Talk to Jeff Hosford...he has made a nifty plastic 5-chime steptop bell which I think can be used on compressed air. Mark Phillips might have one of these...
I do indeed have one of these magnificent bells and am toying with the idea of having Jeff make plastic models of other tops and bowls in my collection. That...
Jamie, Below the stopper in a stoppered organ pipe the pressure amplitude of the fundamental oscillation is comparable to the blowing pressure, I have measured...
I've blown the plastic bells on 170 psi. without any problems. They're pretty tough. I was trying to see if one could be held in a 3-jaw chuck (the answer is...
Out of my collection or just what I would like to see plastic copies of. There would be ones that I would like to se done because of either unique or...
Unlike the bowl, in which static pressure is the main stressor, the bell is most prone to dynamic (acoustical) stress. The actual blowing pressure isn't as...
Thanks everyone for your responses. Like I said the main reason I want to build plastic bells is not to have them as permanent bells but as temporary bells to...
Can someone give a good recommendation on a lathe in the $500-$1,000 range that would be good for whistle building. All I really need it for is to turn my...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/steam-whistles/message/8373Â This is how you got by making loud whistles out of ABS, The only static pressure stress due to...
Jamie, You should be able to pick-up an older 16" swing lathe in that dollar range, especially since you will be doing work that does not require a high degree...
Mark, Not really! But there have been many times a little larger lathe would have been welcome. Like when I machined the crank shaft for my 5" scale Shay. Tim ...
Just the thought of setting it up to machine the eccentrics gives me a headache! I had a hard enough time in wood shop with the wood lathe. At least you don't...
Tim, ?? When you say swing, are you talking about over the bed or over the slides? What company offers this size of lathe at this price range? Jamie ... From:...
Or possibly a turret lathe? Joe ... From: Mark <bbjimbo@...> Subject: Steam Whistle Group Re: Lathe Recommendations To: steam-whistles@yahoogroups.com ...
Jamie, Swing is the largest diameter you can turn over the bed. Again, you need to keep in mind clearance over the cross slide as well as how far back can the...
ALL of the machine shops near me have old dinosaur lathes, they all have their stories about where they were found and what kind of shape they were in, one was...
Tim, I was on the Grizzly web site last night and they have a combination lathe/mill for $995.00. It says it has a swing of 17.5 if I remember correctly. Are...
I have never purchased Grizzly machinery. There bigger lathes look OK, but the machine you referenced would be suited only for very light duty. If I had...
For the most part Grizzly machines are imported Chinese Cr**, but if you are only doing light work they will work. At work we have the 9x19 lathe, and we have...
Well, I know little about lathes, and I'm probably stating the obvious, but there's some Logan's and (more) South Bend's hiding on Ebay. What little I know...
Before you dismiss a 3-phase machine you should consider how cheap 1-phase to 3-phase VFD units are now. You can get units for less than $150 for a 2-hp unit...
Jet IS crap! Someone took the motor off one where I work and forgot how to replace the wires, schematic inside the junction box wasn't exactly clear, the book...
 What area of the country are you in? I'd be happy to help you look. I'm in NE Ohio. +++++++\ Yup! There should be TONS of used equipment in Ohio!! ...
I was on the Grizzly web site last night and they have a combination lathe/mill for $995.00. It says it has a swing of 17.5 if I remember correctly. Are...
A couple more resources: http://www.machinetools.com/MT/machines/index.tmpl And there's a For Sale section here: http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/index.php...
You won't be able to get parts for a Grizzly. They change Chinese manufacturers all the time. We had an 8" Grizzly and one of our guys got too aggressive with...
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