I don't understand. Did you fabricate the screws?
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Fred R Clark & Son Machineworks
- Thread starter Nitro
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yes, the two replacement bolts were cut from 7/8 inch 12L14 free machining leaded steel barstock.
the threads were chased with a 60 degree single point threading tool to assure a precision fit to the 125 year old original nuts
Wow!
We held out No show show this weekend.
The No show show is where the membership gathers for a weekend of fun without the public.
As usual, it was a weekend of food and fun with about 150 members involved.
Good time event, machinehead style
Bonfire area:
The center log was huge, as in about 4000 pounds huge.
The stack was positioned with a huge excavator.
Drop end of the oak log, nearly 4 feet in diameter:
You could feel the heat from this nearly 50 feet away.
The No show show is where the membership gathers for a weekend of fun without the public.
As usual, it was a weekend of food and fun with about 150 members involved.
Good time event, machinehead style
Bonfire area:
The center log was huge, as in about 4000 pounds huge.
The stack was positioned with a huge excavator.
Drop end of the oak log, nearly 4 feet in diameter:
You could feel the heat from this nearly 50 feet away.
It wasn't all play on my end, because I had a few items to tend to on our old Blount lathe.
She is about 125 or so and in need of some love.
I spend about a full day prior to this cleaning and inspecting her naughty bits.
The compound rest needed new hardware, so I set about making what was needed:
Made the blanks at home on my equipment, then proceeded to first mill their profiles then hand file them to final shape:
Two radii were needed to follow the circular T slot where they reside.
She is about 125 or so and in need of some love.
I spend about a full day prior to this cleaning and inspecting her naughty bits.
The compound rest needed new hardware, so I set about making what was needed:
Made the blanks at home on my equipment, then proceeded to first mill their profiles then hand file them to final shape:
Two radii were needed to follow the circular T slot where they reside.
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@Nitro this is amazing that enough people have an interest in these contraptions to give you a place to share your interest with the other fellows in that club. Thanks for sharing it on here too. I've never run a lathe but if I had to learn I'd like to try one of those old ones.
The antique phonograph club isn't quite as prone to bonfires or playing with lathes but it's definitely fun to hang out with people and tamper with old machines.
The antique phonograph club isn't quite as prone to bonfires or playing with lathes but it's definitely fun to hang out with people and tamper with old machines.
There is an extremely thin line between collector and hoarder.
I happen to use it for a jump rope which often times is a godsend.
Had a very old lantern style lathe toolpost in the pile that just happened to be suitable for the Blount lathe..
T'was missing the rocker, so I set about fashioning one out of 6061 T-6 aluminum barstock.
Yeah, I know, it should have been hardened steel, but sometimes you have to know your limitations for shaping it and since it required hand work with a file for the final fit, aluminum it was.
Here is the end result:
Fitted to the cup radius which allows fixing the tool height to place the cutting edge on center.
Too high, no cut, too low, impossible to hold a size on a diameter.
Cutting tool holders:
I happen to use it for a jump rope which often times is a godsend.
Had a very old lantern style lathe toolpost in the pile that just happened to be suitable for the Blount lathe..
T'was missing the rocker, so I set about fashioning one out of 6061 T-6 aluminum barstock.
Yeah, I know, it should have been hardened steel, but sometimes you have to know your limitations for shaping it and since it required hand work with a file for the final fit, aluminum it was.
Here is the end result:
Fitted to the cup radius which allows fixing the tool height to place the cutting edge on center.
Too high, no cut, too low, impossible to hold a size on a diameter.
Cutting tool holders:
Today I made a return to the Machineworks first to check the final assembly of the toolpost project and to drop off some needed items for upcoming projects.
As expected, the toolpost fitment still needs an added spacer machined for it, so it was brought back home for the final fitment of it.
On the list, I gathered a new Vizio 40 inch high def TV so I could finish another area in the tinyhouse.
