My drill lathe project

[plinker]

Having gone to the Wile E. Coyote school of gunsmithing, I have now used those skills to make a brass hammer tip for my Craftsman multi tip hammer I got a while ago. (16.99 sale @ sears)
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00938388000P?vName=Tools

Took a little over an hour to make, using a 1/2 elec. drill on a mounted on a base I've had for a while. The brass came from an auction one 3"pc. and a 4" pc. for 10$ 1-3/4 dia.
I used a few different files to shape it. Dimensions are 1-1/2" dia x 1-1/8 weighs 10oz. The grooves on the side I did for fun. I used my hacksaw to cut the stock while spinning, similar to a bandsaw.

I really had alot of fun making this, Its something I've wanted to do for a while.

 

[Brad54]

Well damn...that's just cool! Nice job!!

-Brad

 

[stioc]

Wow, that's pretty nice. I never took those drill bases serious but looks like you can really turn metal on it? Any pics of the setup? what tools you used to turn the piece? Who wouldn't want a cheap setup to turn small pieces without a 300lb gorilla or a lathe.

 

[billymade]

Very cool; I would love to see a pic of your homemade "lathe" to give us an idea of your setup! I'm sure you didn't take pics of the process but to see a from raw material to step by step to finished piece would be cool to see! Maybe, next time!

Wile E. Coyote Speaks!

Wile E. Coyote: "Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Wile E. Coyote...Genius."

Wile E. Coyote: (while preparing his explosive carrots) "Wile E. Coyote, Supergenius. (he hears the sound of a train whistle in the distance, but he ignores it) I like the way it rolls out. Wile E. Coyote, Sup-er-gen-i-us."

"Operation: Rabbit"; 1952, Chuck Jones: Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote[1].
Watch this classic cartoon here:

For the research freaks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=6115713

Just "one more" Wylie/Bugs cartoon; saying he is a "genius"!
"To Hare Is Human" (1956) Chuck Jones:

 

[plinker]

It didnt occur to me to thake pic's while making it I'll get some pic of my "Lathe" by sunday. I do have 5" of the brass stock leftover for comparison pic's.


I should add the stud is 5/16-18 thread and is a grade 8 bolt cut off and locktited into the brass.

 

[plinker]

Here is the base that hold the drill. I bought it a few years ago at Menards for my dremel, never really used it until now.

Here is the drill mounted on the base. I used wood screws to attach it to a saw horse for my project. The article I got the idea from said a vise could be used to hold the drill. It also mentiond using a drill press, not sure that would be easier though.

Here are all the tools I used, 6" double cut file, 6" single cut file 10" single cut file, 15" very coartse double cut file used for removing alot of material, Hi tension hacksaw 32tpi blade, file card for cleaning file teeth.

 

[terabyte]

nice work and nice post. thanks for sharing.

 

[bchee]

nice work. pretty cool

 

[goodfellow]

You can't knock good ol' common sense -- that was a great idea!! Thanks for sharing.

 

[stioc]

So you cut the brass bar stock, drilled and tapped a hole, inserted a stud, mounted it to the drill and turned it using the files? That's cool, nice work!

How did you keep the drill running? does the trigger lock in the on position? I would love to make a basic lathe (basically a large chuck driven by a grinder motor or something) to clean up parts like brake pistons etc with emery cloth.

 

[kcleere]

That's cool. You've given me an idea to do the same with my Jet Mini-Lathe and 3 jaw chuck. I've turned wood and aluminum so far so I guess I'll try this next.

What kind of Loc-tite did you use? I suppose I could use JB-Weld?

 

[plinker]

My drill has a trigger lock to keep it on.

I used blue locktite 'cause that what I had on hand.

I also used a bottoming tap when threading, so the threads could go as far in as possible.