Video covers setting the pattern in molding sand, casting the pattern in. Firstly, the pattern needs to be made carefully, otherwise the sand cores will lock in place. 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. In the early 80s dave gingery published a book describing a home brew charcoal fired foundry, intended mostly for the melting of aluminum. 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. Using the gingery injection molding attachment to make. Note a thrown together sheet metal finger brake, which is similar to dave gingerys sheet metal brake, and a series of articles about the gingery shaper. Gingery charcoal foundry pdf first a word from our lawyers. Huge savings on popular sherline lathe and mill packages.
When someone asked me for a biographical sketch i was a bit confused and embarrassed so i answered lightly. Dave gingery machines i built his lathe,shaper milling machine and various tooling. Gingery charcoal foundry pdf gingery charcoal foundry pdf download. Dave gingery says to thread nuts onto the leadscrew against the journals to act as lock nuts. Gingery has 19 books on goodreads with 744 ratings. Now you can download our catalog directly to your computer. Super 11 accessories, compact 5 lathe accessories, parts and accessories. South bend lathe works sent out this manual with every lathe they sold. The multimachine open source concrete lathe project. Finally you get to chapter three where you start the project by building the lathe bed, feet and install the bed ways. Im starting out onthe gingery workshop route, but the bed casting for the lathe just doesnt feel right. Build your own metal working shop from scrap complete 7 book series david j.
Charcoal foundry is also known as book 1 from the best selling 7 book series build your own metal working shop from scrap. The metal lathe build your own metal working shop from. The metal lathe build your own metal working shop from scrap series book 2. A gingery lathe made based on the book the metal lathe by david gingery. Dave gingery was born in ironwood, michigan and in the. Feb, 2016 gingery lathe shaking out more cast aluminum parts for the gingery lathe off camera i poured a couple more castings for the gingery lathe project and here i am sharing the shake out of those. Gingery book store features books written expecially for inventors, tinkerers, machinists and experimenters. This is the lathe featured in book 2 of david gingery s series. Many are in french, german and latin in addition to english. Plastic injection molding attachment for a drill press. Learn how to build a dust precipitating cyclone, design sheet metal transition pieces a very valuable skill, balance a dust collection system, build a static balancing stand, and more.
This book is part of the seven book series on building a metal shop from scrap. The charcoal foundry, gingery, david j, isbn 1878087002. The lathe is the first machine built since it can be used to help build itself. Aug 19, 2010 throw a stone at any gathering of makers, and youre likely to hit somebody who owns a set of diysavant dave gingery s 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. The multimachine open source concrete lathe project an almost free metal lathe, drill and milling machine accurate, and scalable to almost any size the technology used has been proven for almost 100 years easily made from scrap, steel bar and concrete mix. Black locust cabinetmakers workbench ebook plans available homebuilt wood lathe. The metal lathe build your own metal working shop from scrap gingery, david on. Free gingery style lathe plans yes i too am building a metal working shop from scrap using the books written by mr. The guys at sell a replacement bed for the micromark 7x14 mini lathe.
I only have the first two books of the dave gingery series. It gives you a brief history of the lathe and explains some of the techniques that you will be using to build the project. The horsepower required for regular lathetype cutting tools makes them hard to use large work pieces. This is the lathe manual that dave gingery raves about. Gingery lathe shaking out more cast aluminum parts for the. Metal lathe is also known as book 2 from the best selliing 7 book series, build your own metal working shop from scrap. This is the lathe featured in book 2 of david gingerys series. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The next chapter talks about foundry work and pattern building. The multimachine is a multi purpose machine tool that a semiskilled mechanic with just. Charcoal foundry plans to build the melting furnace and instructions for basic pattern making and molding to get your shop project underway. Build a functional metal working shop from scrap materials.
Dave gingery wrote a series of books back in the 80s about building a metal working shop, from scrap. I figured, hey i already have a foundry why not build some really nifty machines. Jun 28, 2014 ive based the design on the gingery book. Dave used this equipment to build and adjust a powerful gas burner for his ironmelting crucible furnace. His most famous book was build your own metal working shop from scrap series, which describes how to build an entire machine shop at low cost, often from reclaimed components and scrap metal. It is considered a classic on how to make a home made lathe with simple tools and a home made metal casting foundry. The best gingery lathe video series to date hackaday. The bed casting for the gingery lathe is probably the most complicated casting in the book. You can build your own metal lathe with 7 swing and 12 centers. Gingery, the milling machine, build your own metal metal lathe, the. I started with a 5 gallon steel bucket lined with firebrick mortar for a foundry. Using castings from the charcoal foundry and simple hand methods you can build a sturdy and accurate bed for a metal lathe.
