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Chasing Bugholes |
I put this new Mazak in a couple weeks ago. I’ve got adapters designed but have not yet made to get thru barrel coolant going. Looking forward to moving some barrel work to it from the Hardinge seen in the background. I’ve done many hundreds of barrels now on it but it can’t hold a candle to CNC for work that allows. I’ve got two other Mazaks, (vertical and horizontal mills), so going Mazak for this lathe made most sense. I’m tickled with it so far and wanted to share.  | ||
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Fire begets Fire |
Congratulations! Very nice. A little jelly here "Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein | |||
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Unflappable Enginerd |
That's a sweet rig! __________________________________ NRA Benefactor I lost all my weapons in a boating, umm, accident. http://www.aufamily.com/forums/ | |||
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| Chasing Bugholes |
A view inside. I plan on doing spec barrels on it first. Prefits like RimX. I think I’m going to do a macro program later for the custom stuff. Like enter measurements from the receiver into variables to use in the program. Until then I’ll still do the custom work on the Hardinge.  | |||
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Whoa that's a serious lathe! I clicked on expecting to see a basic hobby wood lathe. No car is as much fun to drive, as any motorcycle is to ride. | |||
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| Avoiding slam fires  |
Wow that is nice,you deserve it. | |||
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Spread the Disease |
I’m nowhere near the level to use CNC, but I’m super jealous of that Hardinge. ________________________________________ -- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. -- | |||
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| Edge seeking Sharp blade! |
Was just hoping to see a nice old South Bend. Wow!This message has been edited. Last edited by: pbslinger, | |||
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Way cool! _________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902 | |||
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Nice. Would love to see it in action. I get to Boone once in a while, maybe I can find your shop. My machines are all older than I am. South bend and Bridgeport. CNC is a bit deeper than I wish to go. | |||
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| Chasing Bugholes |
It’s served me well. For what it is it’s hard to beat an HLV-H. Threading on it is super easy for a manual. I’ve got this one fully set up for barrel work and is all I do on it. | |||
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| Chasing Bugholes |
I’m near Charlotte. You’re welcome to come by if you’re ever in the area. | |||
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Firearms Enthusiast |
Very nice piece! | |||
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Nice lathe. We have a couple of old Hardinge lathes here where I work. I wish I could buy one. They are worth so much used you could by a used car! Good luck with the new lathe. Post some pics of what you've made. I would like to see them. Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows. Benjamin Franklin | |||
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chickenshit |
Wow! Super awesome jelrod. Do you do any videos of them in action or photos of your work? ____________________________ Yes, Para does appreciate humor. | |||
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| Chasing Bugholes |
I have a few more recent things I'll post up this evening. There are some examples on my sites. Here's the site for my rifle stuff: www.mcr-rifles.com Here is for the shop. Wow, looking at it now it's way outdated. I need to work on that. www.modacam.com | |||
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Hardinge lathes have a spindle bore of 1.5". Did you enlarge that, or order barrel blanks slightly undersize? -c1steve | |||
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| Chasing Bugholes |
It actually necks down to just over 1.250 where a collet closer attachment engages. That's no problem though. It works fine even on a 1.25 straight barrel. Unless larger magnums most all barrels are 1.25 or less shank size for what I do. I see people on other forums never recommend one for barrel work because they say they're too small. I just laugh and keep running this one. I do have fixturing set up on it front and rear. I had to make all that. I've got 4 jaw and 3 jaw setups for it too, and a 5C collet closer. | |||
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| Chasing Bugholes |
Here’s another picture of the Hardinge.  | |||
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Mistake Not... |
Literally understood only 20% of this paragraph, but I am super envious of this cool tool! ___________________________________________ Life Member NRA & Washington Arms Collectors Mistake not my current state of joshing gentle peevishness for the awesome and terrible majesty of the towering seas of ire that are themselves the milquetoast shallows fringing my vast oceans of wrath. Velocitas Incursio Vis - Gandhi | |||
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