This page shows my process of making the famous gingery lathe. Nov 12, 2012 i think i was fourteen or fifteen when i received my first lindsays catalog, ordered from a print ad in the back pages of popular science or popular mechanicsi dont recall which. Chronicle of building a home foundry for melting aluminum and casting parts for a gingery style lathe. The sand mould weighs something like 40kg, and requires to be turned over several times.
Build up of a gingery lathe, patterns are done now the castings are starting to appear. Besides what is a laboratory without a precision indexing head or milling machine. Dave gingery directs the reader to build an adjustable angle iron based assembly. Their purpose is to allow the lathe spindle to rotate at slower speeds while at the same time delivering greatly increased torque. Building my own gingery metal lathe another day another. This one contains the missing compound swivel, compound slide, headstock. Using castings from your charcoal foundry see book 1. We aim to keep all books in stock if in print for immediate delivery nothing is to special order. His series of books on building a machine shop from scrap begin with a charcoal foundry, and. I started with a 5 gallon steel bucket lined with firebrick mortar for a foundry. Look up concrete lathe and youll quickly find yourself reading the works of david gingery. This book is part of the seven book series on building a metal shop from scrap.
The metal lathe you can build your own metal lathe with 7 swing and 12 centers using castings from your charcoal foundry and simple hand methods. Apr 20, 2016 look up concrete lathe and youll quickly find yourself reading the works of david gingery. These pages are designed to document my creation of a working home foundry for melting and casting aluminum, brass, and other metals. Jul 11, 2014 the metal lathe ebook written by david j. After printing out alot of the parts from the gingery lathe thing from sprocket1597, i saw that alot of the parts were missing, so i started designing the parts in freecad so i could get all of the parts to build the full lathe. I took a break from the lathe and made this plaque. Hi all, im starting out onthe gingery workshop route, but the bed casting for the lathe just doesnt feel right. This video shows the building of a setover tailstock for my gingery lathe.
The guys at sell a replacement bed for the micromark 7x14 mini lathe. I cant wait to get started on building my own machine shop. The workshop practice books are very hit or miss, some are very old now and totaly out of date geo thomas books are read in the house, but i have used very little of his designs. After tackling the lathe project and being quite weary of filing and scraping, i decided that i would build the gingery milling machine to make life a little easier. Using castings from your charcoal foundry see book 1 in the series. The guys at sell a replacement bed for the micromark 7x14 minilathe. Dave gingery recommends building the pattern from 14 plywood. Jul 07, 2016 makercise has built a nice oil fired foundry already so its off to the next book, gingery 2, is the metal lathe. More details back gears for the gingery lathe sold out.
The bed casting for the gingery lathe is probably the most complicated casting in the book. The multimachine is a metal lathe that can be built to. The most common size for a multimachine has 12to15 of table vertical travel and a 32 lathe swing. This book takes beginners through all the basic techniques needed to tackle a wide range of machining operations. People have also found that the original bed design is a bit wimpy. An excellent little book is machineshop handbook vol. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Then, using the foundry and some extremely basic metal working techniques, you build a lathe using aluminum sand castings, which you then go on to use to build a metal shaper, mill, drill. Well that is a fair question, and the short answer is, i have a hard time getting motivated building a lathe that is about the same size as the one i already own. Metal lathe is also known as book 2 from the best selliing 7 book series, build your own metal working shop from scrap. The charcoal foundry by david gingery and simple hand methods no machine tools needed. Incorporated in the state of illinois as lindsay publications in 1984, thomas j. It is a lot easier than the gingery design, and there are less things to go wrong. The best gingery lathe video series to date sign up for the make.
I am planning to make it roughly according to dave gingery although i am planning to make it in lost foam to get it done quicker. A gingery milling machine scaled up by a factor of 1. One operation that really benefits from those slower speeds is thread cutting, especially if you are a beginner. Feb 12, 2016 gingery lathe shaking out the aluminum carriage casting for the gingery lathe this is a follow up to the previous video where we actually shake the cast aluminum part out of the sand and get our. Free gingery style lathe plans yes i too am building a metal working shop from scrap using the books written by mr.
After building the lathe, the milling machine was not all that difficult. The metal shaper build your own shaper that will cut keyways, splines, gears, and more with a simple handground lathe tool bit. Gingery books pdf david j gingery publishing books written especially for inventors machinists tinkerers geniuses at large and. In the spring of 1998 i ordered the gingery series of books on. Plastic injection molding attachment for a drill press. The gingery books and, really, most diy books from that era are. Nov 12, 2012 this video shows the building of a setover tailstock for my gingery lathe. The horsepower required for regular lathetype cutting tools makes them hard to use large work pieces.
So to get a straight pattern i took some wood wall paneling material, sanded the smooth surface to rough it up then smeared a generous amount of glue on them. These pages are designed to document my creation of a working home foundry for melting and casting. The gingery books and, really, most diy books from that era. Technical home workshop books and dvds on using the lathe, milling machine, drill press, metal shaper, english wheel, sheet metal brake. My initial goals are to build a working foundry and develop my casting skills. Dave gingery wrote a series of books back in the 80s about building a metal working shop, from scrap. Aug 19, 2010 throw a stone at any gathering of makers, and youre likely to hit somebody who owns a set of diysavant dave gingery s classic books on building your own machine shop by casting scrap aluminum, melted in a charcoalpowered bucket furnace, into sand molds formed by wooden patterns. To bore the headstock accurately a temporary headstock assembly is made. December 19, 1932 may 3, 2004 was an inventor, writer, and machinist, best known for his series of books on how to build machine tools. Building a metal lathe based on the following david gingerys books. Metal lathe for home machinists fox chapel publishing. All of the 14 plywood ive seen were about as warped and bent as an archers bow. I want to build the gingery lathe on to the bed i have.
