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lathe milling spindle?
Fergus OMore:
Mine are the two ordinary milling, drilling and grinding spindles from G.Potts that were sold as castings etc from Woking Precision Models which was taken over by Hemingway kits. there was also a tubular one- but I gave that away to a friend who was a watchmaker.
The other permutation that I have is the vertical slide from the Stent tool and cutter grinder but another possibility is the 'Myford' vertical slide and either the Quorn or the Kennet spindles.
The Quorn spindle, I recall, was utilised by the late Philip Amos to go on his Mill drill and serialised in ME.
My thoughts were that the casting on the Thomas Small Versatile Dividing head( sold by Hemingway) had potential as a stronger spindle running in cast iron but could be returned to normal tasks fairly easily.
Even as it stands, it is quite a thing.
Regards
Norman
bertie_bassett:
bolts arrived today so managed to get everything bolted together and ended up with this!
RobWilson:
--- Quote from: Manxmodder on March 16, 2015, 08:00:29 PM ---bertie,it will be a really interesting thread for the reading if you decide to go ahead and post your progress.
Whether a user has a dedicated milling machine,or not,there are plenty of times when a motorised universal lathe attachment like you're planning is the more versatile option....OZ.
--- End quote ---
I second above :thumbup: , A milling spindle dose come in handy at times , thinking one day of building the quickstep mill :dremel:
Keep the build photos coming Bertie :poke: , very interested to see how this build turns out :D
Rob
bertie_bassett:
well managed to get a bit more time to play with things tonight and knocked up a 12v supply for a test run
didn't run it long as it needs stripping down and fettling, but all in all a good result I think.
seem to be running low on metal though so the actual frame may take a while longer to sort out.
when I disassemble ill try to take some more photos for anyone who's interested, and maby some drawings if autocad will load on this machine.
mattinker:
Bertie,
I am very interested in your spindle as I am assembling the bits to make on myself. The thing that I haven't yet resolved is pre-loading the bearings, how have you gone about it? I have a 10mm ER20 spindle for mine and I'm waiting for the motor to come back into stock.
Curious about your build, regards, Matthew
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