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| tom osselton:
Nice |
| mattinker:
It's nice to see you answered your own question , with positive results! Regards, Matthew. |
| ieezitin:
well done brother... very nice looking piece of equipment you have ended up with...... enjoy it. Anthony.. |
| MetalMuncher:
Thank you all for the kind replies! I'm very happy with how it turned out. I used intermittent applications of Tapmatic Natural cutting fluid and while doing the T-Slotting I retracted and vacuumed out the chips 3 or 4 times per slot. Very slow hand feed, running about 550-600 rpm. It sounds like it is working hard, but in fact the motor only got marginally warm. I decided to mill each slot, T-Slot it, then mill the next slot, so the machine (and I) got a break after the T-Slotting each time. The cutter still looks pretty much like new (I did not use it on any scrap, I just decided to go for it, because I had the rotab all set up. But I did put blocks under the 6" table and clamp it down while slotting, just in case. I've decided to buy a set of T-slot cam clamps (LMS' set similar to Mitee Bite) but they just arrived today, so have not tried them yet. Even with a 6" table, there's not a lot of room for traditional hold down clamps. |
| stirling lad:
muncher, you mentioned earlier that you were considering making T nuts to fit,, well when i recently got my mill I did'nt fancy the prices of the T nuts and they only came in packs of 2 or 6 or even 10 at best.. So I bought these wedge nuts and just sawed and filed them to size and they've been fine plus you can find then with lots of different threads...At a fiver for 20 it may be worth considering....just a thought.... :dremel: ....Mike... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M10-Standard-Wedge-Nuts-Pack-of-20-/160507677077?pt=UK |
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