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| DaveH:
Hi, Please see the attached drawing. Wondering the best -(in my case always the easiest ) way to measure the dimension 63.513mm. Use another spindle nose???? :beer: DaveH |
| Davo J:
I have cleaned up a few D1-4 tapers and the way I do them is to hold them with a chuck or face plate. Doing it this way allows you to take the whole lot out and turn it around to try it on the spindle nose. I am not sure if you have already done it to your lathe, but you are best to mark the spindle and the chucks or back plate in the position they are machined or run the best before doing this. This way it allows you to remount it in the same position after checking whether the machined taper fits. Here is a picture of the marks on mine. Just after I bought the lathe I went through and marked the chucks where they ran the best and marked the face plates in the position where they where machines true. Dave |
| DaveH:
Dave, --- Quote from: Davo J on June 12, 2011, 09:54:02 AM ---I have cleaned up a few D1-4 tapers and the way I do them is to hold them with a chuck or face plate. Doing it this way allows you to take the whole lot out and turn it around to try it on the spindle nose. Dave --- End quote --- Yawellnofine, thats a bluudy sneaky way of doing it. :D Good idea, suits me :D Thanks :beer: DaveH |
| John Stevenson:
On the two lathes I use the most I have made dummy spindle noses, quite easy to do as you machine it nearly size, blue up and measure with an existing chuck or faceplate until it fits with just a small gap. Measure that gap with a feeler and stamp the size on it. This way when you come to make a new backplate you can try the dummy until it fits with the same gap. No gap and you know you have gone too far and need a facing cut. The hour or so making the dummy will pay off if you only make two new backplates. Mine are on A series so not easy to buy although they have the same taper as the D series. John S. |
| Davo J:
I forgot to mention when you machine the taper, machine it so there is about a thou gap between the 2 flat mating faces, the cam locks will pull it up the rest. A good fitting taper will need a little bump with a rubber hammer to get it off. Dave |
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