couple more items Ive made

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Here are a few more photos, hope they come out. I work for a small branch of a large municipality in upstate NY, we have a lot of large water valves we take care of , some require you to make new parts once in a while, I had to make a "wrench" to remove bronze bushings from the valve bodies      http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/...8-45-25_80.jpg  The wrench is on the left, made from scrap welded together, the bushing is on the right. I dont have a mill at my shop so we send it to one of our other shops to get the grooves cut into the bushings, I make the bushings in my shop.      http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/...5-46_430-1.jpgThis shows the bushing placed on the wrench (if it shows up)    http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/...-45-59_796.jpg I made a "nut" with a nice fitting thread to hold the bushings for machining after I cut the thread (some need to be bored to a non standard reamer size to fit each individual valve) I put this nut in the 3 jaw and use a strap wrend to remove the bushing after machining, this shows the bushing before the grooves are cut in the outside portion  http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/...-46-32_703.jpg http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/...-46-55_925.jpgThe valves have handles to switch from motor to hand, and they have adjustment screws in them, I make them out of stainless steel, we couldnt find the slotted head in the length we wanted with a vendor we deal with, so I make them when needed. I face them in the lathe then cut the screwdriver slot on a small south bend shaper, slow but it works    http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/...-51-47_964.jpg   http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/...-51-02_307.jpgNot sure if you can see it well or not, I have a small "v-pad" that goes in the vise of the shaper and holds the screws well, then I can do a bunch at one sitting I think that is it for now, I have a bunch of stuff Ive built for myself, but is in storage for the last two years due to a nasty divorce, trying to find a place to get it set up so I can start working again, I had pictures of alot of the work Ive done, but that got lost in the divorce.....when I took my tools equipment and clothes, she managed to do away with the photo albums of work I had, guess Ill have to start over. Hope you guys enjoy the photos, not the caliber of alot of the work on here, but I wanted to share something after looking at all the great photos on here, this is an awesome site. Have a good weekend guys!                                    Craig
Reply:Originally Posted by monkersHere are a few more photos, hope they come out. I work for a small branch of a large municipality in upstate NY, we have a lot of large water valves we take care of , some require you to make new parts once in a while, I had to make a "wrench" to remove bronze bushings from the valve bodies      The wrench is on the left, made from scrap welded together, the bushing is on the right. I dont have a mill at my shop so we send it to one of our other shops to get the grooves cut into the bushings, I make the bushings in my shop.      This shows the bushing placed on the wrench (if it shows up)     I made a "nut" with a nice fitting thread to hold the bushings for machining after I cut the thread (some need to be bored to a non standard reamer size to fit each individual valve) I put this nut in the 3 jaw and use a strap wrend to remove the bushing after machining, this shows the bushing before the grooves are cut in the outside portion   The valves have handles to switch from motor to hand, and they have adjustment screws in them, I make them out of stainless steel, we couldnt find the slotted head in the length we wanted with a vendor we deal with, so I make them when needed. I face them in the lathe then cut the screwdriver slot on a small south bend shaper, slow but it works       Not sure if you can see it well or not, I have a small "v-pad" that goes in the vise of the shaper and holds the screws well, then I can do a bunch at one sitting I think that is it for now, I have a bunch of stuff Ive built for myself, but is in storage for the last two years due to a nasty divorce, trying to find a place to get it set up so I can start working again, I had pictures of alot of the work Ive done, but that got lost in the divorce.....when I took my tools equipment and clothes, she managed to do away with the photo albums of work I had, guess Ill have to start over. Hope you guys enjoy the photos, not the caliber of alot of the work on here, but I wanted to share something after looking at all the great photos on here, this is an awesome site. Have a good weekend guys!                                    Craig
Reply:thanks again little Jeep!!!