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Here is the latest boring job i did . It was a labounty shear with a 8.75 bore in a burnout a local shop welded on Attached Images
Reply:That is really cool. How do you get everything indicated? It seems like it would be tough to get it indicated right. How close can you get it? How close do you have to get it?Yup
Reply:that's kinda like this   http://www.borerepair.addr.com/
Reply:burnit im slow you center the bar. and weld your adjustiable bearing holders, you install drive then fine tune your bearings and bore i can hold .001
Reply:Originally Posted by steve lovingi can hold .001
Reply:having line bored for a living , with some of the professional machines and a couple of home made ones, i like that line up spider ( will be stealing that)your machine is sweet as well, the last one i built we used a feeder from a mill and a right angle hollow shaft gear box, thing still weighed 200 pounds. how about a picture of the feed system on the other side of the plate ?line boring is a recession proof business.Last edited by chenry; 01-23-2009 at 10:53 PM.insert thoughtful quote from someone else2000 Thermal Arc 300GTSW 3.5 hours1946 Monarch 20 x 54 Lathe1998 Supermax 10x54 Mill2004 Haco Atlantic 1/2" Capacity Lasernot mine but i get to play with it
Reply:Originally Posted by steve lovingHere is the latest boring job i did . It was a labounty shear with a 8.75 bore in a burnout a local shop welded on
Reply:Very cool. I work in a refinery and we have a guy come in and reface the heat exchangers in place. Some of them are 36" in dia. I always try to go peak and get some tips  ...BobBob WrightSalem, Ohio  Birthplace of the Silver & Deming Drillhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/southbend10k/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sawking/1999 Miller MM185 w/ Miller 185 Spoolmate spoolgun