Machinist School - Speed Calculator

The Lovejoy Tool Company has the GREATEST slide rule Speed & Feed Calculator!
Click the link .... that's a link to all sorts of machining info.

Click here  >>>>>>>>>     Speed Calculator

Machinist School - Gun Drilling

Here's a place to see about gun drilling:

Click Here  >>>>All About Gun Drilling

Gun drills can be used to make guns but mostly they are for making very accurate deep holes. A hole starts to be "deep" when the depth exceeds the diameter. A 1/2" hole that is 1" deep ..... that's a deep hole. Gun drills will make the 1/2" hole 12" (or more) deep.

Machinist School - Giant Hook

This is a Giant Hook ...... like a hook for a very large crane  at the Metro Machine Shop in Tulsa. The face plate on the lathe is about 4 feet in diameter. Cassandra Dunk has been doing quite a variety of machining and some occasional photo taking.