Return-Path: Received: from [192.128.167.69] (HELO almso1.proxy.att.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.5) with ESMTP id 2626051 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 06 Oct 2003 11:50:42 -0400 Received: from attrh3i.attrh.att.com ([135.38.62.9]) by almso1.proxy.att.com (AT&T IPNS/MSO-5.0) with ESMTP id h96Fd2Y7004224 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 11:50:01 -0400 Received: from OCCLUST01EVS1.ugd.att.com (135.38.164.7) by attrh3i.attrh.att.com (6.5.032) id 3F770691001CEBBD for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 11:48:41 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6375.0 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C38C21.80934DD8" Subject: Mill/Lathe tools Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 10:50:01 -0500 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Mill/Lathe tools Thread-Index: AcOMIYATcKqYE+FZRg6EyNw3E4TrgQ== From: "Crapse, Richard W (Rick), WCCO" To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C38C21.80934DD8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I personally am working at making a Gingery Lathe. Yep, that's right no high faluting welding spoken here buddy. Sand casting with Aluminum ( al-u-min-ium for the British types). Yessiree, blast furnace makes short work of aluminum and pot metal. Why this route? Because I wanted to. Can I weld, absolutely! I learned with gas, moved to mig, then to tig. Wholeheartedly agree with getting somebody to work with you to teach. After that, it becomes controlling the heat with the torch and rod/filler. =20 I did have the privilege of seeing Steve Brooks' rotary installation in his Cozy mkIV. Looks great. He is using the stock turbo option. Does anybody know if the stock turbo will hold up for continuous duty? I have heard the bearings and lubrication is a problem. Maybe I heard wrong?=20 =20 And Ed, if that Atlas lathe needs a home, let me know. I will gladly run and make chips with it. 8^)> But seriously, I looked at my metal working needs and the Gingery is just fine for my needs. I like to prototype stuff occasionally and my Shopsmith just doesn't do what I need for metal. Wood now....that is a different story. =20 =20 =20 Richard Crapse =20 919-474-1628 - office=20 919-949-9913 - cell=20 rwcrapse@att.com=20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C38C21.80934DD8 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I personally am working at making a Gingery Lathe. = Yep, that’s right no high faluting welding spoken here buddy. Sand casting with = Aluminum ( al-u-min-ium for the British types). Yessiree, blast furnace makes short = work of aluminum and pot metal. Why this route? Because I wanted to. Can I = weld, absolutely! I learned with gas, moved to mig, then to tig. = Wholeheartedly agree with getting somebody to work with you to teach. After that, it becomes controlling the heat with the torch and rod/filler.

= I did have the privilege of seeing Steve Brooks’ rotary installation = in his Cozy mkIV. Looks great. He is using the stock turbo option. Does anybody = know if the stock turbo will hold up for continuous duty? I have heard the = bearings and lubrication is a problem. Maybe I heard wrong?

And Ed, if that Atlas lathe needs a home, let me = know. I will gladly run and make chips with it. 8^)> But seriously, I = looked at my metal working needs and the Gingery is just fine for my needs. I = like to prototype stuff occasionally and my Shopsmith just doesn’t do what = I need for metal. Wood now....that is a different story.

Richard Crapse
919-474-1628 - office
919-949-9913 - cell
rwcrapse@att.com

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