Tools of the trade.

[Mericet]

on the way to my new career.

[alfsauve]

That's cool, turning large pieces of metal into smaller ones. 




Artfully of course.

[fightingquaker13]

That's cool, turning large pieces of metal into smaller ones.  




Artfully of course.

Here in Florida, our prison system teaches convicts that same skill. Only they use rocks and sledge hammers.
Start offering suppresors and I'll be impressed.
FQ13 who is just kidding, but a bit confused. What are you showing us?

[Solus]

I thought he refinished the floor....

[twyacht]

I'll take a 24" bull barrel 1:7 twist please... doesn't even have to be fluted,....in 7.62x51/.308...

 

[Sponsor]

[tombogan03884]

Here in Florida, our prison system teaches convicts that same skill. Only they use rocks and sledge hammers.
Start offering suppresors and I'll be impressed.
FQ13 who is just kidding, but a bit confused. What are you showing us?

He's learning to run a lathe, Turning a diameter, probably +/- .001 tolerance, and a specific length, knurling in the middle, then threading a specific length, or thread count on the other end, also the 2 shafts probably have to be centered and parallel.
Now for my questions.
CNC or manual ?
Are you hand grinding your own tooling ?
Are you learning milling machines, and grinders as well, or just lathes ?
Have you hand filed a 1" cube yet ?
Wait till you make a nut, and a bolt, and they fit, then you will be really proud of yourself. 
Looks like a real good job.

[Mericet]

I forgot to mention what my new career will be. I just started an associates degree in gunsmithing at Montgomery Community College in Troy, NC.

He's learning to run a lathe, Turning a diameter, probably +/- .001 tolerance, and a specific length, knurling in the middle, then threading a specific length, or thread count on the other end, also the 2 shafts probably have to be centered and parallel.
Now for my questions.
CNC or manual ?
Are you hand grinding your own tooling ?
Are you learning milling machines, and grinders as well, or just lathes ?
Have you hand filed a 1" cube yet ?
Wait till you make a nut, and a bolt, and they fit, then you will be really proud of yourself. 
Looks like a real good job.

Correct Tom, learning to use a lathe. Or at least the basics. We will be making a lot of the tools we will need this semester. This project is the bolts for an action wrench. The piece you see will be split in the middle to make the 2 bolts. We are using manual lathes, I am using tools I ground myself (it is actually required as part of the grade). We will also use/learn on mills and grinders including some limited CNC work. The threaded part is 1/2x13 and fits the test nut we are using. And believe me, there is a lot of room for improvement in that piece. Since the course is in gunsmithing, we only learn the machining and welding skills needed to perform the work in the syllabus. I will look into a separate machining course next year.

I'll take a 24" bull barrel 1:7 twist please... doesn't even have to be fluted,....in 7.62x51/.308...

 

In a year or so. 

FQ13 who is just kidding, but a bit confused. What are you showing us?

All answered above fq. 

[tombogan03884]

Cool,
Manual machines are fun, and easier on your nerves to run. if you start to get in trouble, just quit cranking  
CNC is just a different method of getting the crank to turn, but you ALWAYS want to dry run a new set up SLOWLY, before you put in a piece of metal and let her rip.
Another term for a machine crash is "experience". 

[2HOW]

congrats and GL 

[BAC]

Good luck!