my tools "98" Mazak

[ihbuilder]

Ok they some are not pretty and those w/ hand wheel phobia may run the other way :p
my 1900-1920 14X6 hendy tool room lathe
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz230/ihbuilder/lathe.jpg
my new "toy" taig mini mill
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz230/ihbuilder/mill.jpg
got more just no pics:(

[Roadmasters]

well than start shootn!! haha, nice equipment steve

[fhhhstix]

It doesn't matter how old it is if it works for you.:cool:

[ihbuilder]

some more :D
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz230/ihbuilder/PIC_0330.jpg
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz230/ihbuilder/PIC_0328.jpg
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz230/ihbuilder/PIC_0327.jpg
the most important tool in the shop (semi-BFH) the bigger 1 is 4 times as big :rolleyes:
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz230/ihbuilder/PIC_0331.jpg
shop w/the lathe and future knee mill
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz230/ihbuilder/PIC_0332.jpg
both hobby shop and fabricating shop
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz230/ihbuilder/PIC_0334.jpg
truck and equip shed ( 1 bay shy )
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz230/ihbuilder/PIC_0335.jpg



Enjoy

IHB

[cummingsman29]

Now that is a shop!!

[BigZracingRC]

Nice Shop!

[MadMax]

Jesus man! your shed's bigger than my bloody house! LOL.

Steve.

[ihbuilder]

Jesus man! your shed's bigger than my bloody house! LOL.

Steve.

is it not supposed to be that way :D more garage than house :p

thank you guys

IHSteve

[JAMMER]

Steve that hammer is the most important thing in the with that I can fix any thing. All kidding a side I have found out that it not so much the tools but the know how to use them. I have a lathe and a mill but as far as being able to use then well that a different story every thing I do is trial and error, but then what do you expect from a truck driver. The definition of a truck driver is a dumb labor with his brains knocked out. Ed

[ihbuilder]

LOL I just driva the truck 4 I learned the basics from my dad who learned it in school for mechanical engineering .

IHSteve

[Thorsteenster]

Dang, you make my Dremel and Dremel drill press mount in the corner of my living room look like poo!
In the last year I've picked up a small drill press and band saw at Home Depot and I have a small 110v Lincoln Weld Pac wire feed.
Quarters are kinda cramped, I'm in a basement apartment with half my living room being my "workshop".
Nice setup you got, I'm so frigging green!

[Bodyman]

is the BFH so when things dont fit right
love the shop
steve

[aseejr]

I've seen some of your builds. I can see that it is not all about the tools but more about the talent.

Still can't believe the stuff you are able to build!!!

Awesome!!!

[modelman]

Steve-I don't see a problem with the old lathe. I think a lot of people prefer them. You seem to know what to do with it! As for the BFH-I always heard "don't use force, just get a bigger hammer":D

[ihbuilder]

thank you guys
Tom , I had the chance of comparing between a newer non usa made to the older big iron . I told the guy to put the newer one in the scrap :p It had more slop then my antique and no way to adjust :mad: I guess thats what you get in the throw away age :( there are times I wish I listen to myself with the mill and got the older bp . but what I got is better then what I had . I guess variations of the BFH story is wide spread :D .

[ihbuilder]

the beast is in the shop :eek: now compared to the 1 the guy got that took the place of this 1 , it is small :eek: they have a tool room as big as my house with mills that are as big as my kids rooms :eek:

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz230/ihbuilder/PIC_0817.jpg

now just got to power it up and learn how to use it :confused: can't wait

[9W Monighan]

That's small. It's the same size as Scott's Bruder skid steer... I see it parked behind:p

What are the travel distances? Did you get any tool holders? Vice, software?

[Stuff]

nice mill!

[pugs]

Nice looking mill

[ihbuilder]

That's small. It's the same size as Scott's Bruder skid steer... I see it parked behind:p

What are the travel distances? Did you get any tool holders? Vice, software?


yea and weighs almost as much but that lil kitty brought it in travels are 30" x 17 " y 6" z + you got the knee . I thought the vice came with it but I read wrong :( the bigger machine they got took the same tool holders but that no biggy they where to big for what I'm going to do + I know a place to get all I need for not to much $


nice mill!

Nice looking mill

thanks guys I can't wait to use it :D

[Vanisle]

Ummm, that's just a little bigger than your Taig mill. Hopefully you can make the adjustment to using it. I wish I had your room for machinery.

Is this the machine that is going to turn out all of your new wheels? If so, will you turn the OD of the wheel blank on the lathe and then finish it off in the mill? Looks like fun.

