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by Michael_Moore
Sat Jun 09, 2018 11:47 am
Forum: Casting & Foundry Work
Topic: Things they dont tell ya when you start casting. :)
Replies: 32
Views: 64970

Re: Things they dont tell ya when you start casting. :)

There are lots of good books on foundry practice, if you want to go in serious depth get a copy of Campbell's "Complete Casting Handbook". He's the inventor of the Cosworth casting process. A friend and I have done a bit of foundry work with aluminum. The parts have been more complicated, ...
by Michael_Moore
Thu Jun 23, 2016 12:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: MSC killing off ENCO
Replies: 49
Views: 15368

Re: MSC killing off ENCO

I just placed an order from http://www.latheinserts.com Curtis (exkenna at PM) is a good guy and he'll do right by you. He set me up with holders and inserts when I got my Mori lathe. A lot of people are very happy with his "Ripper" Korloy insert end mills which appear to not be too deman...
by Michael_Moore
Wed Feb 10, 2016 6:46 pm
Forum: Casting & Foundry Work
Topic: Casting an air-cooled motorcycle cylinder
Replies: 0
Views: 7188

Casting an air-cooled motorcycle cylinder

My racing and foundry pal Jeff has put up a long/detailed/photo-heavy thread at Alloy Avenue about making the patterns/molds and then casting a new cylinder for his Kawasaki 175cc two-stroke vintage road racer: http://www.alloyavenue.com/vb/showthread.php?11802-Air-cooled-2-cycle-motorcycle-racing-c...
by Michael_Moore
Sun Apr 27, 2014 12:07 pm
Forum: Welding
Topic: Prevention and control of distortion in arc welding
Replies: 4
Views: 5618

Prevention and control of distortion in arc welding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vuGlcbDwKY

Here's an old instructional film from the Lincoln Welding Foundation done by Disney Studios that discusses shrinkage/distortion in welding and how to deal with it. I thought it was well done and informative.

cheers,
Michael
by Michael_Moore
Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:34 pm
Forum: Home Shop CNC & 3D Printing
Topic: Manual to CNC Conversion Questions
Replies: 11
Views: 10452

Re: Manual to CNC Conversion Questions

I've got a feedrate overide knob on my control too -- but it doesn't provide any "feel" feedback as you'll get when cranking a handle manually. I think that a manual machinist is likely to depend on that type of feedback just as much as the visible/audible feedback, so if you take it away ...
by Michael_Moore
Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:54 am
Forum: Home Shop CNC & 3D Printing
Topic: Manual to CNC Conversion Questions
Replies: 11
Views: 10452

Re: Manual to CNC Conversion Questions

To elaborate on what Richard says, you are probably better off starting with a dead control "made for CNC" machine and retrofitting the control. You'll save a lot of time and quite possibly money and have a more suitable machine. It will come with ballscrews, motors, mounts, an oiling syst...
by Michael_Moore
Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: China vs Taiwan quality
Replies: 6
Views: 11380

Re: China vs Taiwan quality

Ron, my original 10x24 bench lathe was a Select that I bought new about 1981, and it is serving a friend as his first lathe today. It seemed very much more "light industrial" than hobbyist, and at $1700 or so back then it isn't surprising. To get something comparable in the small lathes it...
by Michael_Moore
Wed Nov 21, 2012 12:22 pm
Forum: Welding
Topic: Which miller Tig to get?
Replies: 21
Views: 18835

Re: Which miller Tig to get?

Everyone have their lemons. Miller is not immune just like lincoln or anyother brand out there. I'm happy with the 250DX, my post was to illustrate how expensive it can be if one of the new "computerized" welders breaks down (and the 250DX is still a transformer machine and has less elect...
by Michael_Moore
Tue Nov 20, 2012 1:47 pm
Forum: Welding
Topic: Which miller Tig to get?
Replies: 21
Views: 18835

Re: Which miller Tig to get?

I bought a new Miller 250 Synchrowave and it seems very nice (but I'm not an ace weldor). A friend just replaced his 200 Synchrowave with a 350 Dynasty inverter and is thrilled at the improvement (he welds a lot, both aluminum and thin steel/stainless sheet). One thing to keep in mind is that these ...
by Michael_Moore
Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Moto Guzzi factory film
Replies: 2
Views: 2246

Moto Guzzi factory film

Here's a 1956 film that starts and ends with some GP footage and
shows the manufacturing, inspection and assembly of parts for a
500 Moto Guzzi single engine.

Uomini e Motori ( Fabricazione Moto Guzzi )



cheers,
Michael
by Michael_Moore
Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:20 pm
Forum: Home Shop CNC & 3D Printing
Topic: CNC Threading, this time on the mill
Replies: 6
Views: 6669

Re: CNC Threading, this time on the mill

The makers of thread mills often have sample programs for using them on their websites. Google is your friend!

cheers,
Michael
by Michael_Moore
Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reverse engineering & milling of car suspension part
Replies: 24
Views: 9727

Re: Reverse engineering & milling of car suspension part

If you decide to use aluminum keep in mind that it has about 1/3 the stiffness, size for size, as steel and you wouldn't want to duplicate the part but rather redesign it for the different material. I have no idea what steel the OEM part is made from, but if it didn't need to be welded I'd probably ...