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The Shop => Tools => Topic started by: Rob.Wilson on January 13, 2013, 03:04:37 PM

Title: DTI Holder
Post by: Rob.Wilson on January 13, 2013, 03:04:37 PM: Evening Lads :wave:

Well no were near as much shop time this weekend as I would have liked , but made a start on the DTI holder this evening .

CAD drawing done , well nearly still a couple of parts to draw ,but enough done to make a start .
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_Zero%20Set%20DTI%20Holder~0.jpg)

Milled a couple of bits of steel up and machined the ways for the rods to run in .
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060022.jpg)
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060024.jpg)
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060026.jpg)

Piss poor this no shop time lark :(

Rob

Edit : updated drawing ,showing springs and adjuster screw
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: Pete. on January 13, 2013, 03:17:40 PM: What's the largest thumbscrew for Rob?
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: Rob.Wilson on January 13, 2013, 03:20:31 PM: Hi Pete

Fine adjustment , I have not drawn the screw ,still undecided on the pitch . also two springs missing from the drawing :palm:

Rob
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: micktoon on January 13, 2013, 03:34:03 PM: Looks good Rob :thumbup:, I think it would look splendid in a nice nickel plated finish :drool: :drool: :drool: :lol: :lol:

Cheers Mick
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: doubleboost on January 13, 2013, 05:13:09 PM: Hi
Rob
Just spotted this post
What part of your 626 mill is this intended for
John
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: Rob.Wilson on January 19, 2013, 07:19:38 AM: :lol: :lol: nope John :palm: Just getting a few wee jobs out of the way before I start back on with the 626 .

Well wile sitting waiting for the shop to warm up -1 when I fired the heaters up at 8 am ,I finished off the modelling of the DTI holder to pass the time .

(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_DTI%20Holder.jpg)
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_DTI%20Holder%201.jpg)

Well I suppose I better move my arse and get in the shop :dremel:

Rob
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: hopefuldave on January 19, 2013, 08:42:29 AM: Looking good - should be a very useful tool! I think the fine-adjustment screw will make it a lot easier to use than just a friction lock,

I have a question or three about the CAD rendering...

What CAD software are you using, and... how do you do those knurls in it? I have a few projects that are close to the render stage, but have been scratching my head over knurled knobs and grippy knurled levers... Easy to do, hard to draw! Shouldn't it be straight knurls for adjustments, diamond for grip though? ;)

Dave H. (the other one)
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: micktoon on January 19, 2013, 12:28:31 PM: Hi Rob , hope you managed to dig your way into the shop today, the drawings are so real, its unreal :clap: lol, ......... it even looks like them bits are nickel plated if you look close ? :)
Keep up the good work :thumbup:

Cheers Mick
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: krv3000 on January 19, 2013, 05:49:11 PM: can i have one for me xmas box for next yer
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: Rob.Wilson on January 20, 2013, 01:27:11 PM: Cheers lads :beer:

Hi Dave , piece of piss to model a knurl , its just a swept cut along a helix ,radial pattern that ,then mirror the pattern , as to should it be a diamond knurl for adjustment , yes all my mikes are diamond knurled most engineering equipment is , if it was a scientific or Horological piece then it would be straight .

Hand a bit shop time over the weekend :ddb:

A shot of the arbour being heat treated , that the part too the left , the other is a reamer .

(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060032.jpg)

Nearly all the mill work done , just need to make the part that holds the DTI .

(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060036.jpg)
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060040.jpg)

Rob
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: micktoon on January 20, 2013, 02:41:50 PM: Looking good Rob :bow: :bow: , glad to see you got into the shop this weekend and the snow did not spoil the show :thumbup:

Cheers Mick
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: doubleboost on January 20, 2013, 05:08:32 PM: Looking nice as usuall :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:
John
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: krv3000 on January 22, 2013, 05:28:15 PM: as per brill work rob
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: Rob.Wilson on January 27, 2013, 11:23:35 AM: Cheers Lads :beer:

A wee bit progress this afternoon , finished milling up the part that holds the DTI , made two top guide rods from SS and two smaller ones for the DTI fine adjust from sliver steel (hardened) , Press fitted the part together, still need to make three knobs.

(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060061.jpg)
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060062.jpg)

Rob
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: BillTodd on January 27, 2013, 11:28:29 AM: lovely job again, Rob :)
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Post by: micktoon on January 27, 2013, 03:45:51 PM: Looking nice Rob :bow: :bow:, I really would not know if that was a virtual drawing or the finished real thing lol, seriously :scratch:....... I bet you can do a wood worktop in 3D drawing ? I would be happier if your hand was in the shot :lol:

Cheers Mick
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: dakengineermeister on January 27, 2013, 09:19:18 PM: Even with a high tech digital edge finder that is tied into the cnc control system on my mill, I find that I use my DTI holder quite regularly. Congratulations on this work, hope you use it as much as I use mine. :)
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: lockstocknbarrel on January 28, 2013, 03:57:09 AM: Hi Rob,
Beautiful workmanship :clap:.

