Ive owned a set myself, for more than a decade, and at least starting on the lathe, which is the first. The pattern is usuallymade from 14 plywood and the resulting thin casting can flex and vibrate when the lathe is in use. David j gingery publishing books written especially for inventors machinists tinkerers geniuses at large and a few others. The classic seven book series by dave gingery is now available in a special. Lathe files lathes files for finish lathe work on either hard or soft metals. My name is brian boorman and i live in rural honeoye, ny in the finger lakes region and ny wine country. December 19, 1932 may 3, 2004 was an inventor, writer, and machinist, best known for his series of books on how to build machine tools gingery is most famous for his build your own metal working shop from scrap series, which details how to build a reasonably complete machine shop at low cost, often from scrap metal and other items.
David gingery home made shaper i found this shaper at a flea market a few weeks ago and discovered it was built from the plans out of a david gingery book on how to build a shaper. The charcoal foundry, gingery, david j, isbn 1878087002. Gingery, the milling machine, build your own metal metal lathe, the metal shaper, the drill press, the charcoal foundry. No one knows who actually built it but it must have been a very skilled machinist as it is made entirely out of plate. This page shows my process of making the famous gingery lathe. The computeraided design cad files and all associated content posted to this website are created, uploaded, managed and owned by third party users. I used my own pattern design and moulding method to cast the bed. See the romig turret lathe design in the multimachine newsgroup files section. Cuts faster than regular mill files and leave a smoother finish. A 30 bed with 4 ways seemed like a good starting point. Dave gingery recommends building the pattern from 14 plywood. Gingery lathe discussion split archive alloyavenue.
Hendey lathe of 1921 shown with relieving and taper turning attachments fitted. Yes i too am building a metal working shop from scrap using the books written by mr. I figured, hey i already have a foundry why not build some really nifty machines. Seeing someone using a scraper made from an old file on aluminum to true the surface. The book has the reader create some tools like a boring bar apparatus and a few others to help during assembly, but purposely left these out of the model to concentrate on the final product. The horsepower required for regular lathetype cutting tools makes them hard to use large work pieces. The lathe is the first machine built since it can be used to help build itself. Build up of a gingery lathe, patterns are done now the castings are starting to appear. Looking for nicholson long angle lathe file, american, 12 in. These are links to other peoples projects, foundries, and. I corresponded with dave back when the books first came out.
Gingery was an inventor, writer, and machinist, best known for his series of books on. You can find them at as i read this book written by gingery, i noticed that the molds were machined with a lathe and made from aluminum. There are three major problems with the gingery lathe. First for the size and strength of both the bed and the bedway, it should only be able to turn 3. The metal lathe build your own metal working shop from scrap series book 2.
Mini mill cnc conversion, gives some good tips on improving the. Metal lathe made from scrap auto parts hacker news. These pages are designed to document my creation of a working home foundry for melting and casting. I decided to take a little extra time and cast a solid temporary headstock which has slides and ways clamps to connect to the ways. This project requires considerable time and effort and will take you through the basics of machining and metal casting, including the construction of a metal foundry that uses either charcoal or propane. Designed for smooth finish lathe work on either hard or soft metals, this file has the teeth cut on a long angle. General lathe set up shots totally screwed machine shop. David gingery home made shaper practical machinist. Makercise has been working on a gingery lathe since september last year. John has a bunch of modifications for the gingery lathe to make it a better machine. Manual lathes tend to have a larger work envelope than common cnc lathes. Working with metal molten or otherwise is inherently dangerous, and you run a very real risk of injury or even death if you have.
This is the lathe featured in book 2 of david gingerys series. If you delve deep enough into the dark corners of diy and metalworking websites, youll come across a name thats either treated with hushed reverence, or outright derision, with very little middle ground. However, the machine was more massively constructed and was, for its size and weight, of very conservative. What you see is a righthanded tool bit in a lefthanded holder mounted in a rockertype tool post. In the lathe headstock chuck is a dead center, but a. Free gingery style lathe plans yes i too am building a metal working shop from scrap using the books written by mr. Well tonight i started my gingery lathe section of my site. This book is part of the seven book series on building a metal shop from scrap. Throw a stone at any gathering of makers, and youre likely to hit somebody who owns a set of diysavant dave gingerys classic books on. The general agreement here is that the gingery lathe is a pos, and that you should only build one for practice, not for actually using it.
It is a lot easier than the gingery design, and there are less things to go wrong. The secrets building plastic vacuum forming machine david. A modified vince gingery plastic injection molding machine by r. Their purpose is to allow the lathe spindle to rotate at slower speeds while at the same time delivering greatly increased torque. After building the lathe, the milling machine was not all that difficult. The metal lathe build your own metal working shop from.