[tc1cat]

Nice purchase! Looks right at home with your lathe. Old and heavy rather than new and light weight!! If you can afford a Kurt angle-loc vise, get it! They are the best you can get! Hopefully, the mill uses R-8 tooling. Lots of things out there for it if so. You make me green also as I have no room for anything that big:(:(

Lynn

Sherline CNC is still waiting for new parts:( Budget ran out of funding at the moment.

[ihbuilder]

Ummm, that's just a little bigger than your Taig mill. Hopefully you can make the adjustment to using it. I wish I had your room for machinery.

Is this the machine that is going to turn out all of your new wheels? If so, will you turn the OD of the wheel blank on the lathe and then finish it off in the mill? Looks like fun.


Rich , I out grew that tiag the minute i set it up :( I should have stuck with my gut instinct :confused: well I had to unload some stuff to get this size . but it is worth it the only part of the wheel process being done on here is holes and taping I'm now looking to get a cnc tool room lathe next that will take the bar size I use . I got a 150 wheels @ the drill press right now and only finished drilling the hubs . At the amount I'm doing it's getting old doing it by hand . once the mill is going , I'll be making stuff I've been trying to get to for a while .


Nice purchase! Looks right at home with your lathe. Old and heavy rather than new and light weight!! If you can afford a Kurt angle-loc vise, get it! They are the best you can get! Hopefully, the mill uses R-8 tooling. Lots of things out there for it if so. You make me green also as I have no room for anything that big:(:(

Lynn

Sherline CNC is still waiting for new parts:( Budget ran out of funding at the moment.

that stinks with the sherline ,Lynn I know what you mean with budget :( this 1 is slightly over budget but It just finished a job before I picked it up . It takes a # 40 tool holder . the space comes from being in the excavating bizz ,need a big shop to work on stuff although I never got mine built and prob. wont need to either . just listed another piece this morn.. :( hate to see it go but not doing any good sittin here :confused: .

[Blender]

Sherline CNC is still waiting for new parts:( Budget ran out of funding at the moment.

what parts do you still need? I finished my sherline conversion for pretty cheap.

[tc1cat]

Size #40 tool holders!! That is huge for a manual machine. I still need 2 new stepper motors. Sherline has smaller stepper motors and wrong type of connectors on it right now.

Lynn

[ihbuilder]

Size #40 tool holders!! That is huge for a manual machine. I still need 2 new stepper motors. Sherline has smaller stepper motors and wrong type of connectors on it right now.

Lynn

Lynn it's a cnc mill :) still need the lathe yet then I'm set :)

[tc1cat]

I know that it is CNC just that size toolholders are huge for most single tool machines. That thing should be able to handle some heavy duty milling! I think that the Okuma CNC mills I have been running use the same size. Only ran one other CNC mill that used bigger toolholders. It was a beast!!
Are the controls on your new mill Fanuc or something else?

Lynn

[ihbuilder]

well the big gray old POSCNC mill was giving me such a headache I had to put it aside till I can get a control for it and have time to work on it :( . BUT 2 new pieces came and I finally got them hooked up now I'm waiting for the rest of the tooling :(

8600# mill most expensive of the 2 :eek: got lucky on this 1 :D
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz230/ihbuilder/PIC_1300.jpg

5000# 16/40 lathe it's not new but it's no antique and it is sweet :D
http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz230/ihbuilder/PIC_1299.jpg

[fhhhstix]

Well quit goofing around and get to making some parts.:p:D

Travis

[spudd]

Sweet set up.going to have to pump out alot of wheels to pay for them
I'm jelious

[Car5858]

The all look good, I think you are going to have fun with them.:cool::cool:

[ihbuilder]

yea BIG thanks to my sig. other :eek: :D the mill was a rare find :eek: It was set up as a scanner in reverse engineering . It's a "99" but maybe 100 hrs on it looks like it came right out of the factory best part , only a 1/4 of a new 1 . I've been trying the lathe already , like night and day compared to the old 1 :eek: I'm waiting on the rest of my tooling for it , then I'll be buried in shavings soon enough . and the mill :D I'm getting use to this cam program real quick :D:eek: the heck with righting out the program :eek::p sit here and do it on the puter when I'm too tire to operate . ;)

[doodlebug]

Hey Steve, do you still have the Cat CTL?
Just right for loading out shaving's & chip's,
LOL!
later, Neil#2 aka doodlebug.

