Very nice work! Great to have tools for the job too!

 

For sure, I wanna come hang in there. I will someday have a lathe in my shop. Maybe a few years but I did see a benchtop one for under a grand. I need to get my drill press home at least, but I don't have room right now.

I like the warehouse feel of your place for sure.

 

I've got one of the Chinese import combo lathe/mills, and it's good for most of my projects, but definitely lacking in tight tolerance work. I can turn out bushings and such, or turn down material when I need to. I also use the mill more often as a drill press than I use my drill press. It gets by for most of what I need.

 

I love my 2 lathes! You really dont wanna know what they cost me tho!


So I am sitting at thanksgiving a few years back talking to my cousin and her husband who own a machine shop. So I am telling him I was looking for a lathe to build some driveshafts and stuff for my 4x4's?? So he says had had some and he would make me a deal???? So I take my buddy who is a Machineist and we load up the goosneck drive 300 miles and when we get there I walk in he had about 20 lathes he was getting rid of! He said take what you want!!!
So we load up a 3jaw LaBlonde that is about 60inch and a caddilac 4jaw that is maybe 80inches?
Cost me fuel and lunch for my buddy!! But I missed out on the mill

 

By the way, other then these projects do you do this for a living? Or is it a hobby?

 

This is just a hobby for me. Although on the side I will build some 4x4's for people or build bumbers and stuff.
I actually own a company that does restaraunt decor for about 15 different chains over the last 20 years.

 

I know this is a car forum but since you asked I made a quick pic of different things I like to do!
widen wheels build cages bumbers and stuff so here are some of my personal things over the years

 

Ok Back to the Car.

Dang I looked up and the rearend just came apart!!
Not really just the 2.73 wasnt gonna cut it with a t-56



I was planning on doing the brakes while in there and when I took apart I thought dang maybe I wont?


But then I got to the left side AND BAM

 

Aren't those the new metallic linings?

 

Holy crap! not sure which one the free 80" lathe or the brakes. Then the free 60" takes it. I want one bad.

And Vall if given a choose I will always just a mill as a drill press. We have 7 Clausing (sp) mills at work and a drill press in the middle. I only use the press if the hole doesn't have to be exactly where I want it. I spend a lot of time drilling hardened capscrews from H13 tool steel. Having the table in exactly the right spot so I dont drill of center is important.