What did you screw up today?

[challenger]

I really don’t want to talk about this........

We've all seen A LOT worse.

[challenger]

Trying to get a shaft from the DP to turn an out of alignment shaft in a Macgyvered silicone grinder.
BOOO

[Bented]

Nothing today but there should be some excellent F-Ups in the near future, my employer just ordered a Proto Trak 1845 lathe with a 4 position ATC for me to run low volume jobs on.
Never used the Trak RLX control before but it has a conversational mode so it can not be terribly difficult to program at the machine.

This is an entry level CNC lathe but it has some decent features for the price.
Part manual lathe and part CNC lathe.
CSS
Rigid tapping
2.36" thru the spindle
400 IPM Z Axis rapids
10 HP spindle
Brushless servo motors
4 position tool changer that holds 1" square tools
80-2500 Rpm spindle

https://www.southwesternindustries.c...toolroom-lathe

[Bented]

Also, when a new machine enters an old machine has to go, in this case a Warner & Swasey turret lathe.
He will not be able to give this machine away to another shop, it will go right into a scrap yard. To old for a current shop and entirely to large for a hobbyist.
However much one likes Old Iron this one has turned its last part.

[The Metal Butcher]

A sad day.

[Bented]

Not a sad day, this is the year 2021 not 1941.
A machine is just a machine after all.

[The Metal Butcher]

Nothing today but there should be some excellent F-Ups in the near future, my employer just ordered a Proto Trak 1845 lathe with a 4 position ATC for me to run low volume jobs on.
Never used the Trak RLX control before but it has a conversational mode so it can not be terribly difficult to program at the machine.

This is an entry level CNC lathe but it has some decent features for the price.
Part manual lathe and part CNC lathe.
CSS
Rigid tapping
2.36" thru the spindle
400 IPM Z Axis rapids
10 HP spindle
Brushless servo motors
4 position tool changer that holds 1" square tools
80-2500 Rpm spindle

https://www.southwesternindustries.c...toolroom-lathe

Hmm. Seems pretty lightweight for an 17/18" lathe. They really pushed the max out of that D16 camlock, didn't they. The retaining bolts must have tiny little heads on them.

Not a sad day, this is the year 2021 not 1941.
A machine is just a machine after all.

[Bented]

Hmm. Seems pretty lightweight for an 17/18" lathe. They really pushed the max out of that D16 camlock, didn't they. The retaining bolts must have tiny little heads on them.

We shall see, he was looking at the Haas ST15 but the cost is considerably higher, this I would have preferred but it is not my money (-:

It will be a bit sad to see the old W&S go, that machine can drill big holes all day long.

[reggie_obe]

We shall see, he was looking at the Haas ST15 but the cost is considerably higher, this I would have preferred but it is not my money (-:

It will be a bit sad to see the old W&S go, that machine can drill big holes all day long.

How many job coming to the shop needing that drilling capacity?
Same for radial drills.

[Bented]

How many job coming to the shop needing that drilling capacity?
Same for radial drills.

Many jobs require large rough holes before finish boring, this is pretty much all it was used for in the last 30 years and it will be missed for that reason.
They had a 36" Bullard VTL but that hit the scrap yard before my time there, there remains a big, ugly, clapped out, loud and smelly radial drill.

[redlee]

Also, when a new machine enters an old machine has to go, in this case a Warner & Swasey turret lathe.
He will not be able to give this machine away to another shop, it will go right into a scrap yard. To old for a current shop and entirely to large for a hobbyist.
However much one likes Old Iron this one has turned its last part.

I remember running a Swasey 2A, did a lot of spade drilling on it. Forgot to set the stop and when she hit the piece all it did was grunt , dimmed the lights a bit.
Sprinted over and shut it down, welded itself to the face of the part. That thing did a lot of work.

[Bented]

I remember running a Swasey 2A, did a lot of spade drilling on it. Forgot to set the stop and when she hit the piece all it did was grunt , dimmed the lights a bit.
Sprinted over and shut it down, welded itself to the face of the part. That thing did a lot of work.

Powerful machines, it will hurt you and not stop.
Not my work, was looking through the drill storage for a 2 7/8 to 3" bit and many had the tangs twisted off.

[Tobias-B]

I tried welding something today...

...yeah, that never ends well.

t

[MattiJ]

Powerful machines, it will hurt you and not stop.
Not my work, was looking through the drill storage for a 2 7/8 to 3" bit and many had the tangs twisted off.

Wonder how many of these are butchered as a result of using (too large) pilot hole.
Morse taper relies more or less on the feed thrust to keep the taper from spinning.

[Bented]

That is a distinct possibility, enlarging an existing bore in tubular products comes to mind.
However I have drilled 2"+ diameter holes with this machine without a pilot hole, if the machine has the power let it eat, the drill pictured also has a smallish MT for its diameter.

Many 50 old machines have clapped out spindle bores as well, the radial drill pictured above has a difficult time holding a tool against gravity (-: