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krv3000:
yep seems to be a conmen problem im on hold at the moment I have got the lump of bare to make the extension to bring the mill head over to the table just had no time to set it up to bore the male fitting will get their soon
DavidA:
Bob,
Measured up the mill head and there is only 6 1/2" between the front of the column and the centre of the quill. By the time you have added a vice there is only about 3" of movement in the 'y' axis available before you hit the column.
I can get around this to some extent by swinging the head around to about 45 degrees; then the cross slide will miss the column. This, of course, then limits the movement in 'x'.
You can't win.
I considered fitting the shaft between the two beds ( the x,y) sort of in the 'V' instead of at 90 degrees alongside the 'x' bedway at the rear as normal. But it wont really help.
So, like you, I am going to devise some way of bringing the head assembly out over the bed.
That's for later.
Keep up the good work, It helps me to see someone else is doing the same thing.
Dave.
DavidA:
Bob,
It dawned on me a couple of days ago that if you turn the base of the column around so that the bolting on flange is around the back you could gain a bit of swing out over the bed.
Dave.
krv3000:
er you have lost me it is all redy bolted on the back will take sum pics to show you any way as at work tomorrow so will be starting on the extension to put the head over the table so I will be posting pics if I had a fixt steady for me compact 8 then I wood have dun this at home. and john is going to have a bit play with his new mill two mill out the two slots for the nuts to go for tinting it to the coelom head
don't like doing things at work as to me its cheating as a lot of people on hear only have watt they have in their home work shop and not a fully kited out tool room
krv3000:
hi all as promised the bare stock was spot on 100mm so I had to put sum weld on it to make it bigger but before I did that I marked out the centre for the running centre to go in to then I lade dawn sum weld the finish size is 100 mm but the bar was not even so did this to give me a nice finish I then set it up in the lathe and just turned it dawn to 100 mm there is sum holes where I have not put a nuff weld on these will just be field in as its not critical as it will be panted then set up the fixt steady to bore out the end it needed to be 15mm deep by 70mm wide all dun the next step is to get it to john's to drill and put the two cut outs in for it to fit on to the Colom head right pics
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