Jackie trumps all of us!!
Anyway, my backyard "Doghouse":
Oh Yea! 1907 vintage, still tight. Learned lathe use back in the 1950's on this gem.
Tooling is King!
Yep, there are dogs in the shop:
Mauser work.
Front sight band fitting. 416 Rigby.
Removing those $#@^ Factory warning stampings on a NOS new 338 Ruger barrel.
I've ran a few Mazak's over the years. Some can't get used to the Mazatrol conversational programming and prefer to do it offline with a dedicated cad/cam program. But for the job shop type work we did the Mazak's were tough to beat. You could go from a sketch on a napkin to writing a program and making chips right at the machine in no time at all.
Glad I could help fund that set up
I use Mazatrol on the lathe for most things and offline Powermill for the mills. Lathe stuff is just so easy with Mazatrol.
When I first got it, I hated it. But I was working on a Nardini 10X30 that was Soooo easy to operate. The Clausing was bit clunkier to handle. We finally learned how to work together and I have no problems with it now.
See the half blue barrel. It's overflowing.
Nice setup
When I moved down here I was trying to figure out how to a build a shop and get my money out of it if I ever moved. So I built a house. 30X60 that includes a 16X30 garage bay that I left a big opening in the wall. I need a place to park vehicles when hurricanes come. With about 30 minutes work I can get a car, zero turn mower and my truck inside. I plumbed it for a 3 bedroom/2bath house and finished off the master bedroom and bath. All someone has to do is stand up some walls , install a bathroom and kitchen and they're up and running. Or have one hell of a man cave.
I have that exact same machine, branded as a "Top Turn". Replaced my old clapped-out, knackered Clausing 6300. It does EXACTLY what I tell it to do! 500 Lbs heavier than a PM 1440GT from Taiwan and wider bed ways to boot, for same money.
Yeah they weigh close to 2000# You can really see where the extra beef is by looking at the bottom of the bed casting, It's the same thickness/width all the way down to the end. Most lathes are thick around the chuck and then taper up at the bottom until it gets to the tailstock end then tapers down to thick again. Plus these lathes are 3 horse power.
That looks quite interesting.
I notice that Shenwai to the left of your table, I just picked up one of the Taiwanese belt drive lathes which is in excellent condition as a second lathe, the lathe was made by Wey YII Corp that make the Microweily lathes
www.microweily.com.tw
Interesting, so you could pick your workshop up and take it somewhere else, but your lathe would stay where it is. The wood floor is probably easier on the body than concrete floor.
