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The agenda today was to work on the motor mount for the 10 hp Quincy. I got the mount mostly made and painted. Also repainted the 10 hp single phase motor, but doing a total wire brushing and painting of the tank etc is not going to happen. It would be nice, but I'm too busy. Before the painting my buddy Dave showed up on his way up to Deleware. We go back aways and had much to chat about. Dave is going to be video taping the 200 when I get it to where I want it. He seems to think it is performing just fine as it is. He's accustomed to using a Nazel 1B and a Nazel 3B, so I paid attention to his assessment. He's tested every model of my hammers over the years.
Once he left and I got the painting done I moved the compressor stuff outside and got to work on the 150's steel billets. The anvil top block was drilled and tapped for the 1/2" bolts that secure the chain for hoisting, and then surfaced top and bottom on the Cincinnati 307-14. Then I drilled & tapped the chain holes in the three 5x20x23 bilets that will form the bottom of the anvil. I also drilled the baseplate corner holes. A minor item in the otherwise perfunctory process is that I have to use a carbide drill bit to puncture the hardened surface of the billets due to flame cutting, thereafter I'm able to drill and tap without drama. The routine is to forklift a billet to be under the overhead crane, and then use the electric crane to place it on the mill table. The crane is also used to take the billet back to the floor when it has to be rotated after the first surface is machined. I'll be working on the billets again tomorrow.
Once he left and I got the painting done I moved the compressor stuff outside and got to work on the 150's steel billets. The anvil top block was drilled and tapped for the 1/2" bolts that secure the chain for hoisting, and then surfaced top and bottom on the Cincinnati 307-14. Then I drilled & tapped the chain holes in the three 5x20x23 bilets that will form the bottom of the anvil. I also drilled the baseplate corner holes. A minor item in the otherwise perfunctory process is that I have to use a carbide drill bit to puncture the hardened surface of the billets due to flame cutting, thereafter I'm able to drill and tap without drama. The routine is to forklift a billet to be under the overhead crane, and then use the electric crane to place it on the mill table. The crane is also used to take the billet back to the floor when it has to be rotated after the first surface is machined. I'll be working on the billets again tomorrow.
