Monarch 10EE 7000 Dollar Mistake Lathe: Windy Hill Foundry Casting the Grinding Rails.
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- I need a set of 4 foot long cast iron rails to make a grinding sled for the Monarch 10 EE Lathe... The Bed needs work and I asked Windy Hill Foundry for help in making the rails I need.
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Clark: You are a great guy and I have the utmost respect for you, I only wish I lived closer to you. I'm in NJ and let's say that is not the place to live anymore.
Two guys having fun doing what others weren't prepared to do 'cos it wasn't "easy". Well done to you both!
My high school was a small school, and we had a great shop/science teacher. We made all sorts of things in shop/welding class. Casting was the most fun projects. The shop is still there and I'm not sure who runs it now but i feel lucky to have had a great teacher his name was Mr. Lomeland.
Where was this? I was lucky in that we were able to go to shop in Jr High also... The first woodworking shop I had was great.. we had to buy the wood from the shop supply room and the biggest piece was a 1x6 rough 4 sides.. I built 2 full size desks one year.. Nails were forbidden and if you wanted to use a screw you had to write a 1/2 page request stating why no wood joint woukd work.
we all have been waiting for a while to see this video.... two good men working
Glad you enjoyed it
Great job for a couple of young blokes. Keep up the great work ..
Thanks, will do!
Thanks for the video. The Rio Linda comment was funny!
Glad you enjoyed it... Seems I'm hitting a sore point with some of the watchers :(
I sure miss hearing about that town on the radio.
Congratulations Mr Steve. I've looked forward to seeing this video for a while now. And the notification Bell went off.
I had to look at your videos. I'm going to look at again tomorrow.
Great content keep up the great work.
Thanks to Windy Hill Foundry. He does great work.
Cool, thanks
I've been an avid fan of both of you & this video is a great Christmas present. Wish I was there with you.
Maybe one day!
Steve, can't wait to see some machining on the castings! Like to see how the castings works out, Ken
You and me both!
Great video. Thanks! That’s a nice looking hat you were wearing at the beginning. Nothing keeps you cooler in the hot sun like a straw hat. Waiting for your next video.
You got that right!
Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas to you, your family, and Don.
Same to you!
Merry Christmas
Alot of work in those, looking great. Y'all take care
Thanks 👍
Well done you two.
I just watched :)
Going to be fun milling those up or planing them up or both.😅
I think so to... The plan is to needle scale them, cut off all the extra stuff , stress relieve them and then on to the planer... Final step is hand scraping and putting in the mounting points...
good video steve...great Christmas
Thanks, you too!
Pretty interesting stuff!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Glad you enjoyed it
I've been waiting for this vid for a while! thanks
Hope you enjoyed it!
My casting skills are okay because of you. I would be good if I were a better student.
Good job men
Thanks!
Steve. I am actually from Rio Linda. Grew up there, from the late 1950s through the early 70s. My parents only moved away about 15 years ago, they're doing fine nearby, still in Sacramento County. We never could figure out why that guy with the same initials, who got his radio start in Sacramento, chose to pick on us. He's dead now, so please let it rest. I've subscribed to the Windy Hill channel for longer than yours.
He actually addressed that in his first book. I think that callers from Rio Linda tended to be less tolerant of his views and under informed.
Eso es muy bueno cuando quieres hacer un buen trabajo exelente amigo
Muchas gracias amigo
Maybe some of the venting and grooves could be part of the pattern? A smoother feed tube might have less turbulence and, because of 3D printers, you could taper the entire thing to insure even temperature and flow. Another question - couldn't you make a simple lifting gadget to slowly, evenly screw-jack the pattern out vertically? I'd still tap the hell out of it, but anything that can lift directly vertical and exactly the same amount along the length of the pattern should minimize the risk of damaging the mold. Because you could lift the pattern with a threaded mechanism, you could more carefully watch every edge, even re-tamping where you can get away with it. I think Clarke should take an I-beam and put in on 3 legs, so its suspended over the top of the form with room to remove the top half. As long as that I-beam stayed steady, beam clamps could suspend threaded rods anywhere over the pattern. If those same threaded rods would happen to fit the threads you put in your pattern, you're only a few nuts and a crescent away from perfect. And the whole thing could be easily moved out of the way prior to closing the mold.
After typing all that, I realize that you've probably tried this idea and there's a reason why you don't do it. I hope I'm not a dumb-dumb.
