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For the past couple of days, I've been running several baskets of parts on the Logan, my little CNC-converted lathe. As I've complained before, said lathe is slooooo-oow. With a max spindle speed of only 1,400 RPM, the shorter of the two types of parts I was running took just under six minutes...

-"Simply". :) Yep, a heart transplant is simply taking the old one out and sticking the new one in. :D Doc.

'Couple of notes; One is that in the old days- and to a certain extent today- a person's tools were his own. You bought and owned them, and carried that box from job to job. The latter meaning both in different factories, but also in different parts of the factory. The company would provide...

Oh, and I have what is probably a small Gerstner- wood, likely 60-70 years old at this point, but 80 isn't out of the question. Still has all the tools the original owner had in it, and as I understand it, that old timer retired in the 70s or early 80s. And there's not a single thing in there I...

-My CNC tool set is a Mitutoyo digital 6" caliper, two Starrett bore gauges (1/2" to 1") a set of allen-drive T-handles, a small selection of Torx wrenches for the inserts, a deburring knife, and a fine file. Neither the turning center nor the mill need a chest like that to store the cutters...

Still makin' progress, just a lot of it at the moment is repetitive bulk-work. :) Had a friend offer me most of his endmill collection. Seems his machine, an older Milltronic, has gone kerflooey- something with the drivers, which I took to mean the servo amplifiers. It'll cost too much to fix-...

WGP is gone. They- the original company- got bought out years ago, eventually passed through a couple of other companies, and was closed/liquidated probably close to a decade ago. I'm not sure if anyone's making a new ready-to-go 'Cocker these days. Inception Designs was up until recently, but...

I machined the body and necessary parts, the customer had it anodized and added the finishing parts like the grip, regulator and barrels, but here's a shot of the gun that block is going on. The original customer ordered it as a pump gun, but the new owner wanted it as a semiauto. So this block...

Pressure test 100% successful. Installed it on a body, threw a gauge in the LPR port, and hit it with full CO2 pressure. (Which, since it's only in the mid-60s in my shop, meant about 600 PSI.) Nary a bubble when I hosed it with some Windex. I think we can call this good! :) Doc.

They say the difference between a good machinist and a great one is the great one knows how to hide his mistakes better. :green: Keep that in mind. :) Today's task for this front block (for you non-paintballers, it goes to one of my Vee-Twin Autocockers) is to just clean up the milling, drill...

Yeah, yeah, ain't dead yet. Had to do a bunch of side projects and catch-up bits. All of the following took place over parts of about three different days. First, I recut that eccentric bit, but this time with the spud a bit closer to the center. Like so. Now, while the big monster is an...

Holy ****, that's a hell of a deal. I mean, I'd bet dollars to donuts the final sale will be much higher than that, but five heads, and a hundred boxes of chasers...? Heck, just that sharpening fixture usually goes for the current bid. Too bad I don't need more of these things. :) Doc.

-I had a loose grinder head off a 5HP Hobart unit for a while. Toyed with the idea of hooking it to my horizontal mill. :) Doc.

-Yep. On a turret like this, you simply gently feed in the turret 'til it hits the stop, the head keeps "screwing itself" forward a bit, at which point it unlocks and retracts the dies. Hit my link- I had a quick and dirty video up on it 15 years ago- this same one, in fact. They're still used...

This part came out exactly as I intended.... ... and it's scrap. :) On the plus side, the monster hogged right through that in no time, that's only about ten minutes' work. Would have been over an hour on the little lathe... But, just means I gotta do it again tomorrow... Doc.

Didn't have much time for this one, today- I'm juggling a number of chainsaws at the moment. But, as the next bite on this elephant, I fabbed up the pump rods. Each body set is fairly unique, so I had to fit each one, TO each one. After a few rough measurements, I cut three pieces of 3/16"...

These posts don't necessarily show everything in order- this particular project has been a bit all over the place, as I'm trying to juggle half a dozen flaming chainsaws at the moment. :) I've been trying to post this stuff in what at least appears to be a logical order, but don't be fooled-...

All of the above was.... a bit longer ago than I'd care to admit- although in my defense, it was also essentially 'free' work, and partly my own project. :) This weekend, I dusted them off, and here's what we had- not shown from before, I'd also started blanking the cocking sleds: The...

Playin' Catch-up! One of the oldest projects on the table right now is, actually, kind of a free one. A couple of years ago, we had a kind of raffle, and I offered to bump up the giveaway with a certain amount of airsmith time. :) The winner and I pondered the options, and he settled on having...

What's the proper SFM for carbide on sharp Cheddar? :) Doc.