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| ParCan:
Attempted to use the Mill today. I managed to make the valve pivots but things are not good. The Low Cost vice is prety much unusable :( The machine is not square (by a long way) I have ordered a better Vice I have ordered a Traming gague doofah thing, I know i'll use it again and again so worth the money. Spent the rest of today making Reprap parts and chips. |
| HS93:
have you taken the vice of the swivel base , stiffens them up a lot , but you may have done that already. Peter |
| ParCan:
Hi Peter The vice is a Tilt swivel Vice. It turns on the on the Milling platform and also in the vertical plane. The issue is the vertical plane is far from square. New Vice from RDG turned up today. it was suitably stripped, cleaned and lubricated before I did anything more. Made a basic tramming device out of the 8mm rod turned and Threaded M5 that I used for the puddleduck Flywheel and A bit of 15mm ally bar. Drilled a hole in 1 end to suite the Dial gague then put in a locking screw. Drilled a hole at 55 mm (to suite the width of the table) then at 120 mm (cos that's about the length of the ally) to do the table length. Head in within .0005" in all directions with the bed. I bet i'll never ever get it that good again ;) Made the Valve block out of some 1" X 3/8 flat Brass bar (ok it's a tiny bit small) Decided to make it 24 mm X 24mm (drawings say 25 X 25mm). i'll make the tubes longer to suite. It measures 24.04 X 23.98mm and it's square as well. Unbelievable. I'd have never got even close to that accurate on the lathe. * ParCan is a happy bunny :) Alex. |
| ParCan:
Remade the Eccentric straps toaday. So So So much easier with a mill. Tomorrow I learn (well for the 1st time in 25 + years) to Silver Silder. I can then get the Standoff Flanges made and complete the Valve Block. I'll note that I only have 1/8 Copper Tube but do have some 4mm Brass tube. I'll prolly use the brass tube. You never know, it may even see some Air this weekend :) |
| PekkaNF:
Good progress there! Which vice you got from RDG? Have you clockked part lift when the vice is tightened? Pekka |
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