Machinist School - the Boydston Drill Press

Do you ever need a bigger drill press table? More places to clamp things? Something you could weld parts to? Sometimes a new-improved table is the key!

Machinist School - a Belt Drive Shop

Click Here >>>>> 7 1/2 minutes of Machining Ecstacy

Check out the Belt Drive Shop sent in by Nathan Landry!
What a great place!

Machinist School - Flu ..... something to do

Son, Eric, had 2 things:

1. FLU
2. Cravings for pickled eggs

The easiest formula for pickled eggs we found was:
1. boiled and shelled eggs
2. 1 quart vinegar
3. 2 tablespoons salt
.............add anything else

What I did was:
1. boiled and shelled eggs
2. 1 quart vinegar
3. 4 tablespoons salt
4. 1 tablespoon allspice
5. 1 tablespoon ground garlic
6. 1 tablespoon red pepper

We both ate pickled eggs. The next day ..... no more FLU.

Whether or not they cure anything, they are tasty.
Rod's Duck and Pickled Egg Farm

Quack, Quack!



Machinist School - The Boydston Mobile

The Boydston Mobile - 1/10 Scale

What size is Barbie? Maybe she could drive?

Great looking Rock Crawler!

Machinist School - $6.5 MILLION accident

It is a good idea to NOT stand under things ...... here's a hoist incident that was pretty expensive.

Click Here to see the GE Turbine incident >>>>

Machinist School - How to Invent for Fame & Fortune

Thomas Edison explained the three steps to invention:
1. Get the money
2. Find the need
3. Invent the invention

Henry Ford did the same thing. See the video! Click the following link:

Click here >>>>>> Henry Ford

Machinist School - Big Machining in Tulsa, OK

Cassandra Dunk in Tulsa

Machinist School - Gear Hob and Gear Shaper

Click HERE >>>>>>> How to make a gear!

Internal and external teeth ........... a dentist!

Machinist School - Internal Slotter - Keyway Cutter

Click HERE >>>>>>>>>>>> to see Video

Better than Broaching!

Machinist School - manufacture your own wax

Click HERE >>>> diy-machinable-wax-for-your-lathe-or-mill

Add #2 or #4 bags to paraffin ........ makes a tougher wax that doesn't gum so bad!

Machinist School - McDonald's Knife Revisitd

 

To locate the end of an endmill, some folks use a hardened block of metal (perhaps damaging the endmill). Touching off on the plastic knife is much safer. After that, you can check with a feeler gage. 

Machinist School - Definitions re: Dial Indicator

Click HERE>>>>>

To see a guy use words to talk about shaft alignment .... He uses careful speech to make correct statements. This is from Cassandra.

Machinist School- the McDonald Knife Revisited

 

Place the McDonald Knife between the toolbit and the work ...... it should stick straight up. In the picture, the toolbit is too high, the knife leans slightly to the right. 

Machinist School - Lathe Center Alignment Knife

 

By placing the McDonalds knife between the headstock center and the tailstock, you can see if the centers are in alignment ...... and which way they need to be adjusted. The plastic knife will keep the points from smashing into one another ...... saving damage to the points.

Machinist School - The McDonald Knife

 

 

The  McDonald plastic knife has numerous uses around the Machine Shop.

There will be new information soon about what might be done with the knife.