These are links to other peoples projects, foundries, and. Just drag a bit of wood or metal across the top a few times. The best gingery lathe video series to date hackaday. All articles are in pdf, so you can download them for further reference. I credit his books with getting me into the hobby and realizing that most anything is possible. I have been thinking of buying the book dave gingery shaper for the plans dimensions dc. I stayed close to the plans as far as dimensions of all the parts, ive bought nut and bolts from fastenal. Build your own metal working shop from scrap complete 7 book series david j. Gingery, including the drill press build your own metal working shop from scrap ser. Build your own metal working shop from scrap complete 7 book. Uncle dave gingery simple, useful and fun projects and ideas from uncle dave s shop.
Besides what is a laboratory without a precision indexing head or milling machine. Homemade shaper completion of final step in gingery book. Nov 30, 2011 video walk through of the design and operation of a gingery style metal shaper. Im assembling the shaper now and doing the scrapping etc. Book 3 of 5 in the build your own metal working shop from scrap serie series. Its coming along very well, even starting to make its own parts now. Note a thrown together sheet metal finger brake, which is similar to dave gingerys sheet metal brake, and a series of articles about the gingery shaper.
Ive owned a set myself, for more than a decade, and at least starting on the lathe, which is the first tool in. Ive owned a set myself, for more than a decade, and at least starting on the lathe, which is the first. Gingery also known as the metal lathe, by the late dave gingery. Gingery metal shaper lathe drawbar collet closer tool post indicator holder carriage stop and indicator holder tailstock drill and tap holder horizontal bandsaw modifications page making aloristype toolholders making inserttype mills splashgaurd 2 piece milling vise. You may want to consider an atlas shaper, several usually listed on ebay. The late great dave gingerys classic buildyourownmachineshop series.
Dave gingery wrote a series of books back in the 80s about building a metal working shop, from scrap. Throw a stone at any gathering of makers, and youre likely to hit somebody who owns a set of diysavant dave gingerys classic books on building your own machine shop by casting scrap aluminum, melted in a charcoalpowered bucket furnace, into sand molds formed by wooden patterns. The metal shaper build your own shaper that will cut keyways, splines, gears, and more with a simple. The entire modification consists of drilling and tapping two holes on the cast iron vise table of the saw, to accept. I started with a 5 gallon steel bucket lined with firebrick mortar for a foundry. Well that is a fair question, and the short answer is, i have a hard time getting motivated building a lathe that is about the same size as the one i already own. Dave gingery machines i built his lathe, shaper milling machine and various tooling. Dave gingery pdf results 1 12 of 37 build your own metal working shop from scrap complete 7 book series.
First off, rolls are 36 long, made from 2 drill stem that i had plenty of. With an active marketplace of over 175 million items, use the alibris advanced search page to find any item you are looking for through the advanced search, you can find items by searching specific terms such as title, artist, song title, genre, etc or you can narrow. I corresponded with dave back when the books first came out. To me, this was one of the great learning experiences of a lifetime. December 19, 1932 may 3, 2004 was an inventor, writer, and machinist, best known for his series of books on how to build machine tools gingery is most famous for his build your own metal working shop from scrap series, which details how to build a reasonably complete machine shop at low cost, often from scrap metal and other items. The metal lathe build your own metal working shop from. Many people have built them and along the way figured out improvements. There is a file on michael moores site under the link name an introduction to shaper operation down in the copies of external items near the end of his page. No one knows who actually built it but it must have been a very skilled machinist as it is made entirely out of plate steel instead of aluminum castings like the book explains to build it. Metal shaper is also known as book 3 from the best selling 7 book series, build your own metal working shop from scrap. Were not certain if hell move onto the shaper, mill, drill press, brake, etc. Gingery, the milling machine, build your own metal metal lathe, the metal shaper. Fine sand from the bottom of a virginia trout stream mixed with. I have only made one deviation for this pattern compared to the one that dave gives is in his.
Using the gingery injection molding attachment to make. Gingery book store features books written expecially for inventors, tinkerers, machinists and experimenters. The pulley is the size specified for the gingery shaper project. I started building a dave gingery s shaping machine and just missing me build a base and apply an engine.
Rebuilding the ram ways on my gingery shaper, version 1. Video walk through of the design and operation of a gingery style metal shaper. Mar 25, 2020 dave gingery pdf results 1 12 of 37 build your own metal working shop from scrap complete 7 book series. Charcoal foundry plans to build the melting furnace and instructions for basic pattern making and molding to get your shop project underway. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the metal lathe. David gingery home made shaper practical machinist. Gingery ri december 19, 1932 may 3, 2004 was an inventor. Jul 07, 2016 the best gingery lathe video series to date. For more details on the project, check out my page.
