Hello Looking to introduce myself

[Cruizer67]

Hi All I am Bernard new to the forum am a machinist by trade.. always looking to build useful tools to help around the shop.Look forward to seeing what everyone is doing

[Jon]

Hi Bernard - welcome to HomemadeTools.net

Any interesting builds on your plate right now?

[Cruizer67]

am currently building ball turning tool for the shop lathe we have here consist of Boring bar

just finished the basics of it now just need to get the right geometry of the cutting tool

[kbalch]

Hi Bernard,

Welcome - glad to have you here!

Looks as though you're well along on that ball turner. Can't wait to see the finished product!

What sort of lathe are you using there?

Ken

[DIYer]

Hi Bernard, welcome to the forums!

[Cruizer67]

Ken its a little Victor lathe

he is a quick tour of the shop I work at .. My current job at a plastic extrusion company has me basically standing by in case something breaks then I can fix it which leaves me with free time to build stuff.. hence ball turning tool


here is quick tour of shop
Both CNC are set up with 4 Axis
Hardinge lathe just took a crap a week ago not sure what wrong with it ... something is the axis drive is alarming

[kbalch]

Nice setup/toy shop!

What else have you built while standing by? Remember the Maytag repairman, or am I dating myself?

Ken

[Cruizer67]

i'm always building something Good thing about my job is I can build everything in Solidworks before I actually make it ..

made these for each of the manual lathe


also built this for the Bridgeport makes tool changing so much nicer need to build 2 more for the other machines in the shop


I am sure there are more everyday things I will take pictures and post as I come across them

[DIYer]

also built this for the Bridgeport makes tool changing so much nicer need to build 2 more for the other machines in the shop

Cool! Would you have a video of that in action?

[Cruizer67]

DIYer I can get that tomorrow and post it