Making a set of machinery skates – Part 2/2

This the second and last part of a series on how I made a set of machine skates. These turned out OK. The machining could have been better. The welding could have been better. I suppose I broke the cardinal rule that if it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing. But I just wanted a set of skates. They didn’t need to be perfect and they didn’t need to be pretty.

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Making a set of machinery skates – Part 1/2

I’ve been wanting a better way to move heavy machines around in my shop. Typically, I would use 1″ black pipe as rollers, but in many case, a set of machine skates would be easier. I want to make these so they are steerable, and will handle the weight of any machines in my shop.

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Cleaning up a Baldor Buffer

I found this buffer at a recent auction that looked a little worse for wear, but I took a chance, bid on it and won. I now want to take the time to clean it up and put it to use. Things did not go perfectly, but it ended up great.

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Odds and Ends – Episode 6 – This and That

I was pretty sick this past week and didn’t get much shop time, so I’m, putting out an odds and ends episode to give a few updates on some ongoing projects as well as share some new acquisitions for the shop.

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My First Steam Engine Project! – Making a lapping tool for stay bolt sleeves

Everyone else is doing it, why not me! I decided to get into the steam engine thing that seems to be all the rage on YouTube these days. Although, it’s not my steam engine, and it’s a little bigger than the ones I’ve seen on some of my favorite YouTubers channels. But I am starting with a tool that used to lap the seals of the stay bolts sleeves to prevent leaks.

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PrimeWeld MIG285 Update! All New Manual Mode

Customers spoke! PrimeWeld listened!

The PrimeWeld MIG 285 has been updated to include a manual mode so the user can adjust wire feed speed and voltage independently. In this video, I install and test the new control board.

As of this video, PrimeWeld tells me all machines coming from the factory will have this installed by default. If you are a current owner of a MIG 285, you can call PrimeWeld and they will send you a new control board and some instructions on how to install it.

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Machine Scraping with Ron Grundy

Ron Grundy, who worked for Kearney & Trecker for 30 years as a machine scraper and rebuilder, invited myself, Kevin and Kyle to his home shop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to get a crash course on machine scraping. Now that I have my straight edge machined, it’s time to learn and to start to scrape it flat. Ron covered a lot of information in two days, and told a lot of great stories. For ad free and full length editions of this video, head over to my Patreon page and become a Rock Crawler or higher. https://www.patreon.com/mylilmule

NOTE: This video is not intended to teach the viewer how to machine scrape.

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Machining a Cast Iron Straight Edge – Part 2

I try to be constantly working on learning new skills, and one that I have been wanting to learn is machine way scraping, a skill I plan to use when I rebuild my 1960 13″ South Bend Lathe. There are a bunch of new tools I will need to accomplish this, and a straight edge is one of them. I picked up this 18″ prism straight edge as a raw casting from Denis Foster. The first step in preparing this raw casting to become a useful tool is to machine all of the necessary surfaces.

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Machining a Cast Iron Straight Edge – Part 1

I try to be constantly working on learning new skills, and one that I have been wanting to learn is machine way scraping, a skill I plan to use when I rebuild my 1960 13″ South Bend Lathe. There are a bunch of new tools I will need to accomplish this, and a straight edge is one of them. I picked up this 18″ prism straight edge as a raw casting. The first step in preparing this raw casting to become a useful tool is to machine all of the necessary surfaces.

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Power Drawbar for the Bridgeport Mill – Making the Handle – DONE!

Last part of the power drawbar is the handle that attaches to the actuator from the previous video. This is the last part in the series. Happy to have this project complete.

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