ago, CECAA850 said: Don't forget, moderators can see your original unedited post. thought police now? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBRbuilder Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 1 hour ago, CECAA850 said: The balsa wood creation was in the cub scouts as well. It was a rocket looking thing that had 2 wires on it that suspended it from a string. There was a propeller on the front that was driven by a rubber band. You wound it up and hung it on the string and let go of the propeller the ship that went the farthest won. . We did that, too! My dad found a longer rubber band that let you get more distance when it was totally wound up tight. More "fuel" gets you further! LOL! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungkiman Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungkiman Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 The above trophy was only for 1st place Troop, as my regional 1st place trophy was knocked off the mantel and broken... My father had a Shopsmith, and the sanding wheel enabled me to easily shape the car. The drill press allowed me to wire brush the wheel nails, which were "lubed" with powdered graphite. The school I attended was willing to let me use their postal scale to determine how much lead weight I could add, and the lead rods were incorporated as tailpipes... Good times. Great memories. Thanks, Dad. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woofers and Tweeters Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 3 minutes ago, mungkiman said: The above trophy was only for 1st place Troop, as my regional 1st place trophy was knocked off the mantel and broken... My father had a Shopsmith, and the sanding wheel enabled me to easily shape the car. The drill press allowed me to wire brush the wheel nails, which were "lubed" with powdered graphite. The school I attended was willing to let me use their postal scale to determine how much lead weight I could add, and the lead rods were incorporated as tailpipes... Good times. Great memories. Thanks, Dad. LIKE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 this quoting function is starting to suck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 1 hour ago, mungkiman said: Monopoly Champ? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 10 hours ago, BigStewMan said: thought police now? I wish I had it to give to you LOL. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 2 hours ago, CECAA850 said: I wish I had it to give to you LOL. ok you win, my friend. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete H Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Great Friday to all! One more hour and I'll be drinking a little tequila and following the newly reopened FBI investigation. That could mean anything and I didn't mention any forbidden names, so there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 With friends like Pete............................................................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.