Thread: What we can do in Russia, when we are not drunk :)

Hello, all!
I have my own small machine shop in Russia, I'd like to show it and what we can do.
In our family's Dodge Caravan got broken rear wheel hub. At that time we had terrible finance troubles, so I didn't want to pay $200 for it. I'd guess, that we have our hands not only to scratch own ass.
At this job there was most difficult to revers-design original broken part.
All turning job was made with handy-control lathe, all milling and drilling with CNC Pratt & Whittney Triax mill mod. 2654 1974 year built.

Original was round, but pentagon will be fun.
At this view can be seen the cap, that does not exist in original.
All curves was milled by my P&W, but the end mill used by that time was almost exhausted.
If it's interesting, I'll post some more pics.

P.S.Sorry for my poor English.

Hopefully when the balance of effects of the vodka wears off you can down size those pics so that we can see them?


Otherwise - welcome!
Not seen anyone from Russia before, but I am sure there are a few lurkers I would think.


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Ox

I've resized the pics and reposted them.

Original was round, but pentagon will be fun.
At this view can be seen the cap, that does not exist in original.
All curves was milled by my P&W, but the end mill used by that time was almost exhausted.

Congratulations on your parts there is always a certain amount of satisfaction when you can make your own parts. Also however there is the feeling that you shouldnt have to make them and it would be far better to get paid to make them.

Thanks for sharing.

Charles

Looking good, fester. I, for one, enjoy have the perspective from members from outside the US especially outside the English speaking world. Don't worry about your English you got your point across. 22 years ago the Army tried to teach me Russian and now all I remember is some swear words.

Originally Posted by Fester Addams

At this job there was most difficult to revers-design original broken part...
Original was round, but pentagon will be fun.
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fester,
Welcome to Practical Machinist. I'm glad you decided to join. The pentigon shape looks like a cast piece. How did you find a cast piece so close to the original diameter of the bolt pattern? Or was it a pentigon shaped piece of bar stock? Nice work.
toolles

Originally Posted by Toolles

fester,
Welcome to Practical Machinist. I'm glad you decided to join. The pentigon shape looks like a cast piece. How did you find a cast piece so close to the original diameter of the bolt pattern? Or was it a pentigon shaped piece of bar stock? Nice work.
toolles

I've milled pentagon from round part by CNC mill named P&W.

Welcome Fester,

Good looking parts. Your language isn't bad. I can read almost anything.


JAckal

Originally Posted by Fester Addams

that we have our hands not only to scratch own ass

I wonder if that is akin to the old English saying "had not got three hapennies to scratch his arse with"
(In Fester's case I suppose it would be not having three Kopeks to scratch his arse with)

Welcome Fester, good work on the hub.

regards

Brian

Welcome Fester, good inginuity and good work.

Yes, welcome aboard Fester, your english is fine, no problem with understanding.

Always happy to see the good work of others.

Pictures of that '74 P & W mill would be welcome. Hope you've seen John Oders nostalgic thread in the Antiques section.

Bob

Your English is way better than my Russian.

Fester,
part looks good, now go around and turn camera on to show
us the shop, maybe the building, what thing's look like in your world.

Allot of us don't get the oppurtunity to travel much.

Once I've made a steady rest with such saddle. This steady rest is for turning large graphite parts. I've designed it of pieces of sheet metal, so it need not casting. This work brought me a lot of money. Sheet metal parts I ordered at my nearest CNC laser cutting machine shop, it's cheap.
Diameter of the sliding surface is 520mm.
First pic shows the steady rest, the second one - parts it was built of, others - shows turning of sliding surface 520mm dia.
This turning demanded some cutting of my lathe's bed
At the forth pic there we can see a small metal tail, it was temporary welded for diameter measuring purpose.

Slotting a keyway in 4 sprockets at once by '45 slotter.
Z42 sprockets milled from 1" 1045 sheet steel by P & W, outer dia is about 27".

One more pic of that old slotter in job.
It was built at second world war's end in Russia, so it's manufacturing quality was rather poor, but we overhauled him, and now he is a brave soldier!

Very nice, especially considering how little time you must have available ;-)

Originally Posted by mark thomas

Very nice, especially considering how little time you must have available ;-)

Yea, there is so much job, no time even to drink
I've bought my shop almost entirely destructed, all roofs, walls, windows, floors , e t.c. needs to be repaired, there was not an electricity, water and heating. All equipment I've brought from other destructed plant (totally about 700 tons ). Now step-by-step starting up. Major portion of equipment can not operate by now, it needs repair.
However, we make jobs, and earn money.

This blower was tired and destroyed. We reverse engineered it, and built a new one with only old case and hubs.
Especially for this job I've bought a bending press brake from scrap and repaired it. This press was not used, but stored on open air for a long time. The motor and some other parts was missed.
Another trouble was to balance the rotor after assembling it.
I've done it by lathe and a vibrometer.
Look at pics!
To be cont'd

Originally Posted by Fester Addams

However, we make jobs, and earn money.

Best thing you can do, good luck thanks for sharing.

Charles