Technical Show What You Made With Your Lathe

I'm finally upgrading from my tiny atlas to a large toolroom style lathe. Show me what you've made for your hot-rod, or any other fun parts. I need some ideas.

Also just picked up a 16" rotary table for my mill.

 

Congrats, bu keep the Atlas. I still use my bench lathe more than my big Sheldon. Anything smaller than a couple of inches, spacers, bushings, bolts and what not, goes in the small one. Also use the rotary table quite a bit for bolt circles.

 

Yes definitely keep the small Mach..I have a wade 8a lathe 36" bed an a Hendy conehead 72" bed a gorton 9j mill and a kwilway boring bar.. Very useful in building hotrods with modifying suspension brakes an drivetrains... An you can make some very professional looking brackets spacers fittings bolts .. My newest Mach tools are about 65 years old.. I collect them like I do old cars....

 

Lots and lots of suspension components - 4-links, panard bars, even narrowed Ford 9-inch rear ends. Plus lots of engine component work - polished crankshafts, cut down valves, pushrods. The list is as endless as your imagination and ingenuity.

 

I made a pair of huge nuts.

And a bunch of other stuff, too.

 

I was born with them,lol.

 

center cap for a banjo steering wheel going in my 28 dodge.

 

I seem to make tools more than parts. No pictures but I made a hammer form to make an air cleaner base. And my wife won't let me forget the time that I cut the bottom off of the Christmas tree to make a clutch pilot tool.........Hey the parts store was closed!

 

Biggest things I use mine for on hot rods,,,, make spindle bearing adapters, fit kingpin bushings, make suspension components (like fit tubing for bushings), make bungs (for split bones). As you can see, for building hot rods, its a money making/saving tool.

 

I make a lot of chips on my 13" Southbend. Sometimes I even make stuff I can use !!

 

Dont know about the rest of you, but----

 

To quote Larry the cable guy "I don't care who you are that's funny right there"
Jim--I just couldn't resist View attachment 2834793

 

Oopsy, I'll try again

 

Set of headlight rim finials made with a 1917 Lodge & Shipley 8x48 lathe in a 1919 building for a 100 year old car. Work done by Mike W.

 

Driveshafts

 

I just made a mess RS59

 

Some 15" wide 5 wheels.

 

Oil fill tube.

Aluminum fan hub pulley.

 

My Dad made 5 of these miniature 21" Model A Wheels as Trophies for the Local Chapter of MAFCA
on his Lathe , gave me this one as I have two 29 A's

 

I was able to make my finger shorter...................

 

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yikes!!!!!!!!

 

Been try'n to upload pix, says error, too big
Among the many parts iv'e machined for this car are:
Air cleaner heavy washer and knurled nut
Thermostat spacer and water neck
Belt idler, and tension adjusters
K&N breather adapters

 

putting a 2 speed Fuller auxiliary transmission in my Grumman step-van. Built u-joint adapter, yokes and driveshaft.

 

Let's try this again
K&N breather adapters
Belt idler, tension adjusters & spacers,etc.
Thermostat spacer& water neck
Air cleaner knurled nut and conical washer

 

CRIPES!!!!!!!!!!! I don't get it, Says error again

 

Management system and pressure plate for a multi stage lockup clutch for a top fuel harley we ran a few years back. JC

 

fuel block..... for my 6x1 carb setup.

 

I cheated a bit, took a trade school course so I could get on a CNC lathe.
these!

made this!

that made this!

which was needed to make this!

A one off sleeper for my truck project!

 

Raise your Halon fire bottle if you have ever caught a chip bin full of thin magnesium ribbon, chips and cutting oil on fire.
You now know the definition of "Major Pucker Factor" Ask me how I know.
No photos cause I almost got my ass canned!!!!!!!!
Lesson learned