Need advice resurfacing a 20" X 40" cast iron wood planer bed .006 out-of-flat (job)
Need advice resurfacing a 20" X 40" cast iron wood planer bed .006 out-of-flat (job offering):
A friend with a furniture making company has a large wood planer with a worn bed. He needs it flattened. He...
I thought I would post my search findings here in case anyone, particularly those in the US, can use this information.
I have done business with two of the following and I know nothing about the remaining one
If anyone can add to this list we will all benefit.
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Physicist Richard Feynman's 1959 essay "Plenty of Room at the Bottom", about the possibilities of miniaturizing technology.
The Feynman program for a Billion Lathes [pDF, jump to page 5 for the impatient].
http://www.pa.msu.edu/~yang/RFeynman_plentySpace.pdf
Ukrainian Father-Son team at work in their commercial machine shop
This is a priceless video masterpiece. The gear hobbing machine was rescued from scrap
and restored.
Фрайда-Як чоловік (НАШ КЛІП)))
Дядько Максим channel
Фрайда-Як чоловік (НАШ КЛІП))) - YouTube
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Ukrainian machinist...
An excellent video & what a shop.
Ukrainian blacksmith at work making Damascus blade from cable.
Making dagger blade Damascus Steel Style with the cable
A friend in Chapel Hill NC with a furniture manufacturing business has an old Powermatic planer.
The bed has worn in the middle which makes accurate planing difficult. He would like to have it resurfaced flat.
The bed is a single casting with three sections, front, middle and rear, each...
FOR SALE:
Northfield Single Spindle Production Shaper, K-50 fence With Micro Adjust and Miter Gauge With Dovetail Slot
Pictures of the machine can be seen here:
FOR SALE: - from @avantgeared on Ello.
Specifications:
K-50 fence with dust collection hood, hold down block and micrometer...
For Sale:
Northfield Production Shaper
new in 2010, never used
- includes new cutters (T&G 1 1/2" lumber), spacers
fence & dust collection hood
- single spindle, 8000 rpm
- counter clockwise rotation
- 5 hp belt drive
- 3-phase, wired with long rubber power cable & 3ph plug
solid spindle
- 6...
For Sale:
Northfield Production Shaper
new in 2010, never used
- includes new cutters (T&G 1 1/2" lumber), spacers
fence & dust collection hood
- single spindle, 8000 rpm
- counter clockwise rotation
- 5 hp belt drive
- 3-phase, wired with long rubber power cable & 3ph plug
solid spindle
- 6...
- an outstanding tribute to the people who do this kind of work
Rebuilding older machines using the hand scraping method - SuburbanTool Inc
https://youtu.be/REeGn4hN1Bg
Published on Sep 8, 2015
Scraping is a lost art that is used for extremely high precision resurfacing. Watch how older and...
WTB: Wheel guard, 8", left arbor, Brown & Sharpe #13 Universal & Tool Grinder
WTB: 8" (preferably or 6" if 8" is unavailable) wheel guard for left arbor of a Brown & Sharpe #13 Universal & Tool Grinder
It is this machine...
Welders and heavy machinery enthusiasts will probably like this exceptional picture and description of the fabrication process of an EX-5600 Excavator bucket written by the fabricator himself, (Reddit /r/welding thread).
EX-5600 Excavator buckets I built. (i.imgur.com)...
Making Accurate Straight-Edges from Scratch by John A. Swensen
https://home.comcast.net/~jaswensen/machines/straight_edge/straight_edge.html
"I adapted the techniques for making straight-edges from those described for making accurate surfaces, as described in Wayne R. Moore's "Foundations of...
Instructional videos on machining at YouTube - Marc Lecuyer's channel:
THATLAZYMACHINIST
Marc Lecuyer
videos page:
https://www.youtube.com/user/THATLAZYMACHINIST/videos?view=0&flow=grid&sort=da
playlists
https://www.youtube.com/user/THATLAZYMACHINIST/playlists
home...
Look over the watchmakers' shoulders
Look over the watchmakers' shoulders - YouTube
NOMOS Glashuette
German watchmaking company NOMOS Glashütte offers a look at what goes into the assembly of one of their watches in this fascinating short film that follows one of their watchmakers.
NOMOS...
"Barry Cant Arf Weld"
A short film about large scale Forging of special steels at Firth Rixson in Sheffield. Part of the Steel Stories project in collaboration with Arts and Humanities, The University of Sheffield .
Barry Cant Arf Weld on Vimeo
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