BUT HOW THE HELL TO YOU GET RENDERING LIKE THAT :bugeye: :scratch:.
I fell like the looser starting down the barrel of Dirty Harry's 44......................................Its just that I got's ta know.......... :doh:
Regards Beagles
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: Rob.Wilson on January 28, 2013, 05:44:05 PM: Thanks for the comments lads :beer:

Quote from: micktoon on January 27, 2013, 03:45:51 PM
....... I bet you can do a wood worktop in 3D drawing ? I would be happier if your hand was in the shot :lol:

Cheers Mick

Hi Mick , something like this :lol:
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/DTI%20Mount/dti_zpsf665764a.jpg)
Just a quick ruff job ,lighting and shadow is wrong but you get the idea :coffee:

Rob
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: micktoon on January 28, 2013, 06:18:57 PM: Lol :lol: :lol: , you have me lost now , its a good job I live close enough to check what is real and what is not lol.................. unless you are one step ahead and you are an andriod and your workshop a 3D hologram :scratch: :palm: :palm: :med: :med: ................ who knows eh , Ahh , main thing is I enjoy seeing the stuff either way :)
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Keep up the good work :clap:
Cheers Mick
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: Rob.Wilson on January 29, 2013, 04:22:21 PM: Well that another tool knocked off the list ,job done :dremel:

(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060067.jpg)
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060068.jpg)
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060069.jpg)

couple of shots with DTI

(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060073.jpg)
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060079.jpg)

I machined the hole that allows for the clamping action to match standard DTI bars .
(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060074.jpg)

This gives the tool a bit more verifiability .

(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060076.jpg)

Really enjoyed prating about with this wee project :)

Cheers Rob

ooops forgot a shot of it in my paw for scale .

(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060077.jpg)
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: Brass_Machine on January 29, 2013, 04:25:59 PM: Nice job Rob!!

Eric
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: doubleboost on January 29, 2013, 04:35:29 PM: Stunning as usuall :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:
John
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: krv3000 on January 30, 2013, 06:07:00 PM: oooo that wool look brill in one of me boxes
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: loply on January 31, 2013, 08:10:52 AM: Hi Rob,

Looks great. What's the finish, bead blasted?

Cheers,
Rich
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Post by: Pete. on January 31, 2013, 02:36:16 PM: Outstanding Rob. A fine piece of work.
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Post by: Meldonmech on January 31, 2013, 03:05:18 PM: Hi Rob,

Well Done, all it needs now is a nice Rosewood Case to make sure it dose n't get scratched.

Cheers David
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: Rob.Wilson on January 31, 2013, 04:01:20 PM: Thanks for all the compliments Lads :beer:

Tonight I had a thought ( brain fart ), it would be canny if I could use this on the shaper to clock work in , finding somewhere to stick a mag base can be clumsy at times , so I made up a second arbour this time a hardened square one to fit the tool post on the shaper . :med:

(http://www.nam-engineering.com/cm/albums/userpics/10002/normal_P1060084.jpg)

Rob
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: micktoon on January 31, 2013, 05:18:58 PM: Good thinking Rob :thumbup: , always better to use things for more than one machine , just thinking would the 'shaper arbor' also fit into a tool holder and maybe be handy for some tasks on the lathe ?
I was going to give you 10/10 for this project , that was before the shaper part ............ so it looks like 11/10 now......... Well done , :bow: :bow: :bow: :drool: :drool:

Cheers Mick :beer:
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: DaveH on January 31, 2013, 05:22:15 PM: Hi Rob,
Another masterpiece :bow: :clap:
:beer:
DaveH
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: doubleboost on January 31, 2013, 05:28:19 PM: I think it would be a good idea if Rob was to include his "narley" hand in all his future images
Just so we know the items he creates are real :bow: :bow: :bow:
John
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: Rob.Wilson on February 02, 2013, 04:33:13 AM: Thanks lads :beer:

With that wee job oot of the way I better fined something else to mess aboot with now :dremel:

Cheers Rob
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: philf on February 02, 2013, 04:37:56 AM: Quote from: RobWilson on February 02, 2013, 04:33:13 AM
Thanks lads :beer:

With that wee job oot of the way I better fined something else to mess aboot with now :dremel:

Cheers Rob

Rob,

Are you looking for excuses not to finish your CNC mill?

:beer:

Phil.
Title: Re: DTI Holder
Post by: Rob.Wilson on February 02, 2013, 04:48:53 AM: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Sort of Phil :lol:

Cant get to it at the moment as machine shop still needs sorting out ,and the gear I took out of the machine shop to make room for the Viceroy mill I piled into the welding /casting shop :palm: , waiting for the warm weather so I can yank everything out into the yard so I can have a good sort out . So I may as well use the time to make some of the small tools on my to do list :dremel:

Rob