O/T Apprentice Part

[chowquoe^]

Hey folks, looking for some "play" parts for our apprenticeship program. Would like to give them something useful and fun to make. Lathe, wire, mill one of each or something that combines all would work. I am searching the FTP site right now, but I figured one or two of the members may have something on stand by.

 

Thanks in advance

[chowquoe^]

bump.....

[jeff]

How complex of a part are you wanting?

[chowquoe^]

Nothing to complex, something that a machinist level 2 should be able to handle

[67 Yankee]

Might want to make some work stops like this one. Handy to have and has enough going on to make an interesting project.

 

Penn Tool Work Stop

[BernieT]

How about the pinewood derby cars ??? They would be interesting.

[JDowe]

Used to use vises - V blocks - or look for

air operated engine drawings - similar to steam but run with air - also clocks like the wooden

ones in kits which you can make from aluminum

plastic and brass

[gavetta]

Way back when, in tech school, we made hammers (knurled handles), vise stops, sq. bench block (using a 4 jaw chuck on a lathe after milling sq to bore the big center pocket and thru hole), drill/tap guide block, paper punch. Also made sine bar, v-blocks, angle plate after we got good enough to grind with tenths. Heck, my teacher even had me build a mold (it was a coaster with the school logo milled into it) in a Roundmate insert.

[drago]

I have a pile of lathe exercize parts form when i was in apprenticeship. Some are for conventional machining and some are for cnc. CNC ones also have a dimension or two missing, which forces the apprentice to trig them out.Only issue though - prints are in german. You should be able to use them since all important stuff is pretty much universal.

 

If that sounds like something you want, let me know.

 

You'll have to give me a day or so, since i have to scan them all in.

[JDowe]

A magazine called Home Shop Machinist used

to publish machining projects complete with

prints - dont know if they are still around

but maybe a good reference

[New Job]

Definitely should be some projects with usefullness. V-blocks, vises, angle plates, etc. I worked in one shop where young guys would make this kind of stuff and once it was shown to be made right became available for every one to use (shop supplied steel, heat treat, built on company time, etc). Never went wanting for this kind of stuff.

 

[chowquoe^]

All very good ideas, please keep them coming. We are scheduled to have a meeting Monday morning to bat ideas around.