Tool has been aquired. Love it or hate it, I’m gonna use the drill, to mill the parts of my newest build, the homemade mill.
Posted by GrandDandible@reddit | GunnitRust | View on Reddit | 12 comments
So I’m poor as fuck. By choice. Mailmen make a fair bit of money, but I don’t like spending it even on things I really really want. I could buy a new gun every month but I like saving money! So I’m gonna buy some 4140 billets and drill and tap them to create a base, stand, and head, after that, I’m gonna attach the motor, pulleys, and belt from this, to the homemade mill, and purchase a coordination table off some random honkey on Craigslist. Hopefully I can have an American made mill by July and then I can use that to start cranking out nice ass receivers.
bajrazz@reddit
I have the same drill
Manray3726@reddit
I love the plan. Keep us updated. Building tools starts to snowball at some point, and you just end up with many many tools.
GrandDandible@reddit (OP)
Yes. The drill, will be made to mill parts for a shitty mill that will produce parts for the slightly larger above consumer grade steam powered mill. Yes steam has higher HP and efficiency than 3 phase. The steam powered mill will be used to produce the bigger badder lathe.
T90tank@reddit
Looks like it will run till the end of time
zerogee616@reddit
Not if he uses it as a mill it won't.
IVMVI@reddit
They don't make them like this anymore, old equipment is worth its weight in gold. It's actually not literally, but more figuratively, cuz those bitches used metal for everything. No plastic.
factorV@reddit
Looks like a sun tool, If so I have the same machine.
Miserable_Path5716@reddit
My dads had one of these for over 30 years. Runs like the first day he bought it. This is what I used to mill parts
GrandDandible@reddit (OP)
Show pics lol
BoredCop@reddit
An admirable plan, as long as you use a proper spindle and never try to use the drill spindle for milling. The tapered chuck attachment does very poorly with side loads and will work itself loose at speed if used for milling.
GrandDandible@reddit (OP)
Which is why, I’m gonna make an entirely new spindle shaft/driveshaft that uses my own collet chucks. I wanna go as “paki made” as possible because I know that deep down, I’d rather spend the time attempting to turn a chunk of 4140 into a new driveshaft than spend 900 on a sieg mill or 3k on a 3 phase Bridgeport and another 1800 to get 3 phase installed in my garage lol. I’ll only be milling at a rate of 1” or less per minute anyways because I don’t plan on making more than one prototype for each gun I design.
Anywho, first design is a 38 spc single shot for testing handloads.
Second is a c96 in 38 with a brace (I love 38 spc)
Third is an eoka (look it up)
Fourth is a semi auto 37mm-rimless flare gun.
I’ll sell all my designs in a ebook at some point if people want them but I’d like to be positive that they are accurately represented before I allow myself to give anyone the opportunity to mess with pressure bearing devices.
agatathelion@reddit
I'm poor by choice too, but that's because i buy two guns every month lol