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A horizontal boring mill/lathe project
Rubes:
Yep, Steve is quite the machine builder. And all done with just plans in his head...no CAD :bugeye: One of the most practical down to earth guys I know.
Here is another one of his creations that I now have the honor of owning (just need to put it back together since he did take a few bits to make that Horizontal Boring Machine).
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40584
Oh yeah, I can pretty much guarantee you that what he will be building with this machine is another cool machine.
Rubes
Brass_Machine:
--- Quote from: Rubes on January 15, 2010, 03:59:16 PM ---Yep, Steve is quite the machine builder. And all done with just plans in his head...no CAD :bugeye: One of the most practical down to earth guys I know.
Here is another one of his creations that I now have the honor of owning (just need to put it back together since he did take a few bits to make that Horizontal Boring Machine).
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40584
Oh yeah, I can pretty much guarantee you that what he will be building with this machine is another cool machine.
Rubes
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I remember watching that build on the Zone. Very nice Steve!
This one is very cool as well!
Eric
Rob.Wilson:
Steve :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Thanks for sharing , great job ,alot of food for thought :thumbup:
Cheers Rob
sbwhart:
Very cleaver bit of work their Steve
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Thanks for showing and sharing with us.
Have fun
Stew
S_J_H:
Thanks everybody. I built the machine with the capabilities in past projects I wish I had.
The machine still needs a lot more work and it's not as nice as Jackarys work of art he calls "Stepperhead" http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/showthread.php?t=32574&highlight=stepperhead , but it is a very capable machine.
--- Quote ---What keeps the table on the rails, just it's weight? Interesting idea using two mini mill columns for the Z-axis.
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I used the mini mill columns I bought from LMS as they were perfectly sized, cast iron and priced right. There was no way I could make them from scratch cheaper.
No ,the tables are held in place with box ways. These box ways are very heavy duty, much more robust than the dovetail ways on my x3 mill.
In the pics the cross slide table is on Hiwin linear rails. These are very rigid, constrained in all directions and very low friction.
http://www.automation4less.com/linhd.htm
But I have a much larger dovetail table I acquired from a trade with Rube that will be replacing the thin /small cross feed table presently on the machine.
The tables for the saddle and outboard support column are
box way slides. Very rigid, more so than dovetails or the linear rails and very accurate.
Here is some info from SKF-
--- Quote ---Oh yeah, I can pretty much guarantee you that what he will be building with this machine is another cool machine.
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Yeah you are probably right Rube. But my next machine is not going to look like a mad scientist with an erector set. I want to build something elegant like Jackarys machine.
Down the road a bit though.
Steve
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