so much for a relaxing long weekend

[JRD77VET]

On Wednesday, my boss asked if I was available to work Friday and Saturday. Since friday would be double time and Saturday time and a half, I worked.

Thursday I started work on an order of cub cadet parts for another seller. Friday after work, Saturday after work and today, I worked on his parts.

Just got them done, packed and purchased postage.

Below is ten welded flange driveshafts and three PTO pulley pullers

[JRD77VET]

and under the heading of "nothing is ever easy", here's a picture of the carriage lever on my Monarch lathe.

As I was cutting the round steel bar to length, I heard "clunk" as I stopped the machine using the lever by the headstock.

This will be going out to another friend who has more experience welding cast iron than I do

[Antfarmer2]

A ball in the hand? Must be a joke in there somewhere.

[JRD77VET]

Originally Posted by Antfarmer2

A ball in the hand? Must be a joke in there somewhere.

It's my ball so it's OK

[Antfarmer2]

Originally Posted by JRD77VET

It's my ball so it's OK

Just one?

[JRD77VET]

Originally Posted by Antfarmer2

Just one?

Only busted one off

Why, so I resemble Lance Armstrong?

[Antfarmer2]

Originally Posted by JRD77VET

Only busted one off

Why, so I resemble Lance Armstrong?

Drill and tap it.

[JRD77VET]

Originally Posted by Antfarmer2

Drill and tap it.

It's at angle and not enough material for drilling and tapping.

[markids77]

Originally Posted by JRD77VET

It's at angle and not enough material for drilling and tapping.

So grind the ends flat and turn the stubs to a diameter you can thread. Make an internally threaded coupler and Red Loctite the thing together. Return to your regularly scheduled programming already in progress. And quit asking that antique lathe to perform like a new CNC machine just because you can.

[JRD77VET]

Originally Posted by markids77

So grind the ends flat and turn the stubs to a diameter you can thread. Make an internally threaded coupler and Red Loctite the thing together. Return to your regularly scheduled programming already in progress. And quit asking that antique lathe to perform like a new CNC machine just because you can.

One of the guys on OWWM.org has offered to weld it for me. I will be sending it to him shortly for welding. He welds cast iron for his own design of concrete pumps to lift sagging pads.

The reason it broke was improper cooling when it repaired by a previous owner. He will preheat, weld and wrap it in a heat blanket for slow (correct ) cooling.

[69camfrk]

JB Weld won't fix it???

[JRD77VET]

Originally Posted by JRD77VET

On Wednesday, my boss asked if I was available to work Friday and Saturday. Since friday would be double time and Saturday time and a half, I worked.

Thursday I started work on an order of cub cadet parts for another seller. Friday after work, Saturday after work and today, I worked on his parts.

Just got them done, packed and purchased postage.

Below is ten welded flange driveshafts and three PTO pulley pullers

I was wrong about Friday being double time.

It was actually double and a half time

[JRD77VET]

Originally Posted by JRD77VET

and under the heading of "nothing is ever easy", here's a picture of the carriage lever on my Monarch lathe.

As I was cutting the round steel bar to length, I heard "clunk" as I stopped the machine using the lever by the headstock.

This will be going out to another friend who has more experience welding cast iron than I do

My friend Bill brazed the spindle lever for me today.

I bead blasted both pieces at work so he had clean surfaces to braze. Bill ground the snot glob weld down to approximately original size so it would look better. He also added a chamfer so there was room for the brazing material.

We fixtured the lever to keep it close to original shape for brazing. It wasn't perfect but it was close enough ( it's not a show piece, I want it to work correctly )

1st pic
Preheating the cast iron lever with an oxy acetylene torch. Bill had just sprinkled flux ( borax ) on the lever.

2nd
Brazing the first side

3rd
Brazing the opposite side

4th
A little bit of time on the scotchbrite wheel smoothed everything so it not only looks good but it's also smooth to the touch

5th
installed and ready to make chips.

[Antfarmer2]

Good job that should hold. Need to take better care of your ball. LOL