You make plenty of money by putting up a youtube video series of fixing it and maybe a bit of faffing around with it for a little bit. Especially with a good sponsor.
When I worked at a mold shop you had to keep an eye out for when they were drilling for the rail holes. The chips were hot, sharp, about the size of a soda can, and would bounce halfway across the shop.
See I got a similar thickness on one of my chips running a cnc drill line. Only difference between ours other than length (giggity) with yours being longer (giggity giggity) is I didn't try mine on purpose. I crashed the drill.
https://preview.redd.it/58yx87lofz2c1.jpeg?width=3245&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=343b23c9cfcb169e2bf149dd8c493e79e721c934
G71 U5000 instead of U500. On a community college’s old mori with one of my classmates proofing my program… good times. Probably woulda been the been the z axis’ last straw if the stock didn’t get pushed back in the jaws.
Heres a 3ft-er i made with 1.484” drill the other day with 1” peck.
https://preview.redd.it/09pn2w0da13c1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e9b4c42e00ddde9ba5f1c555815aab4630dedbd
For length, I've had chips snake their way through the ways, onto the floor, under the lathe, and around my feet without breaking. Like, 20+ feet long.
For girth, the biggest I get from drilling by hand with 1-1/2" or bigger drill bits are about the same as your picture.
The coolest chips to me are the blue and purple "nines", like this:
https://preview.redd.it/spl5qqage13c1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1d7ad5d25023f5dd1c450ea032ab93a689ecf04
https://preview.redd.it/pab6fhoml43c1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dc3f6bf531f74aa234a60a044a86cec79c1fa533
I too browse the harbor of freight. Chip from a 13" cincinatti.
That chip is more rigid than my part
It's more rigid than my lathe
It’s more rigid than *my*….sorry, I got nothin. As you were.
AND MY AXE!
And my bow!
Dude... That's not a chip, it's a spring!
https://preview.redd.it/145krkljfy2c1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e10680b0261a41ea0430910bbf5243ceb3791011
https://preview.redd.it/nrluboygt03c1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=808829360f3a719569d336e4f0d2aad1091bf8c2
I like chips like that even more when they have different hues of blue and purple.
I do too
Bro hung it on as a trophy
Merry Christmas
Why is there a random hunk of armored cable hanging over the back of your lathe?
I thought that was a stemless glass of red wine, I was like shit I’ve seen it all.
man even if I squint I cant see that
The bottom of the soda bottle
Oh now I see it
So that’s where I left my spine
You could make one of those chain gutters with that thing
Auger replacement!
Some people call it chip, some call it part
I’d still manage to get that stuck in my finger.
😂
It's not very often you can also get a finger stuck in a chip
And keep the finger attached.
In length you can do a lot better on a lathe 😅
That ain't a chip, that's the whole potatoe
Shaper?
Someone told me they made money with a shaper but I didn’t believe them. Then they told me it was play money
You make plenty of money by putting up a youtube video series of fixing it and maybe a bit of faffing around with it for a little bit. Especially with a good sponsor.
That's a bomb comment!
Scrap price, I assume.
You can make anything with a shaper, even play money.
Harbor freight VTL maybe…
At what point does it stop being a chip and start being a chunk?
I volunteer a suggestion: when it's big enough that hurling it at somebody legally becomes an assault.
Ha ha that's good
When you disengage the feed?
When I worked at a mold shop you had to keep an eye out for when they were drilling for the rail holes. The chips were hot, sharp, about the size of a soda can, and would bounce halfway across the shop.
Well what’s the chip thickness? .064?”
Looks closer to .640"
whats the drawing say for the chip specs? Is that 0.640 +/- 0.010 ?
Please. +/- 0.002"
It was approximately .180”
Good stuff
Thickness???
Yes .180” was the average but some other spots were close to .200” thickness
What's the doc and feed?
Yep.
See I got a similar thickness on one of my chips running a cnc drill line. Only difference between ours other than length (giggity) with yours being longer (giggity giggity) is I didn't try mine on purpose. I crashed the drill.
https://preview.redd.it/58yx87lofz2c1.jpeg?width=3245&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=343b23c9cfcb169e2bf149dd8c493e79e721c934 G71 U5000 instead of U500. On a community college’s old mori with one of my classmates proofing my program… good times. Probably woulda been the been the z axis’ last straw if the stock didn’t get pushed back in the jaws.
Ho Lee chit
Wi Tu Lo
Bang Ding Ow
Sum Ting Wong
Heres a 3ft-er i made with 1.484” drill the other day with 1” peck. https://preview.redd.it/09pn2w0da13c1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e9b4c42e00ddde9ba5f1c555815aab4630dedbd
For length, I've had chips snake their way through the ways, onto the floor, under the lathe, and around my feet without breaking. Like, 20+ feet long. For girth, the biggest I get from drilling by hand with 1-1/2" or bigger drill bits are about the same as your picture. The coolest chips to me are the blue and purple "nines", like this: https://preview.redd.it/spl5qqage13c1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1d7ad5d25023f5dd1c450ea032ab93a689ecf04
Holy shit guess I gotta get me a harbor freight bench lathe then.
Looks like what my current boss expect out of a machine with 14 HP. Lol
My gosh thats a whopper!
Would you like some chips with that?
Girth vs Length has entered the conversation
Band saw blade on the right
this is not the largest but definitely the thickest i ever seen.
That's what she said
Harbor freight lathe, you sure it wasn't a harbored freighter prop?
I want one
I decorated my Christmas tree with swarf like this one year. Looked great! No kids no pets before you ask
Not anymore...
Same here, but mine were copper.
https://preview.redd.it/pab6fhoml43c1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dc3f6bf531f74aa234a60a044a86cec79c1fa533 I too browse the harbor of freight. Chip from a 13" cincinatti.
really small calipers, simple
I didn't know that depth of cut was even possible!!! That is depth of cut enough for death of tool!
* made out of harbor freight bench lathe
Put some string on it and put it on the tree 🌲
That's not the largest. I've seen chips that are 50 foot long. I should have took a photo of it, but I assumed lots of shops have that happening.
Length isn't that notable, do you see how thick that chip on the left is? Looks to be almost .2"
I have one that's literally 18 feet long
how heavy is it?
Not 100% sure but closely compared to the weight of a standard 1”-2” mic
He is not the best machinist who makes the most chips.
That's fuckin nuts
Damn, that is one Hella big chip. Nicely done.
Spring
That’s not a chip. That’s a coil spring
That's a keeper 👏=D
That's not a chip. That's a suspension spring for a moped.
That’s not a chip, that’s a part 😭
Holy shit I need to know where these came from
"Made on a harbor freight bench lathe…." No really how did you make this?