Bored and Turned faces within a 0.0005" concentric tolerance zone
Single point threading on the lathe
Made a custom grooving tool for thread relief groove
Used a dividing head and a gear cutter to cut a 38-tooth gear
Hexagonal hole made using a Hex-Broach
Used basic lathe tooling to turn round brass stock into a highly stable spinning top
Taught the basics of lathe machining to a friend using this as a practice part
Hex Broached shaft coupling for a robotic arm.
Using creative fixturing - holding a 4 jaw chuck with a 3 jaw chuck to adjust concentricity within 0.001"
Repairing oil plumbing system on old Bridgeport Kneemill. Took the table off and did preventative maintainence on mill table and X and Y axes. Unlike most bridgeport mill, this was fitted with ball lead screws instead of conventional leadscrews.Â