From: none@none.com99
On 4/15/2025 5:44 PM, pyotr filipivich wrote:
> Bob La Londe on Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:56:24 -0700
> typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
>> On 4/13/2025 12:55 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
>>> "Bob La Londe" wrote in message news:vtgrmq$3ar53$1@dont-email.me...
>>>
>>> Anyway, sticking a drill chuck on the business end of a lathe is nothing
>>> new to me. I did it long before I learned how easy it is to do with
>>> modern machine tools like Snag suggested.
>>> ------------------------------
>>> As a lathe the Shopsmith had the choice of a spur center, faceplate or
>>> the drill chuck, fine for wood, not so much for metal so I had to
>>> improvise.
>>>
>>
>>
>> In any case Snag will likely find an arbor press is more useful than he
>> thinks.
>
> In any case, if you have one,you find more uses for one than if
> you do not have one.
> Arbor press, grinder, wood chipper, sticky notes, painters tape...
I walked out in the shop a little while ago, and picked up a hammer to
put away. Suddenly everything looked like a nail.
Seriously an arbor press is a very useful tool for "pressing." I found
it faster and easier within its range than anything else. A vise will
make do, and its going to be hard pressed to push out an automotive
U-joint, but an arbor press is very useful. I bought mine originally
for punching, and broaching, but it mostly gets used for pressing.
Speaking of u-joints. I broke my first bench vise trying to press out a
u-joint with a cheater bar on the vise handle. A task that was achieved
with ease with a 12 ton hydraulic press. Also a task I wouldn't try,
even with my 6 ton, with an arbor press. Maybe I should try. The last
one I did was a huge pain. The biggest problem was supporting the drive
shaft. The arbor press is already mounted on a heavy work bench.
--
Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff
--
This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software.
www.avg.com
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
|
