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Okay, long time no update. I've gone through many scope changes and material changes before settling.

I am going to do most, if not all of this out of steel.

I found an industrial metal supply...

So I went down to an open house at a Maker Space today, and got to do a little more work.

I need to give a quick shout out to them. They are called Ideas Squared, and are based out of Phoenix....

I just found out we have many "Hackerspaces" here in phoenix where you have access to cnc mill, lathe, 3d printers, cnc woodworking routers, etc.

I think at the very least I will recreate...

This casting turned out better. still had some bubbles but no large voids. i should have let the mold sit overnight.

Wow, my cheapo harbor freight tap made it through two of those crankcase mounts. The Irwin brand tap from home depot didn't make it past one hole.

I have some granite tile laying around. I'm wondering it it might be worthwhile to make some of the parts out of it, in order to add more weight/stiffness.
Perhaps I will just use it as the surface...

Where do you get your petrobond molding sand?

Actually I was just lazy and didn't do my false cope when ramming, nor did i introduce enough draft.

There was another particularly large void right outside my wear pad in one corner, but i filled...

I made my foundry out of a 16 gallon pail, and used a 5 gallon bucket to form the cavity inside. I have been using steel pots on sale at goodwill. I do have a #6 silicon carbide crucible, however I...

No offense taken. I was eager to see things moving along and my hands were already dried/chapped from other work and i wasn't keen on kneading sand endlessly. I have seen the castings of others and...

A little of both, really. My sand was too wet, It had dried out and I overdid the remoistening part. I was hoping it wouldn't affect it that much. I didn't skim prior to pouring (it had been...

More work and grinding revealed more defects with the casting. At this point I think it would be less work just to cast again and not make the mistakes i made previously.

Alrighty, well that only cost me 12 cents. Cheaper than the fuel to try to do another casting.

Let's hope that holds up well.

Ok, well I just did my carriage casting. looks like i was just a tad short on the total amount of metal needed.

I'm thinking that instead of redoing this, i might just melt some pennies down or...

Oh, It is on my to-do list. However, for the sake of goal accomplishment I am sticking with and completing this project before moving on to the next one.

Old cast Iron blocks can be found for...

Where is this forum? I have started my build log here: http://www.cnczone.com/forums/vertical-mill-lathe-project-log/253874-gingery-inspired-lathe-project-2.html#post1617424

I am varying from...

I ran across this recently, makes me reconsider building this instead:

MultiMachine | Open Source Machine Tools

Yeah, I'm actually working on my Gingery Lathe right now. While doing additional research outside of the book I ran across this concrete lathe design, which seems like a viable alternative to the...

aarggh: Here is a video that is right up your alley then:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtaBNLybRtc

Hey guys, I didn't see any links for this show up in my search, so I figured I would leave this here for reference and discussion.

Frankly, I hadn't seen any documentation of one being completed...

That looks beautiful. I was wondering whether I would bother with the shaper but I figure I might as well get it done too. I will have a lot of spare aluminum left over.

Ah, that makes sense. I was going to try to have a bolt going through everything, which is hard to do if everything isn't secured together. I suppose I will pick up a tap set and work it that way.
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Ok, so I just finished "cooking" my crank case supports to get all the oil out. I tried to braze the mounts together when I noticed oil would seep out of the pores.
I left it in my foundry for 30...

Seconded. I would be highly interested.

Found someone on craigslist wanting to get rid of their old countertop, giving it away for free.


Wondering if this would be suitable for a base...

link here: Granite counter top

I think that was my problem, i was taking great pains to get the wooden patterns exactly right

Got any links to your builds? Ideas are always welcome :)

Wood working is such a pain in the ass. I always mess it up by a hair. If I can cut that down I will be quite happy.

Hmm, I had created this thread then it disappeared. Now it's back after I created it elsewhere.
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I had another thought on this, which is at some point to fill the tubing itself with epoxy granite.

When I compare the supports to the original legs It makes me wonder if I should perhaps change...