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| RobWilson:
I did think about doing it to my drill/mill Just found this Steve http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/sites/7/documents/metalmaster.pdf :dremel: Rob |
| vtsteam:
--- Quote from: vtsteam on March 10, 2015, 03:42:40 PM ---....... Also the cantilevered overarm supporting the tailstock is round section -- Urwick's was a sort of T bar cross section. I don't know what the comparative modulus of those sections is or the section size, but I have a feeling Urwick's design might have been stiffer...... --- End quote --- Ooops, just saw in another view that the overarm is not cantilevered, but has a support block down on the bed at the far end. Okay it makes a lot more sense to me now. I should have known, anything this well built has the issues figured out. In that case, it does look an exemplary machine. If I do build something, it will be, uh, a little more shall we say, "workman-like" in appearance and construction. That's a monster of beauty. |
| mattinker:
There is an Urwick metalmaster group on yahoo. I've been a member for a very long time, there isn't much activity, none for years! There are CAD drawings and lots of interesting stuff. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/URWICK_METALMASTER/info Have fun! regards, Matthew. |
| vtsteam:
I uh, well, this doesn't mean anything....... uh impulse ordered a 7 x 14 mini lathe spindle. Just to see what it's like. Doesn't mean I'm going to build a lathe. It just seemed like something I ought to have for fifty bucks. I'm sure you all know how that is....... |
| awemawson:
What's this Steve? The Johnny Cash approach to lathe building, one bit at a time :lol: |
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