Who has machine tools?!?

[DocsMachine]

That's a pity. Odd that there'd be that much demand for what's little more than a specialty turret lathe, I keep being told that turrets in general tend to get scrapped because there's no real interest in them.

That said, there's a few machine brands that are to some extent more desirable- like the 10EE, an HLV-H, a Heavy 10, a Bridgeport mill, etc.- that will attract more attention, and thus, if you see one up for sale, you gotta pounce.

Doc.

[Carp]

Damn...not even a courtesy call? That's cold!

[Frmrspec]

Didn’t get the Hardinge 😭 .. rented a truck and drop trailer just to be told that someone else showed up cash in hand and got it a couple hours before I was supposed to pick it up :/

[Frmrspec]

-Which one? An HLV or HLV-H, hopefully. The DV/DVS models can be made to do useful work, but they're "plain turning"- no threading, no power feeds, etc.

Doc.

HC , I have one at work in our manual department that used to be absolutely beautiful but now has pretty bad taper in the cuts. Makes me sad, it used to be amazing.

But I’m excited a hardinge is the perfect size to be a second garage lathe lol

[DocsMachine]

Nothing is more motivating than having it sitting in the driveway with no where to put it.

-Or only being able to clean, sand and paint while it's outside. In an area not necessarily known for it's stretches of warm, dry days.

Doc.

[DocsMachine]

Just got told I have next week off work and a Hardinge lathe popped up locally…

-Which one? An HLV or HLV-H, hopefully. The DV/DVS models can be made to do useful work, but they're "plain turning"- no threading, no power feeds, etc.

Doc.

[superman]

Just got told I have next week off work and a Hardinge lathe popped up locally… if it's still available Monday I may need to figure out a way to bring it home. Week off means it may be time to clean up the garage.

Nothing is more motivating than having it sitting in the driveway with no where to put it. Haha


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[Frmrspec]

Just got told I have next week off work and a Hardinge lathe popped up locally… if it’s still available Monday I may need to figure out a way to bring it home. Week off means it may be time to clean up the garage.

[SuperActionMan]

I’m going to make a ring with some set screws so I can catch the groove and pull that sleeve off with my bearing puller.

in order to do that I need to be able to use a Chuck on my lathe. However my lathe came to me with a 5C collet changer (no Chuck) and a turret (no tailstock). So I got a 5C Chuck forever ago and it doesn’t thread on correctly. The Chuck threads seem to interfere after a few turns.

I decided to try to fix that and got a die to chase the threads. It’s a 65mm die and my few ideas on how to turn it without the handle have not worked all that well. Was hoping to avoid having to buy the handle to use it one time, but here we are. Tank reg for scale. This thing is beefy.

What methods have you tried so far?

What do you do with your chips? I try to recycle as best I can in general, but does anyone know what the recyclers will actually process instead of just throwing away?

You might have to look around to find a place that takes mixed turnings as scrap and even then it's not going to pay much. I don't bother saving them for the small stuff I do even when it's copper or titanium. Well, sometimes I save the titanium ones and light them on fire or use the ribbony ones to dial-in an anodize color.

[desertT1]

It’s a clone of the Harbor Freight mini mill as best I can tell. The motor is slightly stronger than some of the other versions I have seen, but besides that I don’t know if any other differences. Well, it’s also blue. I got it used so have no idea what stores carried them originally.

[The Hobbit]

Can someone tell me more about the Cummins industrial brand? I have an old bench grinder labeled Cummins and have never been able to find anything specific on it. Off shoot of the engine company?

Also do you have a post detailing the machine in more detail? A bench top machine center is something that I’d like to have for playing with.

[desertT1]

The mill doesn’t work because the spindle gears are broken and this effort is to pull a spacer off the spindle so I can get the new belt kit onto the mill. Ahhhhhhh! But yeah, if the mill worked I would cut a hole in some square plate I have, add 2 set screws and mount the die in that. Put that in the vise and try to he-man the chuck a little. The die has 2 dimples, so could get it from both sides with set screws.

[tyronejk]

It may be easier (in the short term) to take a triangular file to those threads to clean them up.

[XEMON]

You've got a little mill right?
What about milling some flats on the side of the dye?

I've use a pipe wrench to turn dye in a bind/emergency, but I wouldn't recommend it, if you force it will collapse the dye and screw up the diameter ...

[desertT1]

I’m going to make a ring with some set screws so I can catch the groove and pull that sleeve off with my bearing puller.

in order to do that I need to be able to use a Chuck on my lathe. However my lathe came to me with a 5C collet changer (no Chuck) and a turret (no tailstock). So I got a 5C Chuck forever ago and it doesn’t thread on correctly. The Chuck threads seem to interfere after a few turns.

I decided to try to fix that and got a die to chase the threads. It’s a 65mm die and my few ideas on how to turn it without the handle have not worked all that well. Was hoping to avoid having to buy the handle to use it one time, but here we are. Tank reg for scale. This thing is beefy.