The Mystery Project - Ep#6, machining large discs on the South Bend Lathe @dynoguy
The Mystery Project - Ep#6, machining large discs on the South Bend Lathe  @dynoguy
Uploaded December 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This is the sixth episode of a (currently) unrevealed mystery project. i am pretty sure that at some point, someone else comes along with the right guess.
(Youtuber "Rolingmetal" already guessed it right...:)
If you got an idea, please send me a message with your guess, so we can keep the mystery for a little bit longer.
If you got the right idea, your name goes to the list.

Please also watch the other parts, the project playlist is here
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ5sckhk3ninWKp5_LuLqT90IH8TIbbHf

The giant spacer (the big rings) videos are here:
youtu.be/sJba2Tg4ar8
and here
youtu.be/_Hx31L2sYf8

This is a rather large project and this video series will just follow along the progress as it happens, obviously interrupted by other things with higher priority.
Due to it's complexity and the number of parts required, we would probably use any machine in the shop at least once.
On top of the mechanical bits there is also a fair bit of electrics/electronics and pipework/hydraulics to come with it.
All conceptual decisions are made and rough sketches are on paper, but availability of (cheap/free) materials and parts may lead to alterations, because the whole project runs on a shoestring budget by decision.
On a $50k budget anyone can build or even buy something like that off the shelf, but i want to spend much, much less than this, well see how the bill looks like at the end ...:-)

In this part we finally got our laser cut parts (longer story) so we could machine the discs for the pipe.


Next part should not take too long to come as time is running, but as usual, other project getting in the way, so the next video might be something else.





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