Just wanted to pop in and say hey, I really like the new design of the new gantry it makes me sad = P, havent been doing to much working 6 days a week 7 last just to get extra cash to buy stuff for the Mill I got trying to get enough shop equipment around to wheres If I build a big polebarn late summer early fall I can fill it up = )

Heres a few things Ive made

Harley Sign, I made a small one for my cousin and was asked one day if I would donate for a cancer benefit auction for a mechanics wife at the dealership. was bummed it only got 80 bucks as the time I had in it plus scrabbing 30 bucks in steel because I had crap on the rail and everything tracked wrong, was hoping it woulda got more. I was gonna bid it to 100 but they wanted payment then and didnt have it on me. so I blew it up and got this. Machined the bolt heads and painted it wickeds fav color!

Guy at work bought a chopper, hes almost 7' so had to extend his forward controls 5.5 - 6" took some rough dimensions off his stock 3/8 alum, made some prototype 1/4" ( the ones in the back ) to see if I got the holes right as it was hard to measure ( I used a 12" rule ) after I traced everything on paper he said felt good burned another revised set out of 3/8 after he relocated the master cylinder as it looked odd being so far out and non symetrical. His chromer buddy said the steel was in to bad of shape to clean up ( it was pitted bad ) so he got some new stock and I redid them and fixed a boo boo I did when I offset one of the lines he didnt care but I did.

Modded the harley sign for a lightswitch cover, never finished it though I didnt like the lines coming down was gonna make them solid and move them out farther

These are my design rearsets for my sportster, the main piece is 1/4" and I laser cut I lost my dxf as I wanted to edit them some and was gonna see how nice I could burn them out. the arm though the stock ones that came with this was stamped and short, so I added .750 to give me more leverage and line me up bettter with the plunger, plus it made it so I have to press the lever as far. Then I just machined myself a clevis and

And heres a collet holder for the M Head Bridgeport I bought circa 1961, found some import collets and Endmill holders online for it, Brown and Sharp collets arent easy to find

Alot may not like the RUstoleoum Copper Hammertone but its 100 times better then the green that was on it! I dont wanna look at another gray machine..

Before ( 32" table, I like it cuz it perfect for a garage )

After

I plan on getting a VFD for it so I can slow the rpms down a little more as 275 is the slowest speed on it which is to fast for big drills or chamfering hopefully get that buttoned up in the next week or so, rebuilding an old atlas lathe right now sisters bfs gonna grind the ways on it hopefully tomorrow as its got a really bad wear mark that makes the saddle hard to move,

dont know why theres an attached image at the bottom, as theres nothing in my post that has an attachment