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Oh Blimey I bought a CNC Lathe !!!!
awemawson:
Thanks Kejelle
Today I dug deep in my pockets and ordered a length of 4" EN8 steel to make the adaptor - I did have an end of 5" mild steel that was long enough but I prefer to have a slightly better steel for this component
awemawson:
Well quite a bit of progress today. That huge chunk of EN8 steel arrived, and I decided before I started hacking it about, I would make up a functioning mock up from bits from the scrap box. So that I could adjust the length 'in situ' I decided to make a separate male and female thread, both unbored save for a 12 mm threaded hole so they would screw onto 12 mm threaded studding.
This way I can adjust it and check the chuck fully closes and fully opens while still operating the proximity sensor thus keeping the TX8-F controller happy.
awemawson:
I started with the male thread, dug out a bar end of mild steel and started making swarf:
awemawson:
Then I attacked the female thread. Stock this time was the end of a roller scraped from a paper mill.
awemawson:
The two bits then screw onto a length of 12 mm studding, allowing me to adjust their separation in a 'suck it and see' fashion
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