How long does it take you to make stuff?

Well, it does seem that things take time...Sometime, a LOT of time --for some...

What I did in the last 320 days - seven eighths of a year, to be 'exact' -

Made a High Speed (30,000RPM ) sensitive drill press :

Made a Dynamic balancer using accelerometers to balance the motor Rotor, using the excellent Miklos Software:

Made a Large Droplet Spray coolant Applicator:

Purchased a Nice NEW EMCOMAT 14D lathe:

Purchased an Old ALBS 2S shaper:

And Refurbished it totally, remade the vertical slide dovetails that were smashed, and fitted a computerised control to it, automating the whole machining process.

Then refurbished totally my two EMCO FB2 Mills, and made swarf/Splash Guards for them - seen back-to-back here:

And then refurbished totaly my EMCO V10P lathe, Modified the cabinet to have cupboards and draws, and developed an Electronic Leadscrew to enable fully automatic thread cutting of any thread pitch.

The Lathe Pre- refurb:

Cabinet in process:

The V10P after refurb, with Electronic Leadscrew system fitted, and DRO on X and Z axes.

The cabinet cupboard and draw mods were so useful, that I did the same to the EMCOMAT 14D cabinet:

Then I resurrected an IDEAL Bandsaw Blade butt welder - works very nicely indeed!

Since the Electronic LeadScrew (ELS) , which also does electronic feed for surface machining, was so successful and a total stress-free threading process, I am in the throes of implementing the same system on the EMCOMAT 14D lathe. This will be complete in the next week or so...

I have also helped Paul White implement the same ELS on his 100 year old lathe - he did post this on the ME site a while ago - he is a Happy-Chappy!

And now I am helping him implement a similar system on his 'Jacobs gear Hobber' - eliminating all the interceding gear train driving the gear blank.

Oh, and also chased a dozen or so Lions around the desert, helped dart and collar them with satellite tracking collars, flew a few Unmanned Aircraft missions for the Ministry here, over the National Parks in aid of the anti-poaching Brigade, etc...

Next project - maybe not done before end of 2017 - is to make a 'head' specifically to do drill bit sharpening on my Tool and Cutter grinder, bits from 0.5mm up to 6mm max - along the lines of the METEOR drill grinders...

And maybe post a users impression of the EMCOMAT 14D lathe - so far a SPLENDID lathe, perfect out the box...

Procrastination is for Sissies...

And I am 'Retired'...

Joe

Hello Liam,

I did a number of post with more detail - maybe take a look at those and then if you have more questions, shout.

In essence - compressed air is fed to two pressure regulators - one output goes at higher pressure to the air pipe that delivers air to the cutting tool edge/workpiece. The other regulator pressurises a tank that has the coolant within. That coolant exits the tank bottom and passes via a flow regulator valve ( a conical needle and seat valve, from an old handheld gas torch), into a 4mm OD/ 2.5mm ID felxible tube, coaxially located in the the above air tube. The latter ends in a bras nozzle at the tip of the air tub outlet - a fancy nozzle that allows air to flow past the nozzle tip. There the air picks up the slow flow of coolant and deposits it on the workpiece. The fluid nozzle tip position in relation to the air outlet tip is the key..Then there is a solenoid that cuts of the air supply when the thing is turned of, and vents the pressurised tank to atmosphere, stopping both air and coolant flow right away.

I am not sure how to point you to the various posts - here are some links that may help, else if you use the search feature halfway down the HOME PAGE and search for fogless , coolant, joseph noci 1, or such like, and then dig through the gunk that appears, you will also find the posts..

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Joe

Bored at college one day, I sat and produced a mathematical formula to calculate the odds of Sod's Law applying in any given situation. Needless to say, I realised later that I had made a mistake in the formula and had to rewrite it.

James.

Edited By James Alford on 13/11/2017 07:14:40