Charcoal foundry is also known as book 1 from the best selling 7 book. 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. Oct 10, 2011 build your own metal working shop from scrap complete 7 book series david j. 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 corresponded with dave back when the books first came out. Just drag a bit of wood or metal across the top a few times. Dave gingery recommends building the pattern from 14 plywood. Green sand casting in the home shop university of babylon. Gingery also known as the metal lathe, by the late dave gingery. The sand mould weighs something like 40kg, and requires to be turned over several times. At this point most of the hard and tedious work is done. Working with metal molten or otherwise is inherently dangerous, and you run a very real risk of injury or even death if you have. Gingery lathe gingery david gingery david gingery books gingery milling machine pdf coil winding machine gingery vdf lathe diy lathe mk2 lathe harrison 17 lathe harrison 155 lathe turret lathe vdf e lathe working on a lathe metal lathe harrison lathe l6 mk1 harrison lathe mk2 l6 jet mini lathe lathe accidents the watchmakers lathe and how to. The care and operation of a screw cutting lathe pdf for free. In addition to the build your own metal working shop from ltahe series, dave gingery and his son vincent have published a large number of booklets on shop practices, engine construction and mechanical miscellanea. This set of files is the complete set of casting patterns required to make a dave gingery metal lathe.
The charcoal foundry by david gingery and simple hand methods no machine tools needed. The charcoal foundry the metal lathe the metal shaper the milling. I credit his books with getting me into the hobby and realizing that most anything is possible. Ive just received the last catalog from lindsay books. Build your own metal working shop from scrap complete 7. Millions of users download 3d and 2d cad files everyday.
This includes parts for the stead rest, face plate, and 4 jaw chuck. A man named dave gingery wrote a series of books in the 1980s showing how to cast aluminum and zinc, and to use the castings to build a metal lathe, metal shaper, horizontal mill, drill press, and several accessories see sources. As soon as you finish the carriage assembly progress really picks up speed. Makercise has built a nice oil fired foundry already so its off to the next book, gingery 2, is the metal lathe. A man named dave gingery wrote a series of books in the 1980s showing how to cast aluminum and zinc, and to use the castings to build a metal lathe, metal shaper, horizontal mill, drill press. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Gingery lathe pdf 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.
You get everything you need to set up a lathe and get it running. In the spring of 1998 i ordered the gingery series of books on how to build a metalworking shop from scratch. I know some have beefed up the casting, or used brass, but how about this. My lathe is by no means perfect but it is an example of a directory of homemade tools and equipment. Gingery ri december 19, 1932 may 3, 2004 was an inventor. Fine sand from the bottom of a virginia trout stream mixed with. The most common size for a multimachine has 12to15 of table vertical travel and a 32 lathe swing.
Pdf plans diy cnc wood lathe download bookshelf plans wood. Ive owned a set myself, for more than a decade, and at least starting on the lathe, which is the first tool in. Yet another gingery build blog monday, august 14, 2017. By priceperformance considerations a charcoal fired foundry is one of the best tools out there, and as an added bonus, casting is fun. 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. Download pdf catalog blue ridge machinery and tools. I would like something a little more massive for extra rigidity. Gingery was an inventor, writer, and machinist, best known for his series of books on. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the metal lathe.
Ive owned a set myself, for more than a decade, and at least starting on the lathe, which is the first. Jul 11, 2014 the metal lathe ebook written by david j. Aug 14, 2017 note a thrown together sheet metal finger brake, which is similar to dave gingerys sheet metal brake, and a series of articles about the gingery shaper. How to design and build centrifugal fans for the home shop. Thats why dave gingery offered alternatives to actual foundry. There is a few parts missing and i wont add them because they are so simple that they dont need modeling or printing, just cut them out of wood and cast them from there. Besides what is a laboratory without a precision indexing head or milling machine. Multimachine, an opensource machine tool survival monkey. All of the 14 plywood ive seen were about as warped and bent as an archers bow. All articles are in pdf, so you can download them for further reference. This is my progress on the gingery lathe as of 12102011. 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. David j gingery publishing books written especially for inventors machinists tinkerers geniuses at large and a few others. The plan is that we will 3d print the parts then form lost cast them.
Over the years dave has authored a number of books on the subjects of metal casting and machine tool design. Jul 07, 2016 the best gingery lathe video series to date. The metal lathe build your own metal working shop from scrap. Using castings from your charcoal foundry see book 1. Because of this im not planning on using drafts like in the book. Gingerys brand of simplified doityourself knowledge. Cant say i know of anyone who has made this machine. Gingerys most popular book is the charcoal foundry. My journey into metal casting started because i wanted a metal lathe but couldnt afford one.
To reduce download time we have divided the catalog into several small files. Then, using the foundry and some extremely basic metal working techniques, you build a lathe using aluminum sand castings, which you then go on to use to build a metal shaper, mill, drill. Build your own metal working shop from scrap complete 7 book. He was an inventor, writer, and machinist, best known for his series of books on how to build machine tools. Yes i too am building a metal working shop from scrap using the books written by mr. Jul 27, 2012 its been a while since ive made any progress on the lathe build, but this video covers my recent work on the headstock. 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. 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. Cad model of dave gingery s book on how to make a lathe by lindsay publications. This video shows various stages of the build, ending with the boring of the headstock. Combined with a previous project, there should be enough tools to create a usable lathe. Dont know if they will be dove tail joints or just glued together. I said the last catalog, not the latest one, the last one.
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