Yep, needed the TV to gain the final dimensions for the dining area cabinetry design work so I can make my little domicile a bit more friendly.
Yes, I will add that to one more step of the interior project starting in Monday evening.
Looks like peachy weather for the entire week, the yard work on the homefront is handled and I have no more excuses to put it off
On the way there, I bought a new high necked faucet assembly for the sink area at a yardsale.
Added to that purchase was a new but lightly rusted 18 inch Crescent wrench for a five dollar bill
Saved me an easy $80 on that one.
Then there was the purchase of a 3 pound coffee can filled about 2/3ds of the way with new brass pipe nipples for $10
In for the win as I sees it.
Some crazy ugly weeks are in the rearview mirror now, so it is back in the saddle once again.
I'll keep y'all that care in the loop
As expected, the toolpost fitment still needs an added spacer machined for it, so it was brought back home for the final fitment of it.
On the list, I gathered a new Vizio 40 inch high def TV so I could finish another area in the tinyhouse.
Yep, needed the TV to gain the final dimensions for the dining area cabinetry design work so I can make my little domicile a bit more friendly.
Yes, I will add that to one more step of the interior project starting in Monday evening.
Looks like peachy weather for the entire week, the yard work on the homefront is handled and I have no more excuses to put it off
On the way there, I bought a new high necked faucet assembly for the sink area at a yardsale.
Added to that purchase was a new but lightly rusted 18 inch Crescent wrench for a five dollar bill
Saved me an easy $80 on that one.
Then there was the purchase of a 3 pound coffee can filled about 2/3ds of the way with new brass pipe nipples for $10
In for the win as I sees it.
Some crazy ugly weeks are in the rearview mirror now, so it is back in the saddle once again.
I'll keep y'all that care in the loop
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Was quite a week at the Machineworks.
Lots of busy work, some grass cutting and a ton of winterizing.
Day one found the Farmall being a little cranky when I asked her to do some work.
First she quit on me, then I managed to limp her back to the shop.
Likely a fuel problem, so first off was to yank the carbonator off her and do a look-see.
Nada, no corruption no dirt.
Slap her back on and she fired right up and ran smoothly.
IDK, who knows, right?
The next morning it was time to do some work again, so I hitched up my trailer to move some park benches.
Got most of the way there and the old gal started to sputter.
Damn.
What the heck?
Went to make the return trip and she fired right up and ran perfect.
Half way back, she sputtered again.
Managed to limp her most of the way to the shop.
Then she died.
Ok, tow her back home and tear into her again.
Did a complete teardown on the carb again, this time with an air compressor providing the forces to clean out everything.
Yanked the main needle jet out of it's mooring.
What the heck?
It wasn't bottoming in the jet like it was supposed to, it was forcing all of the coils of the spring together.
That explains why I was constantly turning it in a little at a time to improve the fuel economy.
Wasn't ever going to happen.
Specs in the manual said to seat the needle then turn it back out two and a half turns.
It was more like 8 turns without the spring.
My bad, when I rebuilt it the first time, I put it back together the way I took it apart and never gave it a thought.
That bit me on the butt real quick.
Reset the float level to an exacting tolerance, buttoned her all back up and set about going on the shakedown run.
Got about the same distance I was from the shop and she shut off cold.
Ahh, crap.
She ran out of fuel but still had half a tank.
Check her for fuel delivery ya darn fool.
Nearly nothing, just a steady drip drip drip.
Fuel separator bowl was spotless clean and no water.
Tank was half full and the only way to check the separator was to remove it.
Then I remembered that prior to the summer show, I was playing mix and match with several fuel separators that either leaked fuel in the off position or leaked fuel in the on position.
The quick solution was to fix the leaky one by resealing the valve stem which made it inoperable and to add another plastic shut off valve to the system to prevent leakage into the carb.
In the mean time, I had planned to add a brass ball valve to the tank and even went as far as to make a nipple with a stand pipe on it to go into the tank to prevent sediment and water from entering the fuel separator.
