FILENAMES: WC_Airlock.jpg WC_American_16x72.jpg WC_Back_of_Shop.jpg WC_Big_Press.jpg WC_Boring_Bar.jpg WC_D&M_Economy.jpg WC_Drill_Presses.jpg WC_Drill_Sharpener.jpg WC_Front_of_Shop.jpg WC_Grinders.jpg WC_LeBlonde_27x120.jpg WC_LeBlonde_Headstock.jpg WC_Mills.jpg WC_Radial_Drill.jpg WC_Shaper.jpg WC_Sidney_20x96.jpg WC_Sidney2.jpg WC_Welders.jpg DESCRIPTION: Pictures from the shop where Wayne Cook (waynec@pan-tex.net) works. Wayne provided the following description: These are just pictures of some of the machines at work. I've not got pictures of some that I really wished I had since I think they would be of interest. I'm going to try and get them in the future though I don't know how near it'll be. :-) I've heavily enhanced some of these pictures so don't pay attention to strange blue blobs and other strange looking stuff. I've reduced the color depth of these pictures to 256 and they look great as a BMP file with the screen set to 256 colors. Unfortunately when converting to .jpg format I lose this ability and to really appreciate them you'll have to set the screen to at least 16 million colors. I appended all the file names with "WC_" so that they will show up together in the drop box. So just add that to all the names that follow to lead you to the right picture. Airlock.jpg Is a picture of the largest rotary airlock we build which is called a 20". As you can see it is rather large and we call it a 20" though it is only about 19" in the bore. We have to hold a .020" (-.000, +.003) clearance between the bore of the barrel and the rotor as well as the same end clearance on this model. This isn't as easy as it sounds to those who do smaller work. The amount of movements due to temperature change in something this size is impressive. American_16x72.jpg Is a picture of our nameplate 16x72" American Pacemaker. Why they call it 16 is sort of a puzzle since it will swing 19" over the ways easily. If memory serves me right it weighs in the neighborhood of 6,000 lbs. It was bought new and placed there in 1955 and has been one of the most used lathes in the shop ever since. Back_of_Shop.jpg Is a picture taken from the front door towards the back. In it you can get a general feel of the shop as well as see the head stock of the 20x96" American Pacemaker we recently purchased. It will swing about 25" and weighs about 10,000 lbs. It was built during WWII and has the War Production Board plate on it. The finish is rather rough since no fillers or extensive grinding was done when it was made. We had a little accident when we moved it to this location from the door. We had it on machinery skates when one of the skates shot out from under the head stock end. If the other skate hadn't shot out on its way down I think it would fell on the front side. As it is it broke the foot off the pedestal so we had to remove it and braze it back together before finishing moving it. Big_Press.jpg Is a picture of our big hydraulic press. It was made by the current owners (73 years old) father before they even had any machine tools. This would place it in the 20's or early 30's. It uses a ram out of a cotton gin press that has been cut off at about half its length. The ram is 8.375" in dia and it will put up over 5,000 psi. This makes it something over 140 tons in capacity. I've never seen it up this high yet and hope I never have to. It is rather dangerous at the lower pressures anyway. I've had a 3" square by 18" long piece from a bar that snapped fly over my head and land about 1' behind me. If I hadn't been ducking down at the time I'd hate to think what would of happened. Boring_Bar.jpg Is a picture of the boring bar we made to bore the barrels of the 20" airlocks. It's about 5 3/8" dia and about 52" long. We made it out of a bar of 4140 and made a special clamp that replaces the compound to mount it. D&M_Economy.jpg Is a picture of our smallest lathe. It is about a 12"x36" capacity. It has a interesting history. It was built during the war like the American but with a twist. It is identical to a Rockwell because they gave the patterns to D&M during the war since Rockwell couldn't keep up with production. It has the a War Production Board sticker on it as well though the finish is better than the American. They seemed to of had better castings and ground a little more on them though no fillers of primers where used when painting it. Drill_Presses.jpg Is a picture showing several of our drill presses and our keyseater. It's not a great picture but hopefully you can get a idea. The drill press on the right has a hydrostatic transmission that came from the bottom gun turret on a B-17 bomber. It's real handy to be able to slow the drill down to a crawl. The keyseater in the foreground has been heavily modified. It has a set of mechanical clutches that allows forward and reverse of the gearing to make the bar go up and down. These clutches (located on the back side) are engaged by the air cylinder pointed out. Drill_Sharpener.jpg Is a picture of one of our drill sharpeners of course. It is made similar to a General sharpener but much much heavier. It also has several adjustments not found on the General. It was made by some university though I can't remember which one at the moment. Front_of_Shop.jpg Is a picture taken from the doors to the back section toward the front door. You can see the tail stock of the 20x96" American (there is a pair of coveralls thrown over it). In the foreground you can see some of our larger 1018 CR bar stock sitting on blocks in the floor. Grinders.jpg Is a shot of our larger grinders and other things. You can see the 12"x1 1/2" wheel grinder in front. To its right is a old 18" flat grinder with another grinder behind it that has a 12" wire wheel on one side. Behind the grinders is a large arbor press and there is a power unit for a old set of manual pipe threader (4" pipe capacity) in front of it. To the left is a hydraulic press and in the far left you can barely make out the large vice. LeBlonde_27x120.jpg This is a tail stock shot of our LeBlonde Heavy Duty 27"x120" lathe. I don't know exactly how old this lathe is but I do know that it is older than 1920. (I had it looked up in the serial number reference book and that was as old as it went.) You can see the boring bar and airlock barrel pretty well in this shot. One thing to note here is that we've got the head stock and tail stock raised 1/2" by placing plates under them in this shot. This was needed so the transitions of the airlock would clear. There is also a set of raise blocks for the head stock that will raise it something over 4" that where made for it sometime in the past. With these in place it will swing about 35 1/2" over the ways although it will only swing about 33" over the arms of the carriage with them on. I'd estimate that the head stock alone weighs about 4,000 lbs based on how hard it is to hoist up with our 2 ton Yale chain hoist. It has some really large gears in it. LeBlonde_Headstock.jpg Is a shot of the head stock of the above lathe. You can see the 24" four jaw chuck in this shot. Mills.jpg Is a shot of our two in use milling machines. The old Cincinnati #3 horizontal was made sometime during or before the war. It has a few quirks but is still a pretty good mill after all these years. The Abene is rather unique. The head arm rides on ways that are set at about a 45 deg angle. You can crank it up these ways and use it as a vertical mill with a head that can be swiveled 360 deg. We use it in the horizontal position the majority of the time though. Radial_Drill.jpg Is a shot of our American Hole Wizard 13" column and 4' arm radial drill. It was bought new in 1959 and weighs over 16,000 lbs. It is in fantastic shape compared to most radial drills and is a very handy thing to have. To its left is a blurry image of our large power hacksaw. It has about a 14"x14" capacity. To the right of the drill is our LeBlonde Regal 15x54" lathe. It was bought in the early 70's and is about the second most used lathe in the shop. Shaper.jpg This is a picture of our old shaper. It is a 24" stroke and we think it was made sometime in the 20's. It has been moved since this shot was taken to make room for a newer shaper we bought recently. Sidney_20x96.jpg This is our Sidney 20x96" lathe. As you can see it is flat belt drive and was intended to run off a line shaft. I've got a airlock rotor chucked in it in this picture. Sidney2.jpg This is another shot of the above lathe. Welders.jpg This is a shot of our welders. You can see our new one that was gotten in trade for the 400 amp MIG unit they hadn't used in a while. The pattern torch to the right has the plasma head on it in this shot.