Made some chips w the SouthBend

[sunnydog]

Lathe is wired right, thanks Russ...
Tonite I started machining down an axle for the flattie project, got a new hub I'm lacing in and it's needing a slightly smaller dia axle.
Damn that old lathe runs nice, been readin up in that book Koot lent me, gettin the hang of it bit by bit LOL. Need a dead center, got one comin in the mail. I'll post some pics.

[sunnydog]

...and thanks Larry for the cutting tools.
There's so much to learn here.

[sunnydog]

Here's the Hallcraft mini-drum I'm lacing in...when I say lacing, it's lacing me with painful bitchslaps


Well, I gotta wait on the other half of the spokes, but this is how it will look roughly


So here's my slow turnin' process


Peace out

[sunnydog]

Got that axle whittled down to fit the Hallcraft, needed a spacer so fitted my new old chuck in there and made some real spindrift...trying to earn my "swarfrat" rating!

[sunnydog]

Hope this pic shows the setup better


Reduced the axle from 3/4 down to 5/8 to fit the hub




Once I got that spacer hogged out I'll assemble it all and test fit

[Dennman]

Little hard to tell and you didn't mention it;but,did you step the axle on one side?You refer to THEE spacer (as in 1?).

[sunnydog]

Yes Dennman, I stepped it down.... Left the one side at 3/4 dia, it sits against the hub bearing on drivers side, other side I milled a spacer to provide support...sorry the pics need resizing, lose a good portion of the detail transferring.

[Dennman]

You're a quick study Sunny! That's a nice lookin finish on that axle.
I just now flashed back on last nights dream.A beauty little milling machine w/ all kinds of tooling and gauges that my Alberta buddy gave me.Your thread must have triggered that dream.

[sunnydog]

Here's the spacer, aluminum. BTW Denn, I'm gonna post a thread about Koot handbombing his bike last nite, over on the Shovelhead forum...check it out in about half hour.

[Dennman]

Just a thought here John.Will you build a dummy spacer for the other side to balance the look?

[sunnydog]

Yes Denn, I got a spacer for that side already, which I used on same axle before. I agree, gotta balance the look.

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