IT'S ALIVE !!! ( look what I made )

[Jeff in Pa]

CADplans, nice drill press

Clint, graded bolts were used. Want some pictures of the nice blue chips that came off ? ( very hot )

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I installed a set of the frankenstein bolts on cavmedic's 1450 and they worked perfectly

[jeffscub]

Originally Posted by CADplans

Did somebody say drill press!!??

wow, that looks like an oldie, i've never seen one like that. details!!!! LOL jeff

[CADplans]

Originally Posted by gardenpest

Thats a great idea, with time and wear if it gets a flat spot you can replace the spacer instead of the whole bolt . I made a bolt the other day myself...
I picked up a 42 inch deck that the po must have lost the spindle bolt for..
So i that how hard could it be , after looking at cost of new and shipping
I decided to give it a try....drilled a hole from thread end through head of bolt
I think it was a 3/16 but I'd have to check to be sure . Then drilled a bigger hole in the bolt head and tapped it for the zirk. Thank goodness for drill press's .

Originally Posted by jeffscub

wow, that looks like an oldie, i've never seen one like that. details!!!! LOL jeff

That is a Cleerman jig borer that I use as a drill press, it will drill 1" holes in 3" thick steel all day long (literally!!, we do it!!)

It was initially bult for ultra precision work probably in the WWII era.

From what I understand it will drill on location within a few tenths!!

I have never tried that, it came with a set of boxed mics for the x and y axis'. I opened the box, closed it and set it up to drill holes.

We use it with a self centering vice to minimize setup as most holes are drilled at the center of a parts width.

The thing will throw out chips like a lathe all day long!! Not its intended use, but we wanted a drill press with a x-y table, other than milling machines, those are as rare as hens teeth!!

It is rugged, weighs over 5000 pounds, we paid less than $0.50 a pound for it. Almost as much fun to run as our CNC saw, Melissa!!



And my CNC torch I built!! You can read about the torch here:

http://www.sweetmk.com/2011/11/my-cnc-torch/

[ole 147]

They look backwards don't they?

Originally Posted by Jeff in Pa

Wide frame frankenstein bolts. Test fitting sometime this weekend

[Jeff in Pa]

Originally Posted by ole 147

They look backwards don't they?

These are for the rear lift casting on the wide frames. Cavmedic's 1450 was the "test mule" and they worked/fitted perfectly when installed today.

If you were thinking of the attach bolts for the front implements / mule drives, then they would be backwards.

[Methos]

Originally Posted by ole 147

They look backwards don't they?

Not to hold the top casting in place they don't. Are you thinking these are for the mule drive on the frame?

[clint]

Originally Posted by Jeff in Pa

CADplans, nice drill press

Clint, graded bolts were used. Want some pictures of the nice blue chips that came off ? ( very hot )

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I installed a set of the frankenstein bolts on cavmedic's 1450 and they worked perfectly

no I just looked at the thread depth blue chips means its taking the heaat away looks good

[clint]

Originally Posted by clint

no I just looked at the thread depth blue chips means its taking the heaat away looks good

I get blue chips also a lathe sure makes things easier