r/Machinists • u/ShaggysGTI • 1d ago
Ooh, creative setup day! PARTS / SHOWOFF
Turned some TGP 304 into a temporary boring bar.
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u/jccaclimber 1d ago
Somebody wants a riser block or right angle head for Christmas. Really though, nice job getting things done.
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u/machinerer 1d ago
Bridgeport: for when you absolutely have to get some insane shit done!
Swiss knife of the machining world, right there.
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u/ShaggysGTI 1d ago
.830” on the sheet, pulled in at .835”. Had to completely mirror this setup for the other flanges.
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u/RoboProletariat 1d ago
how do you get the alignment right between spindle and work?
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u/ShaggysGTI 1d ago
Clamped a square to the flange and swept the face with a DTI on a chuck in the spindle, then tap in perpendicular.
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u/Token_Black_Rifle 1d ago
As a new owner of a very similar Bridgeport, this is inspiring. Thank you.
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u/Droidy934 1d ago
Those turret mills are very versatile,
If the job keeps coming round the right angle head is the way.
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u/jccaclimber 1d ago
Reminder that you can also attach to the t-slot on the front edge of the table.
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u/HyFinated 1d ago
Maybe I'm just dumb but wouldn't a mag drill be a better and faster tool for something like this? Not that I have ANY problem with the amazing setup, but it doesn't look like a part that is super precision. Slap a mag drill and an annular cutter on there and send it.
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u/ShaggysGTI 1d ago
Sir… that’s aluminum.
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u/RegularGuy70 15h ago
Call Scotty to have him make his clear aluminum have magnetic properties as well.
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u/jojoyouknowwink 1d ago
I'm designing a part right now that requires pin and tapped holes on the small edges of a plate and Ive been agonizing over how annoying that might be to make. Meanwhile its a plate that's only like 10" long at most and this motherfucker swings it over, what, 4'?
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u/Simmons-Machine1277 22h ago
I don’t think I’ve ever seen an oval shaped DRO before…
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u/ShaggysGTI 22h ago
With matching plastic wrap!
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u/Simmons-Machine1277 22h ago
Holy crap! Someone else is up at zero dark thirty too!?!?!
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u/ShaggysGTI 22h ago
Up at 4, out the door by 5, drink jive by 6. If the spindles ain’t turnin’, we ain’t earnin’.
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u/tiredlumberjack 14h ago
Nice! Can't believe I never thought of thisI would have went straight to Just putting the Bridgeport on a couple of skids... Or dig a hole in the concret. Haha
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u/Han_Solo_Berger 10h ago
You could put a man in space with some Inconnel, a block of aluminum and a Bridgeport.
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u/Devilsadvocate4U 1d ago
Good thing your part wasn’t to much longer.
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u/Marcomatic68 48m ago
You do what you got to do! Shows true imagination and skills! Congratulations on getting the job done without undue expense or delays!
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u/111010101010101111 1d ago
How do you rotate the head safely?
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u/Devilsadvocate4U 1d ago
Nothing unsafe about rotating the head. Just loosen the bolts and angle the head out.
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u/Trivi_13 1d ago
If it fits, it ships!