Re: machining old tractor parts

Posted by Geo in SD on February 21, 2004 at 20:07:56 from (66.115.197.237):

In Reply to: machining old tractor parts posted by Dean Minnesota on February 21, 2004 at 19:19:38:

While I don't make any tractor parts at this time, I'm considering getting back into machining small parts in the near future. I was a tool and die maker for 10+ years and had my own shop, doing precision dies and built custom rifles, reloading dies, and other accessories. I would suggest a pretty good lathe, 15x60 or so ,about 5 hp would probably be about all needed. A decent Bridgeport mill, a cylindrical grinder, a surface grinder, and possibly a heat treat furnace. Also you would need to learn about the characteristics of different steels, feeds and speeds, drilling, tool sharpening, tempering and drawing, tooling in general, and a host of other things. I bought the major pieces of equipment for around 15000.00, and the tooling cost almost that much more. I hope I haven't scared you off, but to do a good job, you need good equipment, and the proper tooling to go with. With the aforementioned equipment and the knowledge with it you could manufacture almost anything. If you watch around for sales and such, you could probably get into a line of machinery for less money,also. HTH

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