HOW IT ALL STARTED
The Reason I Broke Down and got the Machines!!
Date: 5-31-00
Parts for Collective LMH-110 Conversion. Trying to make the Pitch Slider is WHAT BROKE ME down into finally getting my machines. Now I can't imagine life without them :) 9 hours
One of many very early attempts at making a smooth pitch slider for my LMH 110conversion, using brass, plastic and a Dremel.4-1-00
Trying to make this pitch slider for the LMH collective project was what broke me down into FINALLY getting the lathe and mill! With the machines it was simple to make a beautiful slider like this one!
Here is my first attempt at a washout assembly for the LMH project. Made out of plastic with brass insert. All of this was made using CA and a Dremel.To the right, is the real version using the machines! Around 4-00'
Here is the washout unit I made out of aluminum manually! It's a piece I am very proud. I don't even want to tell you how long it took me to figure out how to hold and machine this piece, not to mention the remakes! Ok, Ok, something like 15 hours...no joke! I learned a lot about machining...
Trying to make this pitch slider for the LMH collective project was what broke me down into FINALLY getting the lathe and mill! With the machines it was simple to make a beautiful slider like this one!
Here is my first attempt at a washout assembly for the LMH project. Made out of plastic with brass insert. All of this was made using CA and a Dremel.To the right, is the real version using the machines! Around 4-00'
Here is the washout unit I made out of aluminum manually! It's a piece I am very proud. I don't even want to tell you how long it took me to figure out how to hold and machine this piece, not to mention the remakes! Ok, Ok, something like 15 hours...no joke! I learned a lot about machining...
Here is my first part!! 7 hours of mind boggling work :):)
Here is my FIRST part ever made on ANY machinery! Its an aluminum pulley to replace the plastic one. I wanted to replace this for over 2 years but never did knowing someday I would buy these machines and try to make my own. It took me about 7 hours, if not more, to figure out what I was doing, how to use the machine, and finish this pulley. While I could easily have bought it for $9 (purple and with bearing!) nothing can replace my FIRST handmade
Here is my FIRST part ever made on ANY machinery! Its an aluminum pulley to replace the plastic one. I wanted to replace this for over 2 years but never did knowing someday I would buy these machines and try to make my own. It took me about 7 hours, if not more, to figure out what I was doing, how to use the machine, and finish this pulley. While I could easily have bought it for $9 (purple and with bearing!) nothing can replace my FIRST handmade
Here is the beginning of it all! I used 2011-T6 aluminum I found at a local scrap yard. It came in an octagon shape and figuring out how to make it round just to hold it in the 3 jaw chuck was a project in itself :)
I just could not figure out how to exactly make the flanges (raised sides)! After playing around with the angles of the lathe bit I got them pretty close to 90º.
I just could not figure out how to exactly make the flanges (raised sides)! After playing around with the angles of the lathe bit I got them pretty close to 90º.
Here is the finished pulley next to the plastic one! I used a lot of WD-40 and a hacksaw blade to cut it off. While the dimensions are a little off it still works!