Rats again, now I know the real problem I had with my fuel delivery, the modified separator did not have a stand pipe and took in enough junk to shut off the fuel.
Keep in mind that this all began before the tractor parade we went on about a week before our summer show (roadtrip)
After about 5 hours of draining the tank one drop at a time, the big dummy's machine was ready for the new valve the next morning.
She now runs great again, no longer leaks or swills fuel but has become very cold blooded after taking away her excess fuel.
Now we need to use the choke as intended
Lots of busy work, some grass cutting and a ton of winterizing.
Day one found the Farmall being a little cranky when I asked her to do some work.
First she quit on me, then I managed to limp her back to the shop.
Likely a fuel problem, so first off was to yank the carbonator off her and do a look-see.
Nada, no corruption no dirt.
Slap her back on and she fired right up and ran smoothly.
IDK, who knows, right?
The next morning it was time to do some work again, so I hitched up my trailer to move some park benches.
Got most of the way there and the old gal started to sputter.
Damn.
What the heck?
Went to make the return trip and she fired right up and ran perfect.
Half way back, she sputtered again.
Managed to limp her most of the way to the shop.
Then she died.
Ok, tow her back home and tear into her again.
Did a complete teardown on the carb again, this time with an air compressor providing the forces to clean out everything.
Yanked the main needle jet out of it's mooring.
What the heck?
It wasn't bottoming in the jet like it was supposed to, it was forcing all of the coils of the spring together.
That explains why I was constantly turning it in a little at a time to improve the fuel economy.
Wasn't ever going to happen.
Specs in the manual said to seat the needle then turn it back out two and a half turns.
It was more like 8 turns without the spring.
My bad, when I rebuilt it the first time, I put it back together the way I took it apart and never gave it a thought.
That bit me on the butt real quick.
Reset the float level to an exacting tolerance, buttoned her all back up and set about going on the shakedown run.
Got about the same distance I was from the shop and she shut off cold.
Ahh, crap.
She ran out of fuel but still had half a tank.
Check her for fuel delivery ya darn fool.
Nearly nothing, just a steady drip drip drip.
Fuel separator bowl was spotless clean and no water.
Tank was half full and the only way to check the separator was to remove it.
Then I remembered that prior to the summer show, I was playing mix and match with several fuel separators that either leaked fuel in the off position or leaked fuel in the on position.
The quick solution was to fix the leaky one by resealing the valve stem which made it inoperable and to add another plastic shut off valve to the system to prevent leakage into the carb.
In the mean time, I had planned to add a brass ball valve to the tank and even went as far as to make a nipple with a stand pipe on it to go into the tank to prevent sediment and water from entering the fuel separator.
Rats again, now I know the real problem I had with my fuel delivery, the modified separator did not have a stand pipe and took in enough junk to shut off the fuel.
Keep in mind that this all began before the tractor parade we went on about a week before our summer show (roadtrip)
After about 5 hours of draining the tank one drop at a time, the big dummy's machine was ready for the new valve the next morning.
She now runs great again, no longer leaks or swills fuel but has become very cold blooded after taking away her excess fuel.
Now we need to use the choke as intended
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The tool post project on the Blount lathe was a failure.
It fit the machine fine, operated as expected but was way too tall.
Back to the drawing board Sherm.
Next up was a four way post from yet another machine.
Just about the right height but will require another custom machined spacer.
Oh well, Rome wasn't burned in a day either.
Got enough stuff cleared out of the tinyhouse to begin the interior construction.
Even finalized the wiring on the entrance light on a dimmer circuit.
It's pretty cool and will help illuminate the joint at the flick of a switch before entering it.
Put the feet on the new TV then set about the placement of it to begin designing the counter area and shelving.
I have a choice of three powered sub woofers for it, so likely it will get two of them.
And enough satellites to completely immerse myself in audio ecstasy.
The new tablet works well and I have enough cabling to mirror it onto the TV.
