upliftcrazy
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Post by upliftcrazy on Dec 31, 2018 3:42:31 GMT -5
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Post by NDK on Dec 31, 2018 10:22:29 GMT -5
upliftcrazy Well done! I applaud your willingness to overcome. I had to fabricate a threaded bracket for my 28v drill side handle the other day. Made from aluminum and was a treat to cut the threads in. I can't imagine cutting into hardened steel. My brother-in-law is a millwright and has said the same thing. Everything is CNC now and no one knows how to run a lathe the traditional way.
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Post by minerken on Dec 31, 2018 10:43:10 GMT -5
good job especially using tools in hand. Getting the die started square to the work can be challenging and critical.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Dec 31, 2018 11:20:17 GMT -5
I'm impressed. I would have been calling CigarBoxRock to ask them to make it for me. Of course, I'm totally mechanically impaired.
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Post by johnjsgems on Dec 31, 2018 12:20:58 GMT -5
Did you use cold rolled steel?
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Post by upliftcrazy on Dec 31, 2018 21:05:34 GMT -5
Did you use cold rolled steel? No it's a new surplus stainless steel shaft from some sort chicken breast thumping machine that Tyson chicken discontinued according to everything I found it was made by Berry Plumbing who builds these machines. I only looked it up after I threaded it because it was so hard to thread. The pictures are of the remainder of the shaft that is about 20 inches I just took them. I cut it with a sawsall
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Post by upliftcrazy on Dec 31, 2018 21:10:43 GMT -5
I'm impressed. I would have been calling CigarBoxRock to ask them to make it for me. Of course, I'm totally mechanically impaired. Thanks, they are up in the northwest and like FranToms which is my favorite as well.
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Post by upliftcrazy on Dec 31, 2018 21:14:58 GMT -5
good job especially using tools in hand. Getting the die started square to the work can be challenging and critical. Thank you, I left out that I broke my old vice when I was mounting the shaft and it was Sunday so you see in the pictures that new vice not worth what I paid for it from Lowe's.
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Post by ivan on Dec 31, 2018 21:23:35 GMT -5
Did you use cold rolled steel? No it's a new surplus stainless steel shaft from some sort chicken breast thumping machine that Tyson chicken discontinued according to everything I found it was made by Berry Plumbing who builds these machines. I only looked it up after I threaded it because it was so hard to thread. The pictures are of the remainder of the shaft that is about 20 inches I just took them. I cut it with a sawsall Just can across your project. You should be commended on being able to hand thread as well as hand clamp the material to keep it in proper alignment? Hope it works all for you.
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Post by parfive on Dec 31, 2018 21:28:24 GMT -5
Picturing Foghorn Leghorn . . .
Ah said, who you callin’ a chicken thumper, son?
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Post by upliftcrazy on Dec 31, 2018 21:28:49 GMT -5
upliftcrazy Well done! I applaud your willingness to overcome. I had to fabricate a threaded bracket for my 28v drill side handle the other day. Made from aluminum and was a treat to cut the threads in. I can't imagine cutting into hardened steel. My brother-in-law is a millwright and has said the same thing. Everything is CNC now and no one knows how to run a lathe the traditional way. Thank you, one place told me the CNC machine could do it but I'd have to pay a setup fee = programing, 150.00, setup 125.00 and then I had to pay for the work. And, with no kiss, to boot I was speachless
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Post by upliftcrazy on Dec 31, 2018 21:31:32 GMT -5
Picturing Foghorn Leghorn . . . Ah said, who you callin’ a chicken thumper, son?
Funny, my exact thought:)
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Post by upliftcrazy on Dec 31, 2018 21:39:33 GMT -5
No it's a new surplus stainless steel shaft from some sort chicken breast thumping machine that Tyson chicken discontinued according to everything I found it was made by Berry Plumbing who builds these machines. I only looked it up after I threaded it because it was so hard to thread. The pictures are of the remainder of the shaft that is about 20 inches I just took them. I cut it with a sawsall Just can across your project. You should be commended on being able to hand thread as well as hand clamp the material to keep it in proper alignment? Hope it works all for you. I left out the plug for Austin Surplus Industrial. The owner sometimes takes me back and let's me root around on his shelves for parts (makes him nervous though) just about every problem I come up with I can find a part that will fix it. A lot of food equipment parts and that steel is good stuff. I thought about trying those nylon bearings but yet to have the nerve.
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Post by parfive on Dec 31, 2018 22:26:06 GMT -5
You know how you get a tune in your head and you can’t get rid of it?
Well, it’s a six-foot chicken tonight. : )
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Post by quartz on Dec 31, 2018 23:06:44 GMT -5
Being a retired machinist who ran only manual machines, I do know how to cut threads; have to say you have a lot of grit accomplishing that threading task the way you did it. My compliments.
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Post by upliftcrazy on Jan 1, 2019 8:34:04 GMT -5
Being a retired machinist who ran only manual machines, I do know how to cut threads; have to say you have a lot of grit accomplishing that threading task the way you did it. My compliments. Thank you, I have been looking for a lathe & mill. Lots of them up north not many affordable ones down here in Texas.
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Post by johnjsgems on Jan 2, 2019 10:12:29 GMT -5
Stainless makes sense for food processing. They probably needed to wash down. It will last a long time for lapidary.
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