It's been a while...

[Shadowfax]

since I worked on a lathe the last time! :)

Today I had to start work for some project we're currently doing. It's combining theoretical background with a test-stand we've gotta develop ourselves :)

The thing shown on the imagine is basically nothing yet, but all the scattered metal looks nice :D
I'm taking pictures during the whole project, so if things DO get more interesting I'll post some other pics...
Things can go really wrong sometimes with these kind of things, providing nice photo-material :D

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[unclehobart]

well? Where are the damn pics?

[Shadowfax]

Thoughtful, unc :)


Hang on :D

[Shadowfax]

Here they are..not very interesting, but you requested it :)
Plus this is the easy kind of work...still working on the rest...:D

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[Shadowfax]

... last one :D

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[unclehobart]

So you make really sturdy drinking glasses for a living?

[Shadowfax]

yes. i'm always afraid i break something.

[PT]

That shotglass on top could hurt a person after they've had a few.

[Dave]

nice polished finish on them.
what exactly are they?

[alex]

I think you just redefined the term "stiff drink" :D

[Scanty]

I like the one in the middle of the last picture best. :shrug:

[whoreable]

i didn't realize we where supposed to choose our favorite...i can't handle all this pressure

[Scanty]

:grumpy: JUST GOD DAMN CHOOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[whoreable]

i choose the shinny one....please don't hurt me

[Scanty]

:glasses3:

[Nixy]

:hmm: I know I love to spend thousands of dollars of tuition to make shiny metal drinking glasses!!! :D

Now, make us somethign useful! Like a plane! :D

[unclehobart]

How deep can you lathe those steel plugs before they buckle in the mechanism?

[whoreable]

i wish i got to build stuff at school. i just have stupid classes :(

[Nixy]

PLANE! PLANE! WE WANT A PLANE!

[Nixy]

I'm just joking Shadow. They are beautiful "cups", very nicely polished.

I just don't quite understand what they're for.... :confuse2:

[Scanty]

i hated CDT at school. All i can remember is having to make a little box thing with some kind of mechanism in it, as a toy for little kids.

Mine was a red hot-air balloon with 'Virgin' painted on it and a little Richard Branson inside. The balloon just went up, then down, then up, then down.

:D

My teacher wasn't very impressed. :(

[whoreable]

i need to go to a school where i build stuff outta legos. i liked legos when i was young. :)

[Nixy]

I get to build stuff in school starting next year. I am going to be doing civil engineering. I am so excited.

This year is just a common first year for all engineers. We do get to do a drafting course next semester though, I am excited about that! :D

[Shadowfax]

they're casting-moulds....those can't be taken apart and are most likely to be ruined :cool:

now working on the other ones that CAN be taken apart...but i haven't been to school in 2.5 weeks now....



and yay! @ FUBAR english...sorry, hope you get the general idea :D

:eek10:

[whoreable]

construx would be cool too. i used to build little toy crossbows outta those whne i was youngs...i just can't imagiane waht i could build today.

[Nixy]

so, you pour some sort of moulton marterial in there and then you get a little cylinder?

What is the cylinder for?

Inquisitive minds need to know!!! :D

[Shadowfax]

well we kinda pour some liquid metal shit in it and then all it basically has to do is being demolished while we see how that happens :D

don't ask why...it's all part of the weird brain of a teacher who wants to show us how far you can go with certain things :cool:


and whoreable...want a HUGE box of Construx? I still got it :) :D

[Nixy]

whoo hoo!!! Demolishing things is fun *doesn't think that is the additude an engineering student should have*

Well, I hope one day soon you get to make something that gets to stay intact!!! :D

[unclehobart]

Its the german method of apprenticeship. Even the top engineers start off filing metal so that they understand the nature of all that they will be dealing with in the future. Its a full immersion education method by menial tasks.

[Nixy]

OH WAIT!

I know what you should do!!!

Make a REALLY big one, use that to mold a smaller one, then make the smaller one into a mold and keep doing that til you have a whole set that all fit in side each other!!!!! :cocktail: