Making cylinder heads for the 8N tractor. Using a .0625 ball-end cutter. This is one of the advantages to CNC - copies are pretty easy to make.

This machine uses a Porter-Cable 1.5 HP router. This was taken shortly after finishing it. Work envelope is about 7 x 4.

Making cylinder heads for the 8N tractor. Using a .0625 ball-end cutter. This is one of the advantages to CNC - copies are pretty easy to make.

I changed the router mount to a pair of semi-circular cradles with a hose clamp providing the clamp force. Very stable, and the parts were made on th

Making a tractor tire. This requires a fourth axis, usually known as a rotary axis. The program cuts the space between the treads on one side, then

The vise is absolutely essential to making some parts. The large plexiglass panel in the rear is part of the dust extraction system. It pulls air th

Making cylinder heads for the 8N tractor. Using a .0625 ball-end cutter. This is one of the advantages to CNC - copies are pretty easy to make.

jimlas53
Oct 4, 2010

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