A forty inch TV, DVD, Bluray, stereo radio and CDs played thru a PC should be a well rounded entertainment system
The wood working equipment is all set in place, dialed in and the tables waxed.
Will be returning again in the upcoming week to get on the stick with my interior work.
Time for a cruise on the H
It fit the machine fine, operated as expected but was way too tall.
Back to the drawing board Sherm.
Next up was a four way post from yet another machine.
Just about the right height but will require another custom machined spacer.
Oh well, Rome wasn't burned in a day either.
Got enough stuff cleared out of the tinyhouse to begin the interior construction.
Even finalized the wiring on the entrance light on a dimmer circuit.
It's pretty cool and will help illuminate the joint at the flick of a switch before entering it.
Put the feet on the new TV then set about the placement of it to begin designing the counter area and shelving.
I have a choice of three powered sub woofers for it, so likely it will get two of them.
And enough satellites to completely immerse myself in audio ecstasy.
The new tablet works well and I have enough cabling to mirror it onto the TV.
A forty inch TV, DVD, Bluray, stereo radio and CDs played thru a PC should be a well rounded entertainment system
The wood working equipment is all set in place, dialed in and the tables waxed.
Will be returning again in the upcoming week to get on the stick with my interior work.
Time for a cruise on the H
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It was chilly yesterday so I set about making the parts needed for the old Blount lathe's toolpost.
This part fastens the cutting tools to the compound rest.
Red, 4 way toolpost
White, cutting tool
Yellow, t-nut
Light blue, spacer
Dark blue, hold down stud
The t-nut was modified to add the correct steps to it and to narrow it for the application.
The spacer was added to enable a wrench to be used on the hold down nut.
This post can be rotated around the stud axis for more tool alignments.
Raising the nut above the tool hold down bolts allows a wrench to be used on it instead of a socket.
A new 10mm stud was machined from 16mm barstock to provide the hold down force.
12L14 free machining steel was chosen for it's machinability properties.
(cuts easy with spectacular surface finishes)
Should be good to go from here on out
This part fastens the cutting tools to the compound rest.
Red, 4 way toolpost
White, cutting tool
Yellow, t-nut
Light blue, spacer
Dark blue, hold down stud
The t-nut was modified to add the correct steps to it and to narrow it for the application.
The spacer was added to enable a wrench to be used on the hold down nut.
This post can be rotated around the stud axis for more tool alignments.
Raising the nut above the tool hold down bolts allows a wrench to be used on it instead of a socket.
A new 10mm stud was machined from 16mm barstock to provide the hold down force.
12L14 free machining steel was chosen for it's machinability properties.
(cuts easy with spectacular surface finishes)
Should be good to go from here on out
Made the spacer for the tool block out of 6061 T-6 aluminum.
It was purposely made .010 inch thicker than it originally measured to be so it could be custom fitted to the machine after taking an initial cut on some material.
The cool part about that is that the first job done on the Blount will be for the Blount.
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There were more days I consider well spent at the machineworks.
First up was the completion of the Blount lathe reassembly and a test drive that went better than expected.
Using a dial indicator to check absolute trueness of the compound rest with the Y axis ^>
All dialed in
Fourway mounted, red
Two step spindle drive pulley that will need to be duplicated prior to fitting the machine to a lineshaft, blue
I will be using this machine to make it's own pulley
Fourway mounted up with modern cemented tungsten carbide insert tooling.
During displays, this machine will be fitted with period correct carbon steel cutting tools (technically garbage in a modern setting)
A very cool and needed project is coming to completion.
First up was the completion of the Blount lathe reassembly and a test drive that went better than expected.
All dialed in
Fourway mounted, red
Two step spindle drive pulley that will need to be duplicated prior to fitting the machine to a lineshaft, blue
I will be using this machine to make it's own pulley
Fourway mounted up with modern cemented tungsten carbide insert tooling.
During displays, this machine will be fitted with period correct carbon steel cutting tools (technically garbage in a modern setting)
A very cool and needed project is coming to completion.