In the spring of 1998 i ordered the gingery series of books on how to build a metalworking shop from scratch. One has to be asking why i would build gingery s shaper. See more ideas about lathe machine, lathe and metal working. Nevertheless it did take a fair amount of time 4 months of evenings weekends. I have a delta wood lathe bed that is very very sturdy, it is cast iron weighs about 100 lbs and is 48 long and 6 inches wide. Lathes and other machine tools books from tee publishing. Gingery lathe shaking out the aluminum carriage casting for the gingery lathe this is a follow up to the previous video where we actually shake the cast aluminum part out of the sand and get our. There are three major problems with the gingery lathe. I figured, hey i already have a foundry why not build some really nifty machines.
The charcoal foundry english grammar pdf competitive exam by david gingery and simple. When i started doing some research about aluminum casting i came across a series of books which were written by david gingery back in the 80s the first of which dealt with the aluminum foundry concepts. Especially since i never finished the gingery lathe. The metal lathe build your own metal working shop from scrap. Firstly, the pattern needs to be made carefully, otherwise the sand cores will lock in place. The book from gingery publishing has all the details and recommended. I know some have beefed up the casting, or used brass, but how about this.
Lindsays book business is in fact much older than that. The pattern is usuallymade from 14 plywood and the resulting thin casting can flex and vibrate when the lathe is in use. The video covers the whole process, from pattern making, to casting, and finally machining of the tailstock. Gingery is most famous for his build your own metal working shop from scrap series, which details how to build a reasonably complete machine shop at low cost. The best gingery lathe video series to date hackaday. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the metal lathe. All items specifically addressed in the book are included in this. I decided to take a little extra time and cast a solid temporary headstock which has slides and ways clamps to connect to the ways. This is a very well written book for anyone that would like to make a hobby lathe, is interested in casting, or would like to learn more about machining. Multimachine, an opensource machine tool the multimachine a complete machine shop in one tool. I used my own pattern design and moulding method to cast the bed. The metal lathe build your own metal working shop from. Throw a stone at any gathering of makers, and youre likely to hit somebody who owns a set of diysavant dave gingerys classic books on building your own machine shop by casting scrap aluminum, melted in a charcoalpowered bucket furnace, into sand molds formed by wooden patterns. I would like something a little more massive for extra rigidity.
One has to be asking why i would build gingerys shaper. Technical books and dvds on using the lathe, milling. Ive owned a set myself, for more than a decade, and at least starting on the lathe, which is the first tool in. Pat delany multimachine box 1629, palestine, texas 75801 usa 903 723 0980 support at. Gingery lathe shaking out the aluminum carriage casting for. See more ideas about metal working, lathe and lathe machine. Well i started the lathe project and had cast the bed and feet when i was given a lathe by a friend of mine. Metal lathe for home machinists is a projectbased course that provides a complete introduction to the lathe and lathe metalworking. My name is brian boorman and i live in rural honeoye, ny in the finger lakes region and ny wine country. Lathe operations od1645 lesson 1task 1 sliding gap feature, this lathe is similar to the floormounted engine lathe. I then plan to move on to building the gingery lathe. These are links to other peoples projects, foundries, and. This book takes beginners through all the basic techniques needed to tackle a wide range of machining operations while advancing through 12 practice projects, from basic tasks to higher levels of difficulty.
First for the size and strength of both the bed and the bedway, it should only be able to turn 3. If you can borrow some machine tools to use in the construction, that amount of time will go way down. In this video, i wrap up the lathe project by completing the permanent spindles. Makercise has built a nice oil fired foundry already so its off to the next book, gingery 2, is the metal lathe. His book sparked a revival of interest and now, 30 years later, blacksmithing is a. Im still missing the tailstock assembly and such, but ill add those when i get to that point. Gingery lathe shaking out the aluminum carriage casting. Quite curious how gingeey detail with the lathe cuck will be solved and if the rod, which is holding the chuck is going to be hollow. December 19, 1932 may 3, 2004 was an inventor, writer, and machinist, best known for his series of books on how to build machine tools gingery is most famous for his build your own metal working shop from scrap series, which details how to build a reasonably complete machine shop at low cost, often from scrap metal and other items.
A set of gears mounted at the back of the headstock on a lathe. It is from a commercial grade, 3 phase 3 hp setting. The turret lathe is a lathe used extensively for the highspeed production of duplicate parts. Each of the books below has been carefully selected from amongst the dozens available to be the best for both assisting. The book clearly goes thru all the steps required to build your own hobby metal lathe. A facsimile reprint of an early publication on using the myford lathe. Ive owned a set myself, for more than a decade, and at least starting on. Highly readable and very useful book of interest to all model engineers whether they own a myfo. Fine sand from the bottom of a virginia trout stream mixed with bentonite clay for a binder was my molding sand. There are also a couple books from the workshop practise series as well as niels one but for a start especially as you want to focus on the mini lathe his book is where i would recommend you start as it will allow you get familiarised whith your lathe and not a machine from yesteryear.
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