Well done, Antonio
A vertical mill and a lathe will work.
Mill what you can then use the mill as a manually operated vertical shaper to square up the corners.
About .003" per stroke and much quicker than setting up a shaper.
Technique developed by Harry Eales and works very well.
Made several actions from stock (Ballard, Walker, Hepburn) using the technique.
Set-up takes most of the time, so stock is about as easy as castings.
Chuck
Hi Chuckster,
that sounds really interesting, I'd really appreciate it if you would either PM me with some links to more information about what has to be done to use a vertical mill as a manual shaper, or post them here. I am sure others would be interested.
Chuckster and Antonio, I'd love to see pictures of your work.
thanks
