Hi again,
Got a bit more done, made some socketted feet, thinking about putting a ball bearing in the end of the bolts, - if I can get some 5/8" or 3/4" balls, to help reduce skewing whilst adjusting.
The workshop being an elongated car garage, is a bit confining whilst stick welding, fumes build up, so utilized the summer fan to freeze me kna***rs off, but aid breathing.
As always with any job I attempt, there is another tool to make or modify, I wanted to centre the ends of the studs to hold on the miller to do the hex's, one of them wouldn't run true enough, so set about making a tool block to utilize a steady finger.
Milled and cut the blocks to size, needed to bore/ream at lathe centre height, bought a 25mm mt3 reamer from Tracy(here next day), but I tried to take out too much in one go, and ended up slightly oversize for my liking.
I wanted to use the block for my 25mm boring bars when I'd finished this job, but ended up reaming with an adjustable one, which was not running true from the shank, so gripped the extension guide and trued up the shank.
Anyway the bore ended up 1", so made a sleeve to reduce down to the steady finger size, I can then make sleeves for 20mm, 16mm and 12mm boring bars, or make up a 1" bar to take whatever tips I have the most of (seems to be TCMT 16T3)
Used the finger steady to true up the end of the stud for centering, worked a treat, moving on a bit now, but you will no doubt have had similar experiences in attempting home workshop practices, practicing being the operative word here.
The pics might be jumbled up, sorry.
Chris
