See more ideas about metal working, lathe and lathe machine. Making glass with a grill and vacuum cleaner homemade lathefrom a lawnmower homemade metal spinning lathe. His most famous book was build your own metal working shop from scrap series. David j gingerys featured books the milling machine. Gingery has 19 books on goodreads with 777 ratings. Buy a cheap copy of the metal lathe build your own metal. Using castings from your charcoal foundry see book 1 in the series.
The metal lathe difficulty level easy, medium, hard, insane. There is scrap aluminum from a variety of sources living on in this little lathe. The classic seven book series by dave gingery is now available in a special hard bound edition titled, build your own metal working shop from scrap. Dave gingery recommends building the pattern from 14 plywood. Gingery pdf results 1 12 of 30 build your own metal working shop from scrap complete 7 book series. The charcoal foundry, the metal lathe, the metal shaper, the milling machine, the dividing head, the. Im sortof building a gingery lathe, called that because it was designed by david gingery, out of a mix of my own. For more details on the project, check out my page. The book has the reader create some tools like a boring bar apparatus and a few others to help during assembly, but purposely left these out of the model to concentrate on the final product. Dave gingery wrote a series of books back in the 80s about building a metal working shop, from scrap. The metal lathe build your own metal working shop from scrap. His book sparked a revival of interest and now, 30 years later, blacksmithing is a. You learn not only how to build this particular engine, but you learn the general skills that can be applied to.
Then, using the foundry and some extremely basic metal working techniques, you build a lathe using aluminum sand castings, which you then go on to use to build a metal shaper, mill, drill. My lathe is by no means perfect but it is an example of a functioning lathe that i continue to use. The first book covers the assembly of a simple charcoalfueled foundry capable of melting aluminum in an iron pot, as well as basic sandcasting skills. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the metal lathe. Multimachine, an opensource machine tool the multimachine a complete machine shop in one tool. Building my own gingery metal lathe another day another. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the milling machine. Makercise has been working on a gingery lathe since september last year.
This collectors edition contains the newly updated and complete 7 book series including. Combined with a previous project, there should be enough tools to create a usable lathe. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. This is a gingery lathe i built about 20 years ago view attachment 2704 i pretty much built the whole thing with minimum departures from the book. Pat delany multimachine box 1629, palestine, texas 75801 usa 903 723 0980 support at. This is the lathe manual that dave gingery raves about. Build your own metal working shop from scrap complete 7. Heres a video update on the current status of my gingery lathe project. Building a metal lathe based on the following david gingery s books. Gingery, the milling machine, build your own metal metal lathe, the metal shaper, the drill press, the charcoal foundry. Throw a stone at any gathering of makers, and youre likely to hit somebody who owns a set of diysavant dave gingery s classic books on building your own machine shop by casting scrap aluminum, melted in a charcoalpowered bucket furnace, into sand molds formed by wooden patterns. Build your own metal working shop from scrap series 7 book. The multimachine is a metal lathe that can be built to.
Ive owned a set myself, for more than a decade, and at least starting on the lathe, which is the first tool in. Gingery, the milling machine, build your own metal metal lathe, the metal shaper, the. There is another book by gingery, not usually counted as part of the series, entitled building a gas fired crucible furnacewhich can be substituted for that describing the charcoal foundry. I used the furnace setup as described in the charcoal foundry book 1st in the build your own metalworking shop from scrap series. All of the 14 plywood ive seen were about as warped and bent as an archers bow. Charcoal foundry, the first book in the metal working shop from.
Gingerys most popular book is the charcoal foundry. Building the atkinson differential engine this amazing engine developed in the 1880s completes all 4 strokes in a single revolution of the crank without timing gears. Manual of lathe operations and machinists tables view book. I built the lathe, scaled up to email required address never made public. A project like this is never really complete, still needs work holding accessories, permanent drive. David j gingery publishing books written especially for inventors machinists tinkerers geniuses at large and a few. This set of files is the complete set of casting patterns required to make a dave gingery metal lathe. Nov 1, 2016 gingery lathe by scorch a gingery lathe made based on the book by david gingery. The metal lathe build your own metal working shop from scrap series book 2, gingery, david, ebook. In addition to the build your own metal lahe shop from scrap series, dave gingery and his son vincent have published a large number of booklets on shop practices, engine construction and mechanical miscellanea. Fine sand from the bottom of a virginia trout stream mixed with. His most famous book was build your own metal working shop from scrap series, which describes how to build an entire machine shop at low cost, often from reclaimed components and scrap metal. By priceperformance considerations a charcoal fired foundry is one of the best tools out there, and as an added bonus, casting is fun. Throw a stone at any gathering of makers, and youre likely to hit somebody who owns a set of diysavant dave gingerys classic books on.