While it was fun getting the Blount lathe back online, my sole purpose for being there was to utilize some of the workforce that was there to offload and set up a 50 US ton mining locomotive that was brought in out of neighboring Ohio.
Was dragged in on a specialty lowboy rig they equipped with railroad rails for transport.
Rail sections were built then put in place after the tractor rig was pulled out of the way for them.
In all, it took a crew of about a dozen men the better part of a day and a half to pull it off.
All set in place with the added ballast to the track system.
Another aspect of our coal mining display are several Joy Manufacturing continuous underground miners.
There is a strong chance that there are parts on any one of these that were manufactured in my childhood home.
The now defunct Lee-Norse was also a local company we did work for.
We have an operable Lee-Norse Company miner on display as well.
Yeah, we scored their sign too
Was dragged in on a specialty lowboy rig they equipped with railroad rails for transport.
Rail sections were built then put in place after the tractor rig was pulled out of the way for them.
In all, it took a crew of about a dozen men the better part of a day and a half to pull it off.
All set in place with the added ballast to the track system.
Another aspect of our coal mining display are several Joy Manufacturing continuous underground miners.
There is a strong chance that there are parts on any one of these that were manufactured in my childhood home.
The now defunct Lee-Norse was also a local company we did work for.
We have an operable Lee-Norse Company miner on display as well.
Yeah, we scored their sign too
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My #1 reason for the shop trip was to utilize some of the same crew that moved that 50 tons of machinery in place to move our century old J E Snyder drill press into the machineworks.
Slow and steady, 3.000 pounds of cast iron moved by professionals without damage or panic sessions
She's a monster of a machine as far as post style presses are concerned, standing at a mere 107 inches tall in her abbreviated configuration.
(we had nearly a half an inch to spare between the door header and the top of the quill)
I used my Farmall H parked outside the rear door of the machineworks as an anchor point to finish dragging it inside.
Come moving day, I will set her up on rollers and move her by myself, once again, slow and steady using physics as my friend.
This morning was met by the moon in full display in a daylight sky.
Slow and steady, 3.000 pounds of cast iron moved by professionals without damage or panic sessions
She's a monster of a machine as far as post style presses are concerned, standing at a mere 107 inches tall in her abbreviated configuration.
(we had nearly a half an inch to spare between the door header and the top of the quill)
I used my Farmall H parked outside the rear door of the machineworks as an anchor point to finish dragging it inside.
Come moving day, I will set her up on rollers and move her by myself, once again, slow and steady using physics as my friend.
This morning was met by the moon in full display in a daylight sky.
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This is so cool.We held out No show show this weekend.
The No show show is where the membership gathers for a weekend of fun without the public.
As usual, it was a weekend of food and fun with about 150 members involved.
Good time event, machinehead style
Bonfire area:
View attachment 135674
The center log was huge, as in about 4000 pounds huge.
The stack was positioned with a huge excavator.
Drop end of the oak log, nearly 4 feet in diameter:
View attachment 135675
View attachment 135676
You could feel the heat from this nearly 50 feet away.
So this is a lathe? Someone close to me was teaching me about this kind of machine recently. Thanks to your post, I can visualize it now.There were more days I consider well spent at the machineworks.
First up was the completion of the Blount lathe reassembly and a test drive that went better than expected.
View attachment 136463Using a dial indicator to check absolute trueness of the compound rest with the Y axis ^>
View attachment 136464
All dialed in
View attachment 136465
Fourway mounted, red
Two step spindle drive pulley that will need to be duplicated prior to fitting the machine to a lineshaft, blue
I will be using this machine to make it's own pulley
View attachment 136466
Fourway mounted up with modern cemented tungsten carbide insert tooling.
During displays, this machine will be fitted with period correct carbon steel cutting tools (technically garbage in a modern setting)
A very cool and needed project is coming to completion.
How would it be used for something wooden, like a table leg or chair leg? How would it make it straight and round?
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