Using angle plate in setup

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(Welding related) - Just for entertainment, I posted this up. Although this is a shaper, the knee is also very usefull for turret and knee mills to boring mills, and even with a face plate in lathe work.When fixturing and clamping I spend more time worrying about restraining movement than clamping pressure. That means I'll put stops, kickers, wedges and jacks down, and use only as much pressure as I can get by tightening with one hand on a short handle for "holding fast".The weld is a mild steel overlay on ductile iron, towards the end of the video you can hear the surface is harder near the edges. This happens because I open the door on the furnace and allow cool air in the chamber in an effort to speed the cooldown a bit. This is a poor attempt to return the casting to original condition by a controlled quench, it doesn't get there but it does better than if I allow the part to cool down with the furnace closed which would leave it dead soft.[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exkwkg-LB1g[/ame]Thanks for looking!Matt
Reply:Nice job setting up a difficult piece. It's often more difficult to setup a work piece than it is to do the machining itself.Millermatic 252XMT 304'sDynasty 280DXHypertherm PowerMax 1250Miller Trailblazer 302 EFIOptima PulserXR feeder and XR Edge gun and more athttp://members.dslextreme.com/users/waynecook/index.htm
Reply:Thanks for takeing the time for the video. Very cool .I love that stuff.  machineing is like porn to me.  What a sad life I have.  I always wonder what kind of work  a shaper would do.  Is that the only movement back and forth?  Could this been done a vert mill?Thanks for shareing DayePound to fit, paint to match
Reply:Originally Posted by irish fixitNice job setting up a difficult piece. It's often more difficult to setup a work piece than it is to do the machining itself.
Reply:Very nice video MM, great to see an old shaper still proving itself!. Say, what was used [process and filler rod] to weld in the bushings/repair welds?   I know you said it was mild steel and the ductile iron was furnace  annealed.   Thanks for sharing!Century AC/DC 250 Amp & Midstates 300 Amp Industrial AC stick welders, Century Flux core 80 amp. wire feed welder  Harris Oxy-Acet. cutting & welding outfit:SEE MY INFORMATIVE VIDEOS AT http://www.youtube.com/user/alpho52
Reply:I am a fan of the saying "You can make anything you want to with a shaper, except money."That being said, I still want one since the tooling for them is very inexpensive in comparison to a mill./Yes, I understand that fly cutters are also very inexpensive.
Reply:I think we need a surface grinder vid.DayePound to fit, paint to match
Reply:Matt,Nice vid, I have a 20" American given to me last week. I will be picking it up next week, cleaning a little TLC and see how she runs.LarryMiller XMT 304 CC/CVSyncrowave 180 SDLincoln PowerMig 255XTTermalDynamics 52Lincoln 305GComlpete machine shop to back it up
Reply:Originally Posted by AlphonseVery nice video MM, great to see an old shaper still proving itself!. Say, what was used [process and filler rod] to weld in the bushings/repair welds?   I know you said it was mild steel and the ductile iron was furnace  annealed.   Thanks for sharing!
Reply:Good choice in musicLarryMiller XMT 304 CC/CVSyncrowave 180 SDLincoln PowerMig 255XTTermalDynamics 52Lincoln 305GComlpete machine shop to back it up
Reply:I don't know why, but I just love watching shapers work. Something about the slow movement putting enough energy into steel to make a hot chip. Clamping castings like that is always a challenge. Nice video!