Cincinnati Shaper

[dallen]

here's a little video of the melt today,

[dallen]

Ok been busy and not sitting on my duff on the lawnmower seat. got the pattern in shape and ready to pour tomorrow, if we don't get rained on again, I'd sure like to know who PO'd Mother Nature, but one good thing is the weather has been beautiful the last couple of weeks some hot days but basically nice.

OK enough of that pictures is that this is about so here we are

first up is the start of the pattern rebuild. One Maple board about 6 feet long now I cut off about 14 inches of it for this pattern.


second the start of the pattern this is the leg that bolts to the shaper


third is the head end where it fits over the leadscrew there are a couple more pieces that glue onto this and a bunch of time in the milling machine


fourth is all glued up with wood filler its about 11 PM at this time, waiting on glue to dry takes time.


fifth is the pattern hanging in the Redneck Paint Booth getting the first of several coats of RED


sixth is after several more coats of RED


Guardian of the Smoker and he takes his job seriously


what the guardian is watching, LUNCH


David

[dallen]

core making DA style

[dallen]

I poured the pattern this morning and here is the results, had a couple glitches but nothing that can be fixed,

[Rasper]

Keep it coming. Great stuff.

Richard

[dallen]

not so great I screwed up that casting, the one bolt hole I drilled is wrong. so I made another casting.

[dallen]

second pour of the day

[dallen]

started cutting all the extra weigh off of the second one just have to see how far I get before something smacks me on the forehead and say's you just screwed up again.

anyway heres where I am at for the night
the start of the machine work on this one was to deck the outside face so I can flip it over and clamp it down thru the hole to do the end that mounts to the table slide


Second operation for tonight was to bore out the hole where the leadscrew passes thru the part that is sitting in the bore goes in from the otherside.

[latzanimal]

here's a little video of the melt today,

You work pretty fast...

[dallen]

I just know where the go fast button is at, plus the grass is mowed and the only other thing I have to do is go to the grocery store. this keeps my waist line down.