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| mattinker:
Dave, the clutter is a life long battle. I'm working on it, but I'm glad it reassures you, at least that way there's some positive in it! John, thanks! regards, Matthew |
| mattinker:
Hi, for the next part of my dividing head I'm going to need a fixed steady. I started building one a long time ago, I hadn't yet bought my milling machine and my shaper wasn't set up. It needs a foot to bolt it to the bed of the lathe to become operational. The base is cut out 15mm hot rolled, the thickest I can cut with my plasma cutter. A piece of 20x50mm for the foot. A "v" was cut into the block to fit onto the V ways of the bed. I then milled two flats so that the foot would sit down square on the bed. To fix the "foot" to the ways I used a piece of 40 x 20 into which I milled 2 steps so that the middle fitted between the ways. I drilled and tapped M20 in the middle for the single fixing bolt. Test fit of the foot assembly. To bridge the 28mm gap between the foot and the steady rest, I cut out a piece of cold 10mm x 50 and tacked it into place. Test fit of the assembled steady rest. Welded! I have two gussets to weld onto the base and it will be usable I hope. I lost some of the photos of what i did today, I hope it's reasonably comprehensible. I'm glad to have made this tool usable, it will probably need modifications, but at least it's usable! Regards, Matthew |
| DavidA:
Love that steady. I really need to make one for each of my lathes as there are one or two part finished projects that I can't complete without one. I was thinking along similar lines. But without the ball races. The clutter is also the bane of my life. But I have a pathalogical fear of throwing anything out. Dave. |
| mattinker:
Thanks Dave, this dividing head is pushing me into new areas that I'm enjoying, I have to finish the steady do the next bit. The tools to make tools! I just have too many things to organize. regards, Matthew |
| Fredbare:
Just back from holiday in France, and caught up with this project. Great job, well written and great photos, thanks for sharing. John |
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