Hal May's Clock Workshop
Sometime around the beginning of November 2004, Ray Henry emailed me
with a
copy of an email he had received from a gentleman who lived in the same
area that
I do and has some EMC controlled milling machines. Here is the
email that he received:
"Hi Ray: Thought you might be interested in a picture of the mill I
built
from a Gorton pantagraph and now proudly operating with EMC, thanks to
your help. Also a picture of a clock I built completly with
cnc. It
not only runs but keeps very good time.
Hal"
Well, naturally, since I'm a avid (maybe rabid) EMC enthuisist, I
was interested
in meeting Hal and checking out his converted machines. Ray
got us in contact
with each other and we set up a time to get together. Hal gladly
let me take some
pictures of the machines in his shop.
Here's a picture of Hal showing off EMC
He showed me how he cut the teeth on the gears for his clocks
In addition to the Gorton machine, Hal also had a small bench knee mill
that
was controlled by EMC.
Here is a shot of the gears in one of his clocks
Hal and I had a great time talking shop that afternoon. He showed
me lots of
other interesting things in the shop such as his lathe headstock that
fits on a
milling machine table. Using this tool, he was able to do some
CNC turning
using a stationary lathe bit mounted in his mill spindle.
I must say, I really enjoyed the visit to Hal's shop and hope to be
able to get
together with him again someday soon.
Dan Falck
02/06/05