Machine Shop Tasks

About this page:

• Any machine shop committee member may complete tasks not adopted by a specific person.
• If you would like to help out on a task adopted by someone else, contact that person to coordinate with their efforts.
• If a task requires expenditures, contact the Machine Shop Committee chairperson and get approval before starting on it.
• If you start working on a task, please add your name to it so others know it is under way.
• Once a task has been completed, move it to the Completed section.
• If there are additional tasks you'd like done add them to the Outstanding tasks section.
  

Outstanding

Supplies/Replacement Tooling

On the c0-ax indicater the outide diameter tool chipped off. The small peice that looks like an L bit. The "curved feeler"

Equipment Acquisition

• CNC Lathe (such as HAAS ST-10)
• English Wheel
• Planishing Hammer
• Sheet Metal Roll
• Sheet Metal Press Brake
• Sheet Metal Shear
• For HAAS VF-2
  • Rotary Table (for HAAS VF2)
  • Enclosure light
  • Memory Upgrade
• For Colchester Bantam 2000
  • Left hand turning tool holder
  • Lathe stop
  • DRO
  • Follow rest
  • Steady rest
• For Bridgeport Series I
  • Power feed for Y and Z-axis
  • Right-angle adapter
  • 5C Collet block set
  • Various size angle plates, webbed style for machining set-ups
• Aluminum deburring wheel for polisher
• Buffing wheel(s) for polisher
• Buffing rouge
• Metric tap & die set
• Several sacrificial tooling plates for milling thin (< 0.125" stock on the Bridgeport), MDF is probably the most cost effective material for this, but standard aluminum stock could be used as well.
• High-Def surveillance camera
• Metrology tools
  • 0-1" tenths reading micrometer with standard (Fowler, SPI)
  • 1-2" tenths reading micrometer with standard (Fowler, SPI)
  • 2-3" tenths reading micrometer with standard (Fowler, SPI)
  • 3-4" tenths reading micrometer with standard (Fowler, SPI)
  • 4-5" tenths reading micrometer with standard (Fowler, SPI)
  • 5-6" tenths reading micrometer with standard (Fowler, SPI)
  • 0-25mm micrometer, 0.001mm readout (Fowler, SPI)
  • 25mm-50mm micrometer, 0.001mm readout (Fowler, SPI)
  • 50mm-75mm micrometer, 0.001mm readout (Fowler, SPI)
  • 75mm-100mm micrometer, 0.001mm readout (Fowler, SPI)
  • 100mm-150mm micrometer, 0.001mm readout (Fowler, SPI)
  • Ball hole gauge (half ball style)
  • Depth gauge micrometer
• Layout/setup tools
  • Decent quality 6" engineers square
  • 12" (5R Style) flexible scale
  • Optical center punch
  • Precision angle plate
  • Surface plate
• Hand Tools (Craftsman)
  • 5/32 1/4 drive 12pt shallow socket
  • 1/2 drive 6pt shallow & deep socket sets
  • 1/2 drive extensions

Organization

• Create drawer organizers for tools
  • Wrenches (red tool box)
  • Vise Handle/Caliper/Allen Wrench Sets (black tool box top drawer)
  • Bit Sets/1-2-3 Blocks (black tool box second drawer)
• Create "Rules" signs

Maintenance

• Bridgeport Series 1
  • Modify the 5C Spin Indexer to allow for direct indexing when cutting gears (Walter Anderson)
• HAAS VF-2
  • Create better solution for collecting oil/coolant from drain in back of HAAS
  • Install thread inserts in HAAS sub-plate
  • Replace counter-weight chains (If they break, it'll smash the Y-Axis motor, a $2K-$3K repair)
• Replace cable to polisher (there is 10-3 cord on the committee shelf)
• Add power box to the front of the Pantograph.

Work Day Tasks

Organize

• Make list of missing equipment
• Find places for equipment and label
• Get shelves?
• Put arbor press on stand and set in place
• Sort bolts

Repair/Install

• Address duct lift "problems"
  • Tighten nut
  • Remove or modify extensions
• New plug on small shop vac
• Granite Table
• HAAS
  • Reseal Enclosure
    • Caulk seams
  • Fix Shuttle
  • Fix Door
  • Check Limit Switches
  • Check sliding (lube?)