Cool projects made on Manually operated machines(no CNC) (2024)

Hi
I am new here,so if I post in the wrong section,please correct me.

A little about the subject, I have always been interested in the machines and the fact that you can use them to make almost everything what you want,forced me to buy my first lathe
Then I bought a milling machine,I began to experiment and learn and then it suddenly turned a hobby into a business.

I understand that many are working as I am by making different items for customers orders,nothing much interesting, drawing, part, coating and delivery.

I still love what I do,and sometimes I make different things simply because they are fun and cool
If I'm not the only one mad, let's lay out here all sorts of cool things and projects
Here's an example of my recent exacerbation:

By the way sorry for my english.

Well done - cool part, BOTOH this is being built WITHOUT CNC 24 cylinder 'H' PATTERN MODEL AERO ENGINE. - YouTube

No CNC period on the pattern making and making for repairs

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/v...castings-look-good-255315/?highlight=castings

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/v...vy-greaves-klusman-183407/?highlight=castings

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-and-history/moving-12-000-lbs-lathe-277845/

Limy Sami said:

Well done - cool part, BOTOH this is being built WITHOUT CNC 24 cylinder 'H' PATTERN MODEL AERO ENGINE. - YouTube

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WOW is a real art!!!

That really is cool!

(BTW, your English is just fine. Any number of native users write less well. And, it's better by far than my second language!)

John

I am glad that I am not the only one crazy

n2zon
Thanks man!

Here is another small project, a small mallet

Joe Miranda
Thank you, I will be glad to look at your work, I think there is something to learn for me.

While nowhere near as cool as the patterns and engines in the previous posts, I made all of this stuff for my race car without the benefit of CNC.

A lot of things can be done manually, they just take (much) longer. On the other hand, there are a bunch of things I would like to try that really require CNC...someday I would like to add CNC milling capabilities to my shop.

Graham Gott said:

While nowhere near as cool as the patterns and engines in the previous posts, I made all of this stuff for my race car without the benefit of CNC.

A lot of things can be done manually, they just take (much) longer. On the other hand, there are a bunch of things I would like to try that really require CNC...someday I would like to add CNC milling capabilities to my shop.

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Сool parts for cool project!
CNC is nice but it kills the old school machinists,before if you wanted to become a turner that you had to learn a lot of years,after CNC became more accessible things have changed.

I've seen courses for CNC machine operators,that lasted only 3 months,after which the person is considered to be certified...........

I am not against CNC,It's just two different things.
When you see something done on machines with manual control then you can immediately understand what kind of specialist did this.
But on the CNC it is not visible.

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I made this without a CNC, without a rotary table, and without even a drawing.

Doc.

DocsMachine said:

I made this without a CNC, without a rotary table, and without even a drawing.

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Doc, how did you handle the outside profile? Pre-compute a bunch of X/Y moves? Pivot pin and Mark I eyeball? I did something similar a while back, but used a rotab for the arc pieces.

Not as nicely finished as what's been posted but I made this for my wife's 2014 Christmas present ( and yes, I used a rotab ):

All the tough stuff was in the layout.

-Ron

dian said:

without rotary table? how? did you rotate it by hand on some kind of pin?

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Doc, how did you handle the outside profile? Pre-compute a bunch of X/Y moves? Pivot pin and Mark I eyeball?

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-None of the above. (Well, almost none. )

The bore is 1", so I simply drilled it out to 15/16" or so, and plunged with a 1" endmill. Once I had the rest of the features located, drilled and milled, I just scribed a "that looks about right" profile around those features, and nibbled away at it. The radius at the base of the side boss is the diameter of the endmill, and the upper taper to the top boss was just more TLAR.

The rest was hand filing to smooth out the nibbles, and some careful sanding. The small radius at the flat base, and the radii at the top clamp portion were also hand-filed. Since I had no slitting saws at the time, the slot was made with an eXacto hobby saw.

The whole thing clamped to a paintball gun like so:

Doc.

Couple years back I spent about 1000 hours building recievers/frames, sights, etc. for the only two moderns guns I could find prints for. All manual on a bridgeport and old lathe. No read out for the first but had it for the second. The 1911 was more fun for all the hand fitting. Threads on homegunsmith forum if interested. Best learning I have done on a machine.

Puzzle locks for curiosity chest:

Shaper center base, for shaping work between centers including splines:

smt

1/4" beveled and polished edge tiered, tempered, glass fireplace screen...360 brass

another firescreen job...1018 CRS in nickel plate