Nice! I wish I had a mill, and lathe, and a shop to put them in! Oh the jeep and gun parts I could have made over the years, and all the stuff I could make now too....lol
Nice! I wish I had a mill, and lathe, and a shop to put them in! Oh the jeep and gun parts I could have made over the years, and all the stuff I could make now too....lol
79 Jeep Cherokee, AMC 401, T-18 manual trans, hydroboost, 16197427 MPFI system---the toy
93 Jeep YJ Wrangler, 4.0L, 5 speed, 8.8 rear, homebrew hub conversion and big brakes, hydroboost, 2.5in OME lift, 31x10.50's---the daily driver
99 Jeep WJ Grand Cherokee limited, 4.0L, auto, 2wd, leather and power everything, 99% stock---the long distance highway ride.
Well today was a good day. Last night I went out at around 10PM, and leveled the lathe, took off the back gear cover and made a few adjustments to the geartrain, tweaked the gibs and ways, and got the thing running sweet. Today, I went out to replace the wheel bearings on our '98 Grand Am, and found I need to do the brakes as well. It just so happens that the rotors just barely fit on the lathe. I got one mounted up, the tooling set up and put a nice finish on it. I had to make a trip to Pull and save to get a ABS plug bracket, and pads from Napa on the way, then I came home and turned the other rotor, replaced the tie rod ends, and took it for a drive. Not bad for half a day's work (12 hours).
Bottom line.......I am very happy with this lathe so far.
1978 Camaro Type LT, 383, Dual TBI, '7427, 4L80E
1981 Camaro Z-28 Clone, T-Tops, 350/TH350
1981 Camaro Berlinetta, V-6, 3spd
1974 Chevy/GMC Truck, '90 TBI 350, '7427, TH350, NP203, 6" lift, 35s
Woo Hoo! I got a freind with a lathe!
1990 Chevy Suburban 5.7L Auto ECM 1227747 $42!
1998 Chevy Silverado 5.7L Vortec 0411 Swap to RoadRunner!
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so when are you going to start modifying intakes for injector bungs and fuel rails?
87 4Runner, 15" spring lift, 3" body, chevy vortec 355, 5.29 gears, 38.5x15.5x15" Boggers, 280hr, 16168625 running $0D
93 S10, 36x12.5x15 TSL's, custom turbo headers, 266HR cam, p&p vortec heads, $0D Marine MPFI with 8psi boost.
05 Silverado, 2' lift, 4" exhaust, Bully Dog programmer,
Well I was kind of thinking the first one I did was going to be my own so that I can take as long as I need to make some fixtures and jigs, and to get the process sorted out well. Then I could actually do others and maybe make a little money on them.
I guess if someone wanted one done, I would do it, but it might take some time. I would need to get some more things to do it.....injector seat drill, Argon bottle for my Tig welder, make some injector blanks out of steel,
I have been thinking of doing the paperwork to start a business, for the name I have been really liking "Benedict Machine and Fabrication" or BMF, hahaha. Or as my dad would call it Benedict Mechanic'n and Fix'n.
1978 Camaro Type LT, 383, Dual TBI, '7427, 4L80E
1981 Camaro Z-28 Clone, T-Tops, 350/TH350
1981 Camaro Berlinetta, V-6, 3spd
1974 Chevy/GMC Truck, '90 TBI 350, '7427, TH350, NP203, 6" lift, 35s
Well I decided to repower the lathe to get rid of the variable speed V-belt, as it was causing some vibrations. I ended up going with a VFD very similar to the one on the mill, and setting up 3 switches to select among 8 speeds of the motor, combined with direct/back gear I have 16 speeds easily selectable. It runs much smoother now.
I have a project going now for a buddy, he has me building a Wakeboard tower for his 20' jet boat. So that necessitated buying a bottle for my Tig welder, and building a cooler for the new water cooled Flex-loc torch. Commercial tig coolers run anywhere from about $450-800. I think I have around $100 in mine including coolant($68), fittings, and PC power supply($15) to run the pump and fan(free) on the radiator(recycled drinking fountain evaporator)(free). Everything should be getting a nice workout tomorrow, as we hope to have the tower pretty well finished on my second day off in about 6 weeks.
1978 Camaro Type LT, 383, Dual TBI, '7427, 4L80E
1981 Camaro Z-28 Clone, T-Tops, 350/TH350
1981 Camaro Berlinetta, V-6, 3spd
1974 Chevy/GMC Truck, '90 TBI 350, '7427, TH350, NP203, 6" lift, 35s
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