In other words -
If you think you can't, you're probably right.
Rick (via iPod)
On May 4, 2011, at 7:39 PM, Nelson Collar <nel2lar@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Keith
> I have to disagree with quote " If a person says,they can not do something I doubt if that is true." If some one says they can not,they have already convinced themselves that they can't. To me can't never tried and never will.
> Cheers
> Nelson Collar
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> --- On Wed, 5/4/11, keith gutshall <drpshops@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> From: keith gutshall <drpshops@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [gingery_machines] Re: Large milling machine
> To: "gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com" <gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 5:09 PM
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> Hi Bill
> When I started ,all I had was two 3/4in bronze pillow block bearing.That formed the start of a simple
> lathe. I used it to make a shaft for the first machine ,testbed #1.
> I got me a small bench top drill press from Sears to drill holes in stuff.
> You know what I have built ,just useing what I simple tools.
> If a person says,they can not do something I doubt if that is true.
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> I work years building machines in shops.
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> Keith
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> Back Shop
> " The Lizard Works"
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> From: oldstudentmsgt <wmrmeyers@sbcglobal.net>
> To: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, May 1, 2011 1:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [gingery_machines] Re: Large milling machine
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> The largest I've seen pictures of was 1.8x or 2x the size Dave wrote up. Though I do think it was a shaper, not a mill. Doesn't mean you couldn't make one ten times larger, but if you've got the foundry capacity for that, there are other, better, things to do with it. ;)
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> If you've the capability to pour iron, that would be a really good upgrade to a Gingery anything, but Zamac would be a good choice, too. Nearly as strong as iron, and a third the weight, IIRC my reading, and it melts near aluminum temperatures. Lower, at least a bit, IIRC.
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> I have a 7x10 HF mini-lathe, bought as a foundational machine for my metalworking shop, and picked up an Atlas MF table-top horizontal mill a few months later. With those and a foundry capability, I don't suppose there is any limit on how much larger a machine I could make. I doubt you have even the limitations I've got, as I've seen some of what you've already done! ;)
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> Bill in OKC
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>> how large could you make a a ginery mill?
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