There is another book by Gingery, not usually counted as part of the series, entitled Building a Gas Fired Crucible Furnacewhich can be substituted for that describing the charcoal foundry. Here you can see the headstock just after I finished boring it. Does anybody know the name of the song? The pulley is off bingery ’cause the temp headstock was too big and I had to let it hang off the left side. This set was bull-feces! Report comment Reply Nevermind me in the later videos the risers are visible…. I kept extending the boring bit by miniscule amounts until the bearing slid in with lathee bit of friction. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Retrieved from ” https: The old man rocks. The lathe is the first machine built since it can be used to help build itself.Įducation How making is transforming ginyery. It is like a right of passage to make one of those and at the end you have both a lathe and a manly beard, a ginger coloured one at that. Great casting and video technique!īy using our website and services, you expressly agree to the placement of our performance, functionality and advertising cookies. Gingery is noted for using basic methods, seldom used today, in order to make it possible for a gihgery hobbyist to build the machines in the book series, usually without the aid of power tools or other expensive instruments. Welcome to the Make: I can remember our casting course in the higher technical college where we had to use them so that no air is trapped within the mold. Dave Gingery directs the reader to build an adjustable angle iron based assembly. To bore the headstock accurately a temporary headstock assembly is made. I figured, “hey I already have a foundry why not build some. Yes I too am building a metal working shop from scrap using the books written by Mr. I corresponded with Dave back when the books first came out. Has been working on a Gingery Lathe since September last year.