Some homemade attys and genesis

[RatInDaHat]

depends on the shop. they will still have to adjust things to suit their equipment and they will have a preferred way of running the part.

Might be cheaper if you had solidmodels that they could import. (solidworks, solidedge, autocad inventor, etc. )

 

[RatInDaHat]

Gee thanks Dan,,,,,
I actually have a real nice drill press and have ordered a 2" three jaw chuck for it. That and a 1/2 good compound vice and I'd be good o go... (Well except for the thread cutting dept. that is). That's what I really need.

just be careful with that. the quills on a drill press are just press-on and aren't made to resist much lateral load.

 

[Gummy Bear]

just be careful with that. the quills on a drill press are just press-on and aren't made to resist much lateral load.

I know,,, (the hard way) it is an MT2. it may spit it right out.

 

[RatInDaHat]

as long as you know, cause knowing is half the battle.

 

[Gummy Bear]

Hey it was only 30 bucks, I'll give it a go for that price. I am patent, If it takes me 2 hours to do something I could do on a real lathe in 10 min.s well that's OK. At least I did it myself.

 

[RatInDaHat]

that's not a bad price. How are you holding the tooling, with the compound vice?

 

[lorderos33]

LOL too funny, isnt that a Gummy lathe?

Not sure, lol, I thought I was the only one stubborn and cheap enough to do it that way

Everything is VERY tedious this way so I stick to very small things.

 

[Gummy Bear]

that's not a bad price. How are you holding the tooling, with the compound vice?

NO,,, damn it,,,, I clamp a threading bit into a cracked clamp vise and manually spin the table to get a light "bite" then feed with the drill press arm. I'm good with drip tips but can only chuck up to 5/8" the 2" jaw should give me the ability to make tubes for 18650s but then there is that threading thingy. I buy sink aerators and cut them down and press fit them in to give me threads.

 

[RatInDaHat]

you need some real equipment... if you are that ingenuitive with out, i can only imagine what you would do with proper tooling.

 

[Scubabatdan]

NO,,, damn it,,,, I clamp a threading bit into a cracked clamp vise and manually spin the table to get a light "bite" then feed with the drill press arm. I'm good with drip tips but can only chuck up to 5/8" the 2" jaw should give me the ability to make tubes for 18650s but then there is that threading thingy. I buy sink aerators and cut them down and press fit them in to give me threads.

HEY Gummy, if your gonna be at VapeStock I have a second 50ish atlas lathe that has a broke power feed nut, and needs the motor rewound I could let go of for cheap...
Dan

 

[Gummy Bear]

Thanks, You should see the 3 wheel electric car I was building. 2 wheels in front, a motorcycle back wheel , front wheel drive, center steering,

 

[RatInDaHat]

if you were closer to me i would take it off your hands for my home shop. ;-) sadly, i'm no where near there.

 

[RatInDaHat]

Thanks, You should see the 3 wheel electric car I was building. 2 wheels in front, a motorcycle back wheel , front wheel drive, center steering,

sounds interesting.

 

[Gummy Bear]

but what the heck,,,,

 

[RatInDaHat]

that is awesome. and shiney

 

[Gummy Bear]

here's what I am going for:

 

[RatInDaHat]

now just attach a huge genesis to the roof like the twizzler dispenser from wayne's worlds gremlin, and you are all set.

 

[Gummy Bear]

OK back to the OP now,,, sorry for the detour guys.

 

[RatInDaHat]

agreed, back on topic.

here is what i was talking about with mastercam. this is the bottom part of a willpro style atty.

The purple lines represent the geometry of the part. The little blue lines are the actual cuts, the yellow are retracts. This is what i stare at all day to program parts. the line references the tip of a tool, in this case i have 5 different tools .

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2mhW8X17arOJ0NV0g3ce03hID4ELnGc5giOfTy82YKc?feat=directlink

 

[Gummy Bear]

That kinda takes all the sport out of fishing don't it?