Home made horizontal milling machine.

[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.