Denker's Metalworking
Homepage
This is a home machine shop hobby site about my machine
modifications and machining related projects. It mainly covers the Mini Lathe
and Mini Mill class of machines and is presented here for hobby information
purposes only. My goal was to supply project and improvement ideas. This is not
a "how to" site. The fun is in designing and building.
Disclaimer:
I
am not a professional machinist or mechanical engineer. The information
provided herein does not in any way represent professional advice and the
projects, modifications and machine additions are not professionally
engineered. I am not an agent or employee of any of the manufactures of the
equipment shown or discussed herein. The views, opinions and information
provided herein are from a hobbyist point of view and presented to other
hobbyists or interested individuals. All ideas,
modifications, projects and machine additions described or shown herein are to
be used at the risk and discretion of the reader.
** Always follow all manufacture safety
procedures and never disable or otherwise defeat a safety device or cover. **
Contents:
Mini
Lathe Page (Updated 2021)
Home
Built Mini Mill Page (Updated
2021)
Other
Projects Page (Updated
2021)
Personal
Interests
I
have worked as a sheet metal part fabrication engineer/machine programmer most of
my working life and I was not involved with machining. In 2003 I decided to buy
a small lathe from Homier and things have expanded from there. My hobbies till
then were electronics, computer building/programming, ham radio, hunting and
camping. I don't ham radio (had to take the tower down) or hunt much anymore
and I have gotten too shaky to do much in electronics. I needed a new hobby and
this has been fun. In April of 2005 I retired and now can spend more time doing
whatever. I like to think up improvements and modifications to the equipment,
design it, then build it. Something to do in the cold Minnesota winter months.
Contact
Information
Electronic
mail address:
Links
Here
are some of the online sources of parts and material I used.
LittleMachineShop.com (gears, replacement parts, assemblies,
much more)
OnlineMetals.com (metals)
McMaster.com (hardware, bearings etc.)
Sdp-si.com (gears, sprockets etc.)
harborfreight.com (tools etc.)
grizzly.com (machines, tools, accessories, much
more)
qtcgears.com (metric gears)
Copyright
© 2008, 2021 David Denker. All Rights Reserved.
Last
Revised: Feb. 2021