Great to see it working as it should after all your effort 

Per              

Wow!  That' was a hard slog with Covid... It can hit hard for sure. And for the whole family to have it all at once... must have been a VERY hard holiday season at your house this year! So sorry... Glad you all seem to be on the mend though.

And glad to see you with enough energy and interest to be back out in the shop!

Kim

Quote from: crueby on January 12, 2025, 11:25:42 PM

That saw table looks a lot like the one I had  on my first lathe many many moons ago, a Unimat SL. I used it for sawing lumber for ship models for years.

What ships did you build?

Mainly sailing ships, the Leon to Underhills books, a Young America clipper ship, and a 74 gun French ship of the line were the big projects. A few radio control ones along the way too.

That saw table looks a lot like the one I had  on my first lathe many many moons ago, a Unimat SL. I used it for sawing lumber for ship models for years.

What ships did you build?

OK    Where the hell have I been?

COVID!    12/14/24 to present......everyone in the house....my kids are still recovering.....that sucked!
Today I had some energy finally, and I decided to get all the tooling built to machine the engine blocks.

First item   boring bars!

One for a 32mm bore x 200 mm long and one 15mm diameter x 200 mm long

Today I built the big one
It consists of a body made from 1.125" TGP 1144SP stress proof.   I set it up on the lathe with a steady and put centers on either end of the bar

Then I put the features in for the cutter and a feed screw ( 10-32 ) and some clamp screws.

To measure the advance of the cutter I'm using a indicator set.  I needed to make a 3/8 post with a .218-32 male thread which I single pointed to fit the indicator clamp.  The indicator is a Heald branded 0.0001" unit that is a trusty friend  ( I worked at Heald many years ago)

In use the gage assembly comes off obviously, and with it I can advance the cutter by .0001" easily.

I'm waiting on a 3/8 diameter indicator foot which I ordered yesterday
I also ordered some 1/2" diameter 1144SP for the small bar....just as long.    I'll use smaller cutters in that with smaller screws but the same indicator gage arrangement.
I then need to make a mounting bracket to line bore the block assembly on my lathe.... 

I will get all the tooling together so I can progress easily ...

Good to be back!

Dave