Home made horizontal milling machine.

[Frank S]

Comfort food exactly, and you know if anyone tried to follow my rails they would be better off trying to calculate the probability of locating the beginning and end of infinity to the billionth power in base 67
OK cookies made using the stove top a flat cast iron skillet and a 10" cast iron skillet
the bottom skillet was heated on very low heat just about as low as the flame would go.
The top skillet was heated to very hot using the flame set at its max

The snikerdoodle dough was chilled in the freezer for 15 minutes then spooned onto the un-greased flat skillet then the other skillet was placed over it forming an oven of sorts and allowed to cook for a few minutes they turned out well enough for a first try
And before anyone asks many years ago when I bought my cast iron skillets I used a 5" random orbital sander on then progressively going to a finer grit until I had as near to a mirror polish as possible on cast iron I then fire cured them with cooking oil. before I ever used them. nothing sticks in them not even cheese

[Jon]

Congratulations tonyfoale - your Horizontal Milling Machine is the Tool of the Week!

An unusual build; not sure whether to list it as a horizontal milling machine, a surface grinder, or a tool and cutter grinder. Its provenance and longevity probably pushed it above some other excellent entries this week, as well as its ability to keep morphing into different tools.

Other nice entries this week included a Wood Lathe by connan, a Screw Size Gauge by mklotz, and a MT02 Center Drill by Cascao. There were some other good builds by tonyfoale this week, including methods for Cylinder Boring and Tailstock Alignment. Finally, there's also a rare but not yet completed Vapor Blasting Cabinet by archimeech in the works.

tonyfoale - you'll be receiving one of our official HomemadeTools.net T-shirts:


Please PM me a mailing address, black/white color choice, and size preference, and I'll get it mailed out shortly.

And, we've added the wrench-on-pedestal award to the awards showcase in your postbit, visible beneath your username:




Congrats again and nice job!

[tonyfoale]

Congratulations tonyfoale - your Horizontal Milling Machine is the Tool of the Week!

Wow, as a very new member here I wasn't expecting that. Many thanks, I am happy that other people like my work. I do intend to make a full post about the Tool & Cutter aspect and demonstrate how using a little maths can simplify the design without compromising function.

you'll be receiving one of our official HomemadeTools.net T-shirts:
Please PM me a mailing address, black/white color choice, and size preference, and I'll get it mailed out shortly.

It gets better. Jon, how do I PM you, I couldn't find a link?

[Jon]

You can click on my username, above my avatar, and then select "Private Message".

[Okapi]

Hi Tony,
As a lover of those ancient milling machines, I think you've made a very good job, in my workshop is hi big sister as I suppose, mine is in W20 broach and weights about 300 kilograms, a very precise tool with that important point for me , the longest deplacement in vertical axis I have on those small milling machines.
I wish you a nice end of year, for us it's "Joyeux Noël et bonne année".
Pierre

[tonyfoale]

Hi Tony,
As a lover of those ancient milling machines, I think you've made a very good job, in my workshop is hi big sister

Show us some photos then.

I wish you a nice end of year, for us it's "Joyeux Noël et bonne année".
Pierre

Feliz navidad y año nuevo to everybody.

[bvd1940]

One heck of a nice job and from the way back time.

[pennswoodsed]

I just followed the email headline , horizontal mill . Began reading story , and development of tools and moves. The word dyno in the old picture caught my eye, and I thought this must be a motorcycle guy !?. Then the Australia ,England to Spain moves sounded awfully familiar , Welcome Tony ! From your biggest fan in this region ! . There are just tons of interesting builds of every type of machinery !
With Admiration ,Ed Flanagan(Pennswoodsed)

[tonyfoale]

I just followed the email headline , horizontal mill . Began reading story , and development of tools and moves. The word dyno in the old picture caught my eye, and I thought this must be a motorcycle guy !?. Then the Australia ,England to Spain moves sounded awfully familiar , Welcome Tony ! From your biggest fan in this region ! . There are just tons of interesting builds of every type of machinery !
With Admiration ,Ed Flanagan(Pennswoodsed)

Ed,

Many thanks for the kind words. I have to plead guilty, I have been known to ride a motorcycle or two from time to time as you mention. You have just given me an idea for another posting. I have made two engine dynos in the past (1960s and 1970s) by modifying car torque converters. Maybe I should write those up? Unfortunately I don't have much in the way of photos, before the advent of the digital camera I was thrifty with film.
When I joined this forum (the only one that I am active on) I made a list of future topics to work through and I thought that it was fairly complete, but the dynos were not on it. Maybe I'll make it my next contribution.
You are right there are tons of interesting builds here. I hope that you find my other posts as interesting as this one, but I should point out that building tools is not my passion, they are just a means toward building motorcycles, which is my passion. Hence, my tools tend to be functional without the mechanical and artistic beauty and finish of many other contributors on this forum.

PS. I thought that I recognised your name so I searched my past emails, to see that we corresponded 6 years ago about you attending one of my Motorcycle Dynamics Seminars. Well I hope to do at least one this year on the east coast, probably in the Manchester NH area. I usually come over several times a year to race at Loudon. It would be prior to a racing weekend, possibly on a Wed. and Thurs. I do that just in case of injury whilst racing.

[crazypj]

Hi Tony,
Happy New Year.
That's a really neat solution, I won't hold my breath but will be waiting for a full write up (LOL)
I've seen cheap anemometers on sale around $40.00, obviously not best quality but if repeatable results would be OK for a yes or no on flow improvements. (pretty sure they just use something like a 2 wire computer fan and measure generated voltage?)
I used flow bench a few times when I taught at MMI (Motorcycle Mechanics Institute, Orlando) Superflow 110. Not sure how accurate it was but it did show improvements (or otherwise ;( )
Reading Vizard's work/books over the years I suspect he isn't burning any bridges but doesn't think 10" pressure drop extrapolation is best way to go?
Got some good results for a semi-pro MX'er on his YZF250, he jumped about 30 spots in national ranking
3yr old is sleeping at present, I get a lot of time to think trash but not much time to actually do anything (plus watch too much You Tube)