Off topic got a lathe who wants stuff making?

[micromental]

Anyone want out making on a lathe?

let me know and il see what I can doo

 

[Doomanic]

Swarf. Lots and lots of swarf...

 

[micromental]

Swarf. Lots and lots of swarf...

Lmao good one

 

[Doomanic]

What's the capacity of the lathe and what materials do you have experience with?

 

[Landy Andy]

You lucky boy. And what a great offer to help others with it.

Will have a good think and let you if I can think of anything

 

[micromental]

8” by 16” steel brass and aluminium im not a pro or an expert but everyone’s gotta start somewhere

 

[Doomanic]

Have you got boring bars and grooving tools? What tolerances can you work to?

I'm not trying to pick holes, just deduce what I can realistically ask for.

 

[Landy Andy]

Wow. Give the man a chance. Poor bloke must think he is having an interview.

 

[Doomanic]

I am giving him a chance;

I'm not trying to pick holes, just deduce what I can realistically ask for.

I have some small parts in mind that need to be made to fairly tight tolerances and they'd be a good little project for a budding machinist; not difficult, but fairly satisfying to make correctly.

 

[2WheelsNot4]

I've a lathe too, for timber. So if anyone is looking for candlesticks for their ride, just give me a call

 

[RustyIron]

8” by 16” steel brass and aluminium im not a pro or an expert but everyone’s gotta start somewhere

Good on ya, brother. The number of machinists I've met in my lifetime that I'd call "experts" can be counted on one hand. But if you ask them, most will tell you, "Nah, I'm still learning."

It's pretty unusual that I make bike parts. Here's a couple pics of recent projects that are still in my camera. The first is a plug kit that was too big to fit inside the handle of my OneUp EDC Pump. I turned down the cap, and now it's perfect. Coincidentally, I got to use it for the first time today when a buddy ran a stick through his tire. The second pic shows a volume spacer I cranked out when I was too impatient/lazy/cheap to order the factory part.

Show us some pictures of your next project, whether it's bike parts or not.

 

[micromental]

I have these bits plus some HSS bits that I need to grind to shape and I do have a boring bar and some brazed HSS shanks somewhere too lol

 

[RustyIron]

Nice. You can never have enough tooling.

 

[Doomanic]

Nice tools, now lets see what you'll be using them with. We need to see your lathe man, all the engineering geeks are frothing at the mouth with anticipation.

 

[micromental]

Nice tools, now lets see what you'll be using them with. We need to see your lathe man, all the engineering geeks are frothing at the mouth with anticipation.

Hasn’t arrived yet mate it’s Nawt posh or old school lmao

 

[Doomanic]

No lathe snob here mate, the last machine I ran was a Colchester that was older than me!

 

[steve_sordy]

The last time I even touched a lathe was in 1974. I was setting up a copy lathe. Happy days! Well, they seemed so at the time.

 

[Barbara_Reed]

That's a very kind offer. I'm trying to make a tow bar to get a microlight in and out of the hangar. The design isn't finalised yet but I would like to replace the axle on the nose wheel with a longer one that would enable me to hook on the tow bar at each side of the wheel. It would need a threaded section at each end for a big washer and nut, for the centre section it would be a copy of the existing axle. Easy enough for me to remove it and make a drawing and photos. Would this be a possibility? How long a piece can you make, and what diameter?
And yes, it's not a bike, but the technology level is similar....