Apprentice Machinist's Mill Project
Apprentice Machinist's Mill Project
Looking for something quick and gratifying to make on the mill?
http://www.metalworking.com/Dropbox/_20 ... red_files/
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puzzle.txt
puzzle1.gif
puzzle2.gif
puzzle3.gif
puzzle4.gif
puzzle5.gif
puzzle6.gif
The answer to - "What can this machine do"? - with a challenge.
The Dropbox contains over a gb of machining info and pix. From an explanation of the Machinerys HB chart on compound indexing, to machines, machinery moves, scans, fixes, projects, shops...over 10,000 files.
There are text files with each subject, so if the files are downloaded they can be searched.
BC
http://www.metalworking.com/Dropbox/_20 ... red_files/
Scroll down to:
puzzle.txt
puzzle1.gif
puzzle2.gif
puzzle3.gif
puzzle4.gif
puzzle5.gif
puzzle6.gif
The answer to - "What can this machine do"? - with a challenge.
The Dropbox contains over a gb of machining info and pix. From an explanation of the Machinerys HB chart on compound indexing, to machines, machinery moves, scans, fixes, projects, shops...over 10,000 files.
There are text files with each subject, so if the files are downloaded they can be searched.
BC
BC
If there was only one way to do each machining job, the smell of sulphurized cutting oil smoke would have fewer fond memories.
If there was only one way to do each machining job, the smell of sulphurized cutting oil smoke would have fewer fond memories.
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Sorry for the hijack but there was an article in Machinist workshop about inside out turning. If I run across it I'll post the issue. T author made an ornament with Christmas tree bore in it.
Dennis
Dennis
Dennis
Thermal Arc 185-TS
Millermatic Challenger 172
Victor O/A
Atlas Craftsman 12 by 24 Lathe
Esab PCM-875
Wholesale Tool Mill-Drill
Thermal Arc 185-TS
Millermatic Challenger 172
Victor O/A
Atlas Craftsman 12 by 24 Lathe
Esab PCM-875
Wholesale Tool Mill-Drill
I'd like to see it. Maybe some others have some interesting beginner projects they can share.tailshaft56 wrote:Sorry for the hijack but there was an article in Machinist workshop about inside out turning. If I run across it I'll post the issue. T author made an ornament with Christmas tree bore in it.
Dennis
It's fun to make chips, but more gratifying to be making something other than scrap.
BC
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My six year old boy loves to help me make chips. This will be a good project for him and I to make on my new Bridgeport with DRO. He is the only kid in his first grade class that knows what a .001 of an inch is. What a great way to teach the decimal system to kids. I bet the liberal arts school administrators didn’t think of that when they scraped all the machining classes out of the high schools.
mlucek wrote:Is there a picture of this puzzle ? I didn't see one on the files link.
"The pieces must be within .005 to fit." is misleading. The pieces have to fit each other."The pieces can be made from any material and will test your machinist ability. The pieces must be within .005 to fit. The real trick is not making the puzzle but figuring out how it fit together and be interlocking.
If the puzzle is made properly it will fit together and the release of a single piece will cause the whole puzzle to come apart."
You'll know when it is made right, and put together right.
It's easier to figure out while making the parts than starting cold.
BC
BC
If there was only one way to do each machining job, the smell of sulphurized cutting oil smoke would have fewer fond memories.
If there was only one way to do each machining job, the smell of sulphurized cutting oil smoke would have fewer fond memories.
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Puzzle
I have many variants of that:
a cube, a ball, a 'star' - all use the same interlocking shapes in wood.
My dad gave them to me when I was a kid to try to keep me quite and entertained. (neither worked).
It will fit together easily as long as nothing is too tight. Loose is not an issue.
a cube, a ball, a 'star' - all use the same interlocking shapes in wood.
My dad gave them to me when I was a kid to try to keep me quite and entertained. (neither worked).
It will fit together easily as long as nothing is too tight. Loose is not an issue.
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Novelties have their place but apprentice machinists should be thinking about making sine bars/plates, parallels, v-blocks, vises, etc. You may not have another opportunity when you go out into the real world.Bill_Cook wrote:.....I'd like to see it. Maybe some others have some interesting beginner projects they can share.
It's fun to make chips, but more gratifying to be making something other than scrap.
BC
Gene