pic: Newbie learning to operate a lathe

[Rosiebotboss]

Not that I am bragging...but here goes anyway.

I cannot thank G & L Tool enough for their participation on Rosie. We have access to their entire shop, they donated a 3 axis cnc milling machine 2 years ago to Agawam HS, have arranged outside resources to help us make Rosie pretty (a local plating shop), provided raw material, (can you say titanium axles?), and kick in a few bucks every time we do a World Famous Ziti Dinner.

G & L co-owners Bob and Dave --you are the best!

[fordchrist675]

Originally Posted by Rosiebotboss

Not that I am bragging...but here goes anyway.

I cannot thank G & L Tool enough for their participation on Rosie. We have access to their entire shop, they donated a 3 axis cnc milling machine 2 years ago to Agawam HS, have arranged outside resources to help us make Rosie pretty (a local plating shop), provided raw material, (can you say titanium axles?), and kick in a few bucks every time we do a World Famous Ziti Dinner.

G & L co-owners Bob and Dave --you are the best!

Ok I'm officially jealous. you had me at titanium . :

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by fordchrist675

Ok I'm officially jealous. you had me at titanium . :

He had me at "ziti dinner"

-dave




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[fordchrist675]

Yes dinner is always appreciated.

[mikelowry]

1771 was lucky enough this summer for Gwinnett County schools to buy us a 12 by 36 grizzly lathe. I just learned how to use it the other day and i've made 8 of our 32 drivetrain spacers so far.

[Akash Rastogi]

What lathe is that in the picture?

[Rosiebotboss]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

What lathe is that in the picture?

I believe that one on the picture is the Hardinge. The rest of the machines at G & L we have available are here-http://www.gltool.com/facilities/

Shameless plug coming up-- G & L Tool is a relatively small machine shop. (about 15 employees) They can handle just about anything that anyone can throw at them in quantities of 1 to whatever.

[MadeinRussia]

SAFETY????? where are those gloves ???

[MrForbes]

On the shelf where they belong?

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by MadeinRussia

SAFETY????? where are those gloves ???

Gloves could get snagged in that lathe pretty easily (and pull large parts of your body around and around) while not really protecting your hands from anything.

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Gloves could get snagged in that lathe pretty easily (and pull large parts of your body around and around) while not really protecting your hands from anything.

True story: I could have lost much more than part of my fingernail freshman year if I had been wearing gloves while using the lathe (we're still not too sure how that happened, actually). You shouldn't even have to protect your hands from hot metal chips flying anywhere, because if you're using the lathe properly, you should get nice, even, cool-looking spiral chips that don't fly unless they get extremely long and snag on something.

Boys and girls, gloves and moving parts do not mix very well.

[Rosiebotboss]

Originally Posted by MadeinRussia

SAFETY????? where are those gloves ???

NO! Absolutely not! Do NOT wear gloves when working around rotating machinery. Roll your sleeves up, tie your hair back, take the string out of your hoodie, no lanyards holding your glasses or company ID badge.

[Jones571]

Also don't forget no jewelry. Being around a machine shop my entire life I have seen way to many avoidable accidents.

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by Rosiebotboss

Not that I am bragging...but here goes anyway.

I cannot thank G & L Tool enough for their participation on Rosie. We have access to their entire shop, they donated a 3 axis cnc milling machine 2 years ago to Agawam HS, have arranged outside resources to help us make Rosie pretty (a local plating shop), provided raw material, (can you say titanium axles?), and kick in a few bucks every time we do a World Famous Ziti Dinner.

G & L co-owners Bob and Dave --you are the best!

Thanking your sponsors is never bragging [:

I got my lathe training as an on-the-spot-as-needed thing too. Just be sure that he knows to ask questions if something seems wobbly or just wrong, because lathes are rather picky, and it's often hard to diagnose a problem when you're just starting out.

I'd list off the machinery that we're lucky enough to have, but I'm not sure about proper types and terminology and everything. We have one small mill, two giant ones, and we currently have two lathes (but are getting rid of the smaller one), among various other bandsaws and drill presses and sanders.