This project requires considerable time and effort and will take you through the basics of machining and metal casting, including the construction of a metal foundry that uses either charcoal or propane. Homemade shaper completion of final step in gingery book. Building the atkinson differential engine by gingery. The care and operation of a screw cutting lathe view book. Among the most famous selections from lindsays catalog is maker patron saint dave gingerys sevenbook series on building your own machine shop from sandcast scrap metal. In the second book hes using the foundry to build himself a. Its coming along very well, even starting to make its own parts now. The book from gingery publishing has all the details and recommended. I corresponded with dave back when the books first came out. This book is on how dave gingery himself used different things in his workshop. These patterns are an accompaniment to david gingerys book build your own metal working.
The gingery books and, really, most diy books from that era are. I included a couple pictures of the wood patterns i used in the process of casting the lathe parts out of aluminum. Yes i too am building a metal working shop from scrap using the books written by mr. He was an inventor, writer, and machinist, best known for his series of books on how to build machine tools. The books in the series are, in the suggested sequence of construction.
In the spring of 1998 i ordered the gingery series of books on how to build a metalworking shop from scratch. The charcoal foundry by david gingery and simple hand methods no machine tools needed. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the metal lathe build your own metal working shop from scrap series book 2. David j gingery publishing books written especially for inventors machinists tinkerers geniuses at large and a few others. In the early 80s dave gingery published a book describing a home brew charcoal fired foundry, intended mostly for the melting of aluminum. Its been so long since i heard from vince, i thought he was deceased, deranged, demented or all of the above. In addition to the build your own metal working shop from ltahe series, dave gingery and his son vincent have published a large number of booklets on shop practices, engine construction and mechanical miscellanea. The charcoal foundry by david gingeryand simple hand methods no machine tools needed.
The metal lathe build your own metal working shop from scrap series book 2 kindle edition by david gingery author format. I started with a 5 gallon steel bucket lined with firebrick mortar for a foundry. The metal lathe build your own metal working shop from. The general agreement here is that the gingery lathe is a pos, and that you should only build one for practice, not for actually using it. I figured, hey i already have a foundry why not build some. Throw a stone at any gathering of makers, and youre likely to hit somebody who owns a set of diysavant dave gingerys classic books on building your own machine shop by casting scrap aluminum, melted in a charcoalpowered bucket furnace, into sand molds formed by wooden patterns.
This is the lathe featured in book 2 of david gingerys series. From setting up and leveling lathes to taking accurate measurements, this book covers all the basics of lathe tools and their applications. And all of these with a simple handground lathe tool bit. Plastic injection molding attachment for a drill press. When i started doing some research about aluminum casting i came across a series of books which were written by david gingery back in the 80s the first of which dealt with the aluminum foundry concepts. Metal lathe is also known as book 2 from the best selliing 7 book series, build your own metal working shop from scrap. Gingery book store features books written expecially for inventors, tinkerers, machinists and experimenters. At long last i have completed the homebuilt gingery shaper, at least the last step in the book.
Using castings from the charcoal foundry and simple hand methods you can build a sturdy and accurate bed. Uncle dave gingery shop note book 1 by vincent casting. The best gingery lathe video series to date hackaday. Gingery lathe by scorch a gingery lathe made based on. Build several projects like a nice work bench complete with drawers for storage. Gingery 2001, stapled at the best online prices at ebay. Ive owned a set myself, for more than a decade, and at least starting on the lathe, which is the first. When i started doing some research about aluminum casting i came across a series of books which were written by david gingery back in the 80s the first of which dealt with the aluminum. So to get a straight pattern i took some wood wall paneling material, sanded the smooth surface to rough it up then smeared a generous amount of glue on them.
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