I should have taken a picture or two of it as i was making it but i forgot. I began with the base as you see pictured here it is made of 14 inch plywood and has a piece of plexiglass on top for the 18 inch raised edge. See more ideas about lathe machine, lathe and metal working. A set of gears mounted at the back of the headstock on a lathe. To bore the headstock accurately a temporary headstock assembly is made.
Charcoal foundry plans to build the melting furnace and instructions for basic pattern making and molding to get your shop project underway. Metalturning lathe built from stock parts the toolpost, toolpost slide and the actuating screw are shown in an exploded view at the lower right in figure 5 and are shown in more complete detail in figure 7, 8 and 9. Each cad and any associated text, image or data is in no way sponsored by or affiliated with any company, organization or realworld item, product, or good it may purport to portray. Dave gingery directs the reader to build an adjustable angle iron based assembly. This simple book will show you all the secrets and info you need to know to make your own parts. In the spring of 1998 i ordered the gingery series of books on how to build a metalworking shop from scratch. One operation that really benefits from those slower speeds is thread cutting, especially if you are a beginner. The charcoal foundry by david gingery and simple hand methods no machine tools needed. Chronicle of building a home foundry for melting aluminum and casting parts for a gingery style lathe. Combined with a previous project, there should be enough tools to create a usable lathe. Proceed to another page of the gingery lathe project. Well i started the lathe project and had cast the bed and feet when i was given a lathe by a friend of mine. I took a break from the lathe and made this plaque. Feet these pieces are basically feet, but act as brackets to secure the bed of the lathe to whatever.
More details back gears for the gingery lathe sold out. General lathe setup facing, turning, and shouldering. For anyone who likes this sort of thing, the dave gingery workshop book. Types of lathes lathe figure 71 is ideally suited for this purpose. Its a nice book that documents a mans journey into making small machining. Fine sand from the bottom of a virginia trout stream mixed with.
After tackling the lathe project and being quite weary of filing and scraping, i decided that i would build the gingery milling machine to make life a little easier. Many of these i will replicate below with his permission. This is the lathe featured in book 2 of david gingery s series. Nevertheless it did take a fair amount of time 4 months of evenings weekends. Plastic injection molding attachment for a drill press. People have also found that the original bed design is a bit wimpy. Throw a stone at any gathering of makers, and youre likely to hit somebody who owns a set of diysavant dave gingerys classic books on building your own machine shop by casting scrap aluminum, melted in a charcoalpowered bucket furnace, into sand molds formed by wooden patterns. Dave gingery pdf results 1 12 of 37 build your own metal working shop from scrap complete 7 book series. In this assembly, the tool is moved in either direction by. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the metal lathe.
The most common size for a multimachine has 12to15 of table vertical travel and a 32 lathe swing. Build your own metal working shop from scrap complete 7 book. My first set of mods related to my desire to use materials that were on hand. I figured, hey i already have a foundry why not build some. Gingery foundry pdf gingery foundry pdf gingery foundry pdf download. Gingery book store features books written expecially for inventors, tinkerers, machinists and experimenters. His videos on the process are by far the most detailed, clearly shot, and complete series on making a. Below is an overhead shot of the setup for facing and turning. See more ideas about lathe, micro lathe and metal working. Page 3 of april 24, 2010 some modifications were selected before construction while the rest evolved as i started to use the machine. A trained lathes can be divided into three types for easy identification. Compared to the 1892 lathe of 29 years earlier, the general appearance was still distinctively hendey, with many elements of the design notably familiar. I am planning to make it roughly according to dave gingery although i am planning to make it in lost foam to get it done quicker.
Dave gingery and his son vincent have published a large number of booklets on shop practices. Secrets of building a plastic vacuum forming machine. Build up of a gingery lathe, patterns are done now. Besides what is a laboratory without a precision indexing head or milling machine. So to get a straight pattern i took some wood wall paneling material, sanded the smooth surface to rough it up then smeared a generous amount of glue on them. Lionel olivers gingery lathe project lionel put together a great build log of his gingery lathe. Using castings from your charcoal foundry see book 1 in the series. This set of files is the complete set of casting patterns required to make a dave gingery metal lathe. Tool movement on the engine lathe is accomplished using a combination of the lathes carriage, cross slide, and compound rest. A modified vince gingery plastic injection molding machine. Lathe cutting tools brought to the work may move in one or more directions.
All of the 14 plywood ive seen were about as warped and bent as an archers bow. Gingery seemed a good place to start and learn while i went along. The best gingery lathe video series to date hackaday. You can build your own metal lathe with 7 swing and 12 centers. I started with a 5 gallon steel bucket lined with firebrick mortar for a foundry. The carriage travels along the machines bedways, parallel to. Both edges safe uncut to permit working next to a shoulder without injury to it. Brilliantly made gingery shaper, patterns are to a very high standard, nicely built and finished.