Kenworth 850 Off Highway

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by Espeefan

That's the one thing about machining the more complex parts. The ones that have so many steps, and take so long to make. The pressure to not mess it up, raises exponentially, every time you reclamp for the next stage of machining.

I think the worse part is when you spend hrs manually on the lathe for the 1st op only to mess it up in seconds in the cnc mill by forgetting a decimal point on z depth

looks good Reg . I see you can do abrasive machining too

[RCP57]

Haha, Abrasive machining is what I'm best at!

[RCP57]

A few minor updates.... I changed to bearings on the outside when I made the fake brake drums-backing plates. I have started making the rear leaves too but I haven't made much more progress.

Dan, Here is a picture of the plate that my father-inlaw made for me. It has an MT2 taper on the back to center it and is held down with 3 T nuts-allen bolts. I asked him last night if could make me a larger one sometime so hopefully he will. It would be nice to have a little more surface area.

Reg