IT came out great in three minutes after I spent an hour sanding and applying the silver metal tape... It's a matter of the pattern being right...
@@10swatkins My other thought is possibly using small drink straws to provide venting to the bottom of the patters to eliminate any vacuum. Breaking that suction that way would leave whiskers on the finished part, but would help protect the mold. You can probably tell I'm using my experience as one who plays in a sandbox drinks highballs.
Our 1956 high school Industrial Arts cope and drag sets had a 1 inch wide dado groove on the inside walls. We cast aluminum ash trays or a ship's cannon base to machine a brass cannon barrel future project. The depth was about 3/8 inch deep but you use flat walls without a groove. After seeing your videos I think 1/8 inch depth would have been adequate. The adhesion of your sand is amazing.
Could the gates have been loose pieces placed against the pattern to permit tapping during pattern removal?
As a 56 years of plastic mold designing have experienced draft undercuts prohibiting part ejection more times than I want to recall.
Merry Christmas to all
The gates were placed on top of the pattern so I'm not sure what you mean.. I was going to put a 3/4" strip on the inside of the boxes but Clark did not think it was needed.. The pattern had a 7 degree taper on one side so if it lifted 1/8 inch it would come out... Watching the video I am thinking that the base we were working on was also flexing and not taking the full "pounding"... 50" long stuff makes for a LONG flask :)
Also after working on the pattern it was just 3 minutes to remove from the second mold...
Thanks for watching and Merry Christmas to you also!
and the machining begins.
Pretty soon :)
Does clark need any help with a new furnace. His failed recently according to his video of a few days ago. Maybe he needs something like rolled plates bent in you press break then the quarter or 1/8 bends welded in a circle. He was going to pour a new floor for it. Might be worth a call to him Steve. Could multiple layers of steel sheet be welded to make a furnace floor.
I talked to him this AM... He has it handled but I will be a back up for him !
Watching this almost makes me wonder if it would be better to just cast a new Bed for your friend's Monarch. Must be hard to find someone with a large enough foundry to do that though (and then to find someone with a large enough grinder to grind in a new bed).
That would take a lot of resources.... Monarch still sells these lathes , about 180,000.00 each now and even then they don't cast anymore.. .They find old ones and refurbish them like I am doing...
Sorry for the stupid question, but can the flask be welded from cheap steel flat bars to prevent bucking?
Not stupid! It could be but I think it would have been even more expensive and I think the walls would have had to have a few ribs welded to them for stiffness.. In this case I was not going for a really accurate casting as I am going to plane it on my planer and the final size is not critical... Also this was a one off piece and that size flask is not used very much.
What’s the reason these parts could not be machined from stress relieved CRS bars? Is it because of the machining characteristics of steel versus cast iron? Thanks.
Bingo... Cast Iron I can hand scrape to perfection easily.
@@10swatkins Thanks makes perfect sense.
Also, even stress relieved bars still warp a bit.
0:10 the story behind why Rush Limbaugh used to say that on his show is actually kind of comical. Rush used to live in Rio Linda, California (near Sacramento, where he was first syndicated). The residents used to vote for an honorary 'mayor' of Rio Linda (it's honorary or unofficial because Rio Linda isn't incorporated). Well ole Rush thought he was a shoe-in and when he didn't get the title, be got his feelings hurt, moved out of Rio Linda, and knocked it ever since.
May I should just start telling Aggie Jokes again ;)
@@10swatkins haha no skin off my back. Just funny once you find out the story behind it. The long time residents don't mind it, they know what really happened.
I am a machinist and if I was going to make something like that , I would buy durabar. Its basically just cast iron bar stock.
Good luck on buying a rectangular section bar from Durabar. They have cut back on their offerings now days. If it is not round or square, they are not interested in selling it. Now, if you commit to buying 200 tons a year, they will talk to you. Go with Windy Hill Foundry, you are money ahead. Ask me how I know this. Ken
@@4GSR I bought rectangular bar to make new main caps for a pulling tractor engine a few years ago
@@TheJohndeere466 A lot has changed with them in the last couple of years. I deal with them almost on a weekly basis. Oh, for anyone that wants to call in and order a small piece of G-2, $200 minimum order!
Steve tried to buy it. Couldn’t
@@4GSR I think we have some rectangular durabar at work. Its been there for a while though.
Somewhat closer, maybe? Wonder what Don thinks? Enjoyed watching and learning.
Don't understand the somewhat closer ?
@@10swatkins fixing the lathe.