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Thanks, one more parting shot...until I finish the other two. Time to go skiing!

I couldn't help but put it on the Gerstner

Mr. CMS , that is funny!

Mike, Thanks for the correction, I guess that is why .050 of shims was about right! Teaching is one of the greatest ways to pass on our knowledge and I'm sorry to hear of another closed program. Trade programs are expensive and don't bring in the revenue per teacher like math, English and so on...

Mike, This is a series B broach and it says 1/8-BB HSS Poland on it. About 6 3/4 long. First of all, I used the broach we had and that is 1/8 wide, the print calls for using the key in the 3/32 direction but I just accommodated my depths to use the 1/8 wide cut. Also you are right, I used a...

My finished vise. The castings are by Morrison and Marvin. This is an enjoyable project and useful tool. Details of building it are in the Models from castings section.

Today was the final day of our fall semester. Bob finished his vise and his wife will be very happy this Christmas! I spent some time taping the 1-72 holes and fitting the jaws. Fit the works and check it all out. Assemble the jaws at final fit up. And here is my vise! What a fun...

And we have a winner! Cody finished his vise first of the students and all of his required semester projects!

These are beautiful castings and machine really nicely. I don't do a lot of 1-72 tapping and believe me I was nervous! Tonight was a little more work on the vise jaw area. This explains my set up as described in the prints Center finding with my wiggler, made that about 38 years ago, still...

Tap the 1-72...carefully. And test assemble. Measuring my counter bore depths carefully paid off, it feels just right!

Cutting the key way. Drilling the end of the moving jaw after marking it carefully. This fixture is nice because I can tip the part on end accurately. Not the lengths to go to for one but it will be nice for my students. Winter is really here and it is minus ten out!

The Nut holder. The plan calls to press it lightly to a mandrel and turn it. Methinks I am so smart and turn this split 5C only to have it spin, gall and then strip the hex trying to get it all apart. Here is how it supposed to go...never mind the hour fixing it all. Nut and holder fit...

My students are getting ahead of me! So today we used the nice fixture Lowell made for broaching. We took .010" per pass and used .050" of shims to get to the depth we wanted. I may have made a mistake on my drawings and notes and made the key .125 wide because that was the broach I had. But it...

Turning the Acme nut between centers. The 1/2" brass comes tapped with the acme thread but a little 60 degree in the end was needed to center it properly. Turn to .380 leaving a 1/4" long head at the original .500 diameter. I just milled the flats on the head of the acme nut. This is .380...

Hi Dave, Tom from Montana. I flew in for the weekend and had a great time. Roland introduced me to yourself and a bunch of inspiring folks. I wanted to hear how you built the fans. Have you posted them? Also, what will be obvious to anyone watching my build is that there are seams in places you...

Thanks for the comments and Dave, we met for a minute at Gears. I must say, your stirling fans were among the finest work at the show. If anyone gets a chance to see them it is impressive! And your Vise speaks for itself! You just hijacked the thread with those photos! Just kidding! Please post...

Very nice! To be thankful for!

The Morrison and Marvin vise. I am finally getting around to building the small vise from castings. The vise caught my eye immediately since I have had a small Wilton for over 35 years. I will include some of my set ups and photos as I go along. I started a few weeks ago. These images are...

Fun looking project! What are you building for your capstone project if I may ask?

Tonight was a bit different, my friend came up and asked me to put four vent holes in the barell of a competition pistol. I know nothing about guns and couldn't guarantee we were doing anything but ruining a perfectly good Lilja barell. I thought I'd share the simple set up and photos of the...