[pugs]

Looking good

[Panther F]

Very impressive.


- Jeff

[tc1cat]

I think you will spend more time writing programs than running the mill :eek: Looks like you should be set for quite awhile for making wheels. Wish I had room for either of the machines:(:( Good luck with them.

[9W Monighan]

Looks like your wife will have to park in the barn soon.What cam program did you get?

[ihbuilder]

I think you will spend more time writing programs than running the mill :eek: Looks like you should be set for quite awhile for making wheels. Wish I had room for either of the machines:(:( Good luck with them.

Lynn , it sure is nice to be able to do something when your too tired to operate the lathe late at night . I've been trying to program 2 trailer frames by hand to cut on the old mill for weeks :eek: , I got them both ready to load in the mill in just a few nights course I had the cad part done already .

Looks like your wife will have to park in the barn soon.What cam program did you get?

well she'll be parking on the 2nd floor with my truck I'll have to move my 53 R100 into the lower barn . I got visualmill not bad but we'll see how it looks when I start cutting . the lathe is awesome , I can get my feed much slower then I could get on the hendey :)

[Snowman]

Wowee nice lathe!

[YoungGunz]

jeez.. nice set up.. very jealous

[paul1980]

WOW!!!! puts my workshop to shame.

[ihbuilder]

well , I went lathe shopping couple weeks ago :rolleyes: now can't wait to get in the shop :eek::eek::eek:of course my lovely wife is so nice to feed my addiction :eek::eek::D:D:bounce::bounce::bounce:


http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz230/ihbuilder/file_zps496df85b.jpg

[tracksntreadslou]

Nice ...Is it home now steve..Be cool to see some videos of this machine in action ..guess the shop is almost complete now huh?

[ihbuilder]

Nice ...Is it home now steve..Be cool to see some videos of this machine in action ..guess the shop is almost complete now huh?

Not yet Lou :( the waiting is killing me . Another week yet then have to get it hooked up . Not complete yet :rolleyes: need about 5 more machines :eek: but I'll need a bigger shop :eek: I'll try to get a vid of it werkin

[thercfreak2012]

did you buty that big machine was it expensive

[ihbuilder]

did you buty that big machine was it expensive

Yep lets put it this way , I could buy a rock crusher from Premacon + a scale art RTR 963 for what I'm paying for it ;) and that is a used machine . A new 1 would be more then my mortgage .

[thercfreak2012]

wow do you still work at your age

[ihbuilder]

wow do you still work at your age

My work is my play :D when I was a 13 YO yongone, my toys where real construction equipment . still have a few of them yet :)

[Erick O]

Cool man we need to get together one of these days.

[ihbuilder]

Cool man we need to get together one of these days.

when ever you want , just let me know.:) I have a few deliveries and pick ups in the next couple weeks otherwise I'm here till Indy

[mtdriver]

Steve, have you got that Mazak going yet?

I program and run a Mazak Quick Turn 250 MSY. 2 spindles, 12 tools, live tooling, Y-axis too. Mine is a little newer, from early 00's. Has the Nexus controller.

Also run a 700D II 50 taper mill. Big sumbich. Thats an '06 machine with the Matrix controller.

Do you plan on using any CAM programs or are you going to program at the controller? I was floored by how easy the programming was. I had never ran a Mazak a day in my life and was able to figure it out with little training.

Good luck!

[ihbuilder]

I program at the control . Maztrol is so darn easy it threw me off at 1st cam for a 2 axis lathe just seemed like a waste . I may be looking into a vtc 16 in the near future

[ederson]

legal

[ihbuilder]

http://youtu.be/x-ludt08OJA

lil vid :) makin top hats
I need to get more juice in the shop to handle the accel and decel of the spindle (flickering lights )

[doodlebug]

http://youtu.be/x-ludt08OJA

lil vid :) makin top hats
I need to get more juice in the shop to handle the accel and decel of the spindle (flickering lights )

Can you add capacitors on your powerline, to help counter the flickering?
Cheer's, Neil.

[ihbuilder]

Can you add capacitors on your powerline, to help counter the flickering?
Cheer's, Neil.

Neil I only have a 100A sub panel in the shop I should have at least 200A . with both machines running with the spindle accel/decel time set higher (i could go more ) and the Air compressor kicking on , I'm taxing that 100A hard . I'm debating a new 400A sev. to the barn/shop or just putting another 200A panel in the basement shop for now . Either way $$ :(

[Lil Giants]

So I see you have a Miller welder, is it both mig & tig? What's the model #?