Jun 23, 2018 my fist post this is a gingery lathe i built about 20 years ago i pretty much built the whole thing with minimum departures from the book. A gingery milling machine scaled up by a factor of 1. Heres a video update on the current status of my gingery lathe project. I collected about 60 of these suggestions and implemented them as i was building my shaper. Aug 19, 2010 throw a stone at any gathering of makers, and youre likely to hit somebody who owns a set of diysavant dave gingery s classic books on building your own machine shop by casting scrap aluminum, melted in a charcoalpowered bucket furnace, into sand molds formed by wooden patterns. Thats why dave gingery offered alternatives to actual foundry. Gingery, the milling machine, build your own metal metal lathe, the metal shaper, the. Yahoo group gingery machines builders and wouldbe builders can trade notes, ideas and experiences here. Dave gingerys classic books on building your own machine shop by. Apr 21, 2014 gary martin has a good machine for your needs but you will need to machine the castings. Dave gingery has authored a series of books which are available both individually and as a set called build your own metalworking shop from scrap. Its a general introduction to the shaper although it could be used as a practical guide, there are other, better ones. A project like this is never really complete, still needs wor.
Green sand casting in the home shop university of babylon. Gingery, enclosed find pictures of the slip roll machine that i had just completed. I used the furnace setup as described in the charcoal foundry book 1st in the build your own metalworking shop from scrap series. Brilliantly made gingery shaper, patterns are to a very high standard, nicely built and finished. Gingery has 19 books on goodreads with 744 ratings. Dave gingerys book was my starting point and my guide. The tailstock core is shorter than the core print since it came from my pulley making core box which makes smaller cores. Especially since i never finished the gingery lathe. Nice feedback like this really makes me want to complete the shaper, mill, and other projects too. The build you own metal working shop from scrap 2 the metal lathe. After finishing the series i continued to find items that i.
Yet another gingery build blog monday, august 14, 2017. I bought the cold rolled steel from metal supper market in dallas,tx. I have one casting left to do, it is the table casting. My fist post this is a gingery lathe i built about 20 years ago i pretty much built the whole thing with minimum departures from the book. Book 3 of 5 in the build your own metal working shop from scrap. Oct 10, 2011 build your own metal working shop from scrap complete 7 book series david j. In the spring of 1998 i ordered the gingery series of books on how to build a metalworking shop from scratch. I have been working on it for approximately six months. His most famous book was build your own metal working shop from scrap series, which describes how to build an entire machine shop at low cost, often from reclaimed components and scrap metal. I figured, hey i already have a foundry why not build some really nifty machines. Has anyone built one of dave s gingerly shaping machines without having to any of the casting, by building up the frame from steel plate and nuts n bolts instead. I cant give dave gingery enough praise, his designs are fantastic. Free gingery style lathe plans yes i too am building a metal working shop from scrap using the books written by mr.
One has to be asking why i would build gingery s shaper. I have wondered just how many of his machines have been built. Jan 18, 2020 dave gingery lathe pdf has been working on a gingery lathe since september last year. Jul 01, 2019 if you have never used a metal cutting lathe and plan to build a gingery based lathe it will be a great learning experience, and you will never know the difference from a real lathe of the same size and the gingery lathe. Mini mill cnc conversion, gives some good tips on improving the. Gary martin has a good machine for your needs but you will need to machine the castings. These are built using hand cast aluminum parts and turn of the.
Dave gingery lathe pdf has been working on a gingery lathe since september last year. Then, using the foundry and some extremely basic metal working techniques, you build a lathe using aluminum sand castings, which you then go on to use to build a metal shaper, mill, drill. For those who dont know, a metal shaper is one of the early style machine tools developed that allows you to plane flate surfaces. Barry has produced two neat versions of the gingery line, the lathe and the shaper with some minor improvements. Jan 30, 2016 heres a video update on the current status of my gingery lathe project. If you have built any of them i would like to hear from you and see pictures of them. Build your own metal working shop from scrap complete 7. These are built using hand cast aluminum parts and turn of the century machining techniques. Nov 12, 2012 i think i was fourteen or fifteen when i received my first lindsays catalog, ordered from a print ad in the back pages of popular science or popular mechanicsi dont recall which. Dave gingery machines i built his lathe,shaper milling machine and various tooling. You can find them at as i read this book written by gingery, i noticed that the molds were machined with a lathe and made from aluminum. See all 6 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. At long last i have completed the homebuilt gingery shaper, at least the last step in the book. They can do many of the functions of a milling machine using only a single point tool.
The primary focus is the series of machines and engines designed and built by dave and vince gingery, but all types of home built machines are welcome here. December 19, 1932 may 3, 2004 was an inventor, writer, and machinist, best known for his series of books on how to build machine tools. One has to be asking why i would build gingerys shaper. Ive seen this modification to other bandsaws and finally got around to it today. Build a metal shaper by dave gingery model engineer. Dave gingery and his son vincent have published a large number of booklets on shop practices, engine construction and mechanical miscellanea.
David j gingery publishing books written especially for inventors machinists tinkerers geniuses at large and a few others. He was an inventor, writer, and machinist, best known for his series of books on how to build machine tools. Gingery, the milling machine, build your own metal metal lathe, the metal shaper, the drill press, the charcoal foundry. Multimachine, an opensource machine tool the multimachine a complete machine shop in one tool. The general agreement here is that the gingery lathe is a pos, and that you should only build one for practice, not for actually using it. David gingery home made shaper the guy i bought it from even had the book.
The technique i have used so far is to cut a 1 block of 6061 aluminum on. Gingerys most popular book is the charcoal foundry. The charcoal foundry the metal lathe the metal shaper the milling. I have an atlas shaper that is used for making parts when i dont want to make or buy a special cutter for the mill. Barry also built the gingery metal shaper from book 3 of the series.
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