Lane's Shop & Equipment
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This is where everything happens...16 x 20 building busting at the seams. |
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My stock rack made from shelving used to transport chicken house eggs in the south. |
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Storage and supplies. |
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Lane's new mill that we found on the trip to Houston. |
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Homemade belt sander. I found the article in 1940 Popular Science Magazine. |
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Darex end mill sharpener and homemade diamond grinder. |
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My rotating grinder stand. 2 bench grinders on bottom and drill grinder on top. |
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13 X 40 ACER (made in Taiwan) bought new in 1995. It is a good lathe for the money and I had to make only a few improvements such as put brass bushings in the block for the tail end of the lead screw and feed rod to run in. I added more graduation on the compound dial and adapted a Clausing Taper Attachment so it would work on this lathe. I have two 4 jaw chucks (8" &10") along with a 3 jaw set thru. chuck. I made a 5C collet adapter and draw bar that has really worked well. |
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18" Grob 10 Speed Vertical Band Saw....the very best ever made. I have a homemade power feed table that really works well. In the background you can see some of my storage area. |
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Bridgeport that I bought used in 1990 and rebuilt from top to bottom. It was bought new in 1976 for a shop where I was working at the time and I was the only person to run it for 2 1/2 years until I went to work elsewhere. When the mill came up for sale it was still very accurate and since I knew the mill I decided to buy it. I added a DRO and Krut Vice and tooling for every imaginable project....some bought but much of it built by yours truly....12" & 6" Dividing Heads, 10" Rotary Table, 6" Super Spacer, Volstro Rotary Milling Head, Adjustable & Solid Angle Plates, Chucks, Collets, Boring Heads, etc. |
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#12 Van Norman Horizontal & Vertical Mill of WWII Vintage! I picked this up at an auction with 2 sets of collets. Of course I had to rebuild it from top to bottom but is works really well now. |
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Drake Arbor Press...my backside and 10K South Bend |
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South Bend 10K Lathe that I bought new in 1980 fully tooled with everything South Bend offers for it. I have built the world on this thing and still do. |
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KO Lee 6"-18" All Hydraulic Surface Grinder (along with my backside again). I paid $300 for this and rebuilt it from top to bottom and it works as well as a $30,000 piece of equipment. K O Lee is probably the best ever grinder. |