Man Caves

[Reaper90]

The subject of this thread has nothing what-so-ever to do with sexual preference, so don't even go there!

I wanna see pictures of garages! We have thread after thread of "show us your car" - what about something for those who love the house the hot rod lives in?

in 2002 we moved, and I was forced (hopefully temporarily) to downsize from my 1200 sq foot shop to a roughly 400 sq foot 2-car garage. Well, if the baby has to sleep there, it has to be nice looking in addition to being fully functional.

My "dog house"









Alright, post 'em up guys! I know some of you "car guys" have garages you wanna show off!

[Maverick]

Izzat carpeting I see there?

Got no garage. The house is actually in my avatar. It's the thing behind the big white tow vehicle.

[Flayed]

1200 square feet is the same size as the house Thundr and I grew up in....   And whats a garage? 

[Reaper90]

Izzat carpeting I see there?

Actually it's interlocking plastic garage floor tile.... I spill way too much stuff for carpet, LOL!

[VonMessa]

[68ZooM]

whats the spars for?

[Belial]

I see your smithy and raise you my Haas St 30-SS

24 station turret with live tooling straight and 90 degree.
31"swing
16" OD cutting
30HP spindle
High pressure coolant



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I'll post some pictures of some parts I make then sometime.  Programming a CNC is a lot to learn but it's nice to watch it run after its all proofed out.
Load some bar, press cycle start, and count your money 

[VonMessa]

whats the spars for?

Actually the long piece of MDF is the master form block, and the aluminum parts are nose ribs...

Bearhawk

Scratch build  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrows_Bearhawk

Why?  Got some spare time you don't know what to do with?  

[VonMessa]

I see your smithy and raise you my Haas St 30-SS

24 station turret with live tooling straight and 90 degree.
31"swing
16" OD cutting
30HP spindle
High pressure coolant



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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46aHPR4MQjk


I'll post some pictures of some parts I make then sometime.

Can you lower it into your basement with your Jeep?  

I may retro the Smithy for CNC in the future.  I've programmed and run all types of CNC machine tools (lathes, mills, wire and sinker EDM's), but when I did my apprenticeship, it was old school    I remember spending the first month of my tool & die apprenticeship filing a 1" block to within .005" of parallelness, and perpendicularity by hand  

I really DO wish I had gotten a DRO for it, though.  The dials are accurate enouge (holds within .0005" (after I stoned and adjusted the gibs), but it would be nice to remember where you left off.  It's not like work where you are on one project til it's finished.  There are distractions at home and more than once, I've had to pick-up my zero again because I forgot where I was  

[68ZooM]

Actually the long piece of MDF is the master form block, and the aluminum parts are nose ribs...

Bearhawk

Scratch build  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrows_Bearhawk

Why?  Got some spare time you don't know what to do with?  

lol if i lived closer you bet    fabricating is something I've always loved doing, just using your hands to build something is very rewarding well at least it is to me

[Skuzzy]

I envy you guys with access to the big mills.  My little guy (home built) is a 4 axis CNC (5HP servos), and only has a workspace of 9" x 18" x 12".  I am limited to the material as well.  I can work with 6061 aluminum, but that is about as hard as it can get.

I use it mostly to make delrin bushings and spacers for vintage cars.

I do have a 48" x 48" vacuum table though.

[RTHolmes]

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is that a meth lab?








 

[mbailey]

   Programming a CNC is a lot to learn but it's nice to watch it run after its all proofed out.

Agreed its alot to learn lol. And the learning curve can be expensive. I worked at a machine shop out of HS while going to college. I use to set mine up to run well off the face of the part, as a dry run. I learned this is the best method, as crashing my Okuma turret into the spindle did not make for a happy employer.  Amazing how important decimal placement is  

[68ZooM]

I see your smithy and raise you my Haas St 30-SS

24 station turret with live tooling straight and 90 degree.
31"swing
16" OD cutting
30HP spindle
High pressure coolant



Uploaded with ImageShack.us


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46aHPR4MQjk


I'll post some pictures of some parts I make then sometime.  Programming a CNC is a lot to learn but it's nice to watch it run after its all proofed out.
Load some bar, press cycle start, and count your money  

friend of mine has 4 of those bad boys, one day he needed help running some parts for a military contract he has ( bomb pins) he showed me how to run it and set it up, how to mic parts every so often to make sure they were all in spec, i ran over 5000 pieces helping him out and man it really got my interest in machining, i would love to have that as a career, question   why were you dry cutting as opposed to using cooling fluid

[Belial]

LMAO I've almost made that mistake bailey 18,000 pages of code and this can be the one that crashes your 250k machine

G00 X8.
G00 Z8

See that Z without a decimal after it?  That told the machine to move .0008 away from the chuck and index the turret instead of 8"

CRAAAASH