Mill support facilities

[DR Buck]

Google Edwards or Piranha. 2 different styles.

OK...Did that...... That is one serious piece of equipment. 

[musikwerke]

I have a MetalPro ironworker.  It's on the smaller side of most ironworkers but it still is a really handy tool for doing steel fabrication. I mounted mine on 4 heavy-duty steel casters so I can move it out of the way when I'm not using it and also move it in front of the door when shearing a long piece. As with any machine that punches, the punches and dies aren't cheap but it sure is nice to have the selection of the full set when you need them.  I have the round ones; working on getting a set of the square ones and a few of the oval ones.  Here's the link to the website.  I like mine. http://metalprocorp.com/viewProduct.jsp?id=6

[Cedarman]

Now I'm getting the picture.  A metal lathe is nice cause it can do everything.  Easy to learn. Now all of the sudden, I'm going to need metal saws, plasma cutters, punch presses, drill presses and on and on.  This reminds me of when I got the WM LT30.  In 25 years I've got more equipment than you can shake a stick at.  I understand the pleasure you guys get from working with metal.  But I'm going to stick to one line toys and help a nearby machine shop put their kids through college. ;)

[bandmiller2]

Yea Cedarman the ladies call it accesorizing its lots of fun but you can go hog wild be carefull.  Frank C.

[DR Buck]

Just when the wife thinks I already have EVERY tool alongs comes another one.  ;D

[Fla._Deadheader]

  link]http://www.piranhafab.com/p50.html]link
 
  We patterned ours off the 50 ton Press. Bought a $1000.00 bench type
Vertical Mill, and I did the machining and boring and bushing setting with that.

  All told, have $1800.00 in it, including the Mill.  ;) ;D

  Bought a dumphoist type hydraulic pump-reservoir-spool valve from Surplus Center, and the 4" hydraulic cylinder.

  Used the "Backyard" Engineering School, and measured and built as we progressed.

  Took about 2½ weeks to get it working enough, to see the one error, and correct that. No telling how many million holes we punched in SS for the Sand Scoop business we had. Even devised a way to use square punch and die, to cut "Teeth" on one edge of our Trowels we sold. Did some amazing bending with that rig. Now, it sits, collecting junk and dust  : :

  All the photos are film type, no digitals. Maybe I can reproduce some, if anyone is innerestid  ??? ???