BOTTOM FEEDERS= a place for everything modified and/or custom made

[custom-classic]

Man you have guts, I just don't have the cojones to try the band saw with that thick stock

I should clarify here. When I say band saw, I mean this...


https://store.hemsaw.com/f-n215xl-000-00-0-000

We bought one for the shop recently.

 

[TheBikeGuy]

A guy from Kentucky quoting Red Green ...who'd a thought?

Next it'll be the Trailer Park Boys

I used to love Red Green, but I don't know who the Trailer Park Boys are.


Remember, I'm pulling for you. We're all in this together. - Red Green

 

[TheBikeGuy]

i was told 'when you only have a hammer, every problem looks like a nail'.

T

I accused a guy at work one time of not knowing which end of a screw driver to use. He said,"Well that depends on if you're hammerin' or pryin'."

He had a huge tool box and would only use a hammer, a pry bar, and a big set of channel locks for everything. I'm pretty sure he's the reason they invented Velcro.

 

[supertrunker]

I should clarify here. When I say band saw, I mean this...

one for the shop recently.

Oh, the Rothschild bandsaw! There i was looking on Harbor Freight and thinking with some patience and time (like 5 years), a bit of 80 grit sandpaper and a junior hacksaw might work!

Here's a serious question for a change - How many of you are machinists and such for a living or how much experience do you need to run gear like this?

T

 

[TheBikeGuy]

I've made lots of stuff, but I've never really had proper tools. When I have used bigger equipment I've found it less nerve racking to not know enough to know just how bad you could screw yourself up.

 

[custom-classic]

Oh, the Rothschild bandsaw! There i was looking on Harbor Freight and thinking with some patience and time (like 5 years), a bit of 80 grit sandpaper and a junior hacksaw might work!

Here's a serious question for a change - How many of you are machinists and such for a living or how much experience do you need to run gear like this?

T

Hey Trunker, I have an HVAC background and currently run a pretty decent size sheet metal fab shop. Mainly HVAC ductwork, with a few specialty projects thrown in from time to time. I have no real machine shop experience, but have worked with tools most of my life.

I've spent countless hours researching machine work in the last few months... Honestly, youtube is an invaluable resource... I've learned a lot from the serious machinists on there.

 

[EagleTa2]

Im a materials manager that has been into woodworking for almost 25 years. I have gone through some pretty cool hobbies too
Control line model airplanes
Electric RC race cars
Pen making
and now vaping...it has become more of a hobby for me than just a replacement to an icky stick.

thanks
Geo

 

[turbocad6]

ha, I was thinking more like this

I picked up something like this a while ago but started to convert it but never got around to finishing converting it to variable speed so it's just sitting in the garage with no motor on it atm a nice slow ipm band saw is awesome on even thick plate


same here for youtube and reading and absorbing what I can in the forums when it comes to researching and learning how to use machinery and machining. I've been a mechanic half my life, then own a body shop for the second half so I also am familiar with all kinds of tools, but the first time I've ever touched a lathe or a mill was when I went looking for them on craigslist to tinker with my own personal stuff, more for race car and custom fabrication type stuff than ecig stuff at first

you don't need experience. experience can only come after doing. you do need to have respect for the tools and desire to learn what not to do. machinery can mess you up bad if you don't respect it and learn yourself the safe ways to use it. other than that theirs only one way to learn.... start making chips

 

[custom-classic]

I definitely made some chips today.

Just waitin' on my boring head and boring bars to get here now...

 

[TheBikeGuy]

ha, I was thinking more like this

I picked up something like this a while ago but started to convert it but never got around to finishing converting it to variable speed so it's just sitting in the garage with no motor on it atm a nice slow ipm band saw is awesome on even thick plate


same here for youtube and reading and absorbing what I can in the forums when it comes to researching and learning how to use machinery and machining. I've been a mechanic half my life, then own a body shop for the second half so I also am familiar with all kinds of tools, but the first time I've ever touched a lathe or a mill was when I went looking for them on craigslist to tinker with my own personal stuff, more for race car and custom fabrication type stuff than ecig stuff at first

you don't need experience. experience can only come after doing. you do need to have respect for the tools and desire to learn what not to do. machinery can mess you up bad if you don't respect it and learn yourself the safe ways to use it. other than that theirs only one way to learn.... start making chips

One more quote then I'll stop. "Danger is what gets the juices flowing -- the adrenaline, the testosterone, the hydrogen peroxide..." - Red Green.

 

[CaptSteve]

One more quote then I'll stop. "Danger is what gets the juices flowing -- the adrenaline, the testosterone, the hydrogen peroxide..." - Red Green.

I've spent the past 30 years of my professional life trying to avoid getting them juices flowing.

 

[CaptSteve]

I definitely made some chips today.

Just waitin' on my boring head and boring bars to get here now...

Great bit of milling CC. Looking forward to see these beauties finished buddy

 

[Rossum]

I've spent the past 30 years of my professional life trying to avoid getting them juices flowing.

Given what you do for a living, your employer's customers sincerely appreciate that!

 

[custom-classic]

Got a chance to use the fly cutter today...

 

[Rossum]

Got a chance to use the fly cutter today...

Curiosity (and perhaps sheer ignorance) makes me ask: Why?

To me, they looked perfectly shaped in your previous pictures.

More curiosity: What kind of finish are you planning to put on these?

 

[custom-classic]

Good question, Ross.... There were some scratches in the stock that I needed to get past. Admittedly, I should have used the fly cutter first to perfectly true the blocks and get past those scratches. However, in my haste to round those corners, I decided it wasn't necessary....

I'm still trying to decide what finish to go with, so I decided to fly cut to see if I wanna go with the tool marked, machined look...

I'll either go with that, brushed, or bead blasted. I'm leaning towards brushed at the moment.

 

[Roscoe01]

Good question, Ross.... There were some scratches in the stock that I needed to get past. Admittedly, I should have used the fly cutter first to perfectly true the blocks and get past those scratches. However, in my haste to round those corners, I decided it wasn't necessary....

I'm still trying to decide what finish to go with, so I decided to fly cut to see if I wanna go with the tool marked, machined look...

I'll either go with that, brushed, or bead blasted. I'm leaning towards brushed at the moment.

You are having way too much fun with your new toys[emoji1] I can't wait to see where this is going....

 

[custom-classic]

You are having way too much fun with your new toys[emoji1] I can't wait to see where this is going....

No doubt...

The other evening, I did a small gunsmithing project for a buddy of mine. 14.5" ar-15 barrel needed drilled so I could pin and weld the muzzle brake on it to bring it to 16" so he could finish assembling it. That was a pretty cool project. I even got to use the lathe to turn and face the pin. Good times....

 

[RiverNut]

I was about to call a search party CC. Glad to see you're still with us and getting some time with your new tools...looking great!

 

[RiverNut]

Oh, the Rothschild bandsaw! There i was looking on Harbor Freight and thinking with some patience and time (like 5 years), a bit of 80 grit sandpaper and a junior hacksaw might work!

Here's a serious question for a change - How many of you are machinists and such for a living or how much experience do you need to run gear like this?

T

I seem to recall about 35 years ago in high school wood shop, I made an out of square cabinet
that's about it for my past experience so I'm taking things slow and safe, and like others, using youtube as a learning resource.
I'm pretty sure you have to have at least one finger missing before you can truly call yourself a machinists.