... I noticed the gibs are pretty bad on mine as well. the screws are kinda-sorta near the reliefs on them, but the marks from the screws show the near miss. ...
Mike, CNCzone is the best I've found for seeing what others have done with BPs. There are good pictures of a number of conversions people have done. Mine is...
... to ... done ... Easy enough to make a spinner so you can grind off the threads. It MAY be that the screws are only case hardened. Heck, once you do the...
Sorry to hear the ballscrews are giving you fits Ray. Barry ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a...
This is what happens when I relax the rules about being on topic. People start posting jokes. This is not a forum for jokes. It is about amateur machining. The...
Thank you, Barry! I dumped out of one of the 7x lathe groups because I was so disgusted wading through all the political garbage. Chips-'R'-Us!! Mark Rodman...
I dropped 7x lathe groups for the same reason. Mark Rodman <marketc@...> wrote: Thank you, Barry! I dumped out of one of the 7x lathe groups because I...
Check out the other 7x lathe group that is actually useful... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/7x12minilathe/ Very on topic and useful. No politics allowed. I...
Hi Barry, GOOD FOR YOU and Thank you! Take care, DBN Barry Young <barryjyoung@...> wrote: This is what happens when I relax the rules about being on...
Dave, We got the first one machined down close to final size, and well below the surface, but it's still hard as hell, and we can't get a decent surface...
hi ray- what process does nook use to turn down the journals? do they anneal as well or just grind them down to size? sorry to hear that it didn't go so well. ...
David, Nook does: Anneal, straighten, machine, straighten again. They indicated you can just do the whole job by grinding, but that would take forever, given...
Ray, If you or a friend has a welder you can anneal it by making a coil and putting the rod inside and turn the welder on, while it is in there, until it...
... coil and ... until ... induction heating ? cool ! Remmeber, cooling down slooooly is important. I torch my stuff in sand that I baked in the oven to dry...
Dave, I considered, then rejected, that idea. It's way too big to fit on my lathe (1" OD, 60" long for the X, 24" long for the Y), and my friend is not...
Allyn, That would probably be tons of fun to try, but given what these screws cost, I don't want to take a chance on damaging them. The recommended method is...
Hi, Thanks to all the people who answered my question about installing a DRO! I ordered the Steele belt drive conversion kit from Little Machine Shop and have...
... Shop The large pulley that fits on the main drive shaft is about an 1/8 th of an inch lower than the pulley on the motor shaft. Is this something I have...
Ray, Naturally the choice is yours and I wouldn't want to cause any undo damage to it either. But, what I don't understand is what you mean by the remark as...
Hello Steve, When fitting the Stirling Steel Belt drive conversion you have to ensure both the pulley's are in exact alignment. This is done my moving the...
I agree with Harry, just make sure both pulleys are in alignment. I also have the Steele kit installed on my machine and i might add there was a minor...
Allyn, Well, it's all speculation anyway, since I don't have an arc welder, other than my little wire MiG. :-) But, I've never tried induction heating, and...
... Ray - In the current issue of "Home Shop Machinist" (March/April 2008) the article by Roland Friestad on page 58 describes his method for annealing the end...
Flame heating is not universal and would have some spots much different than others. I think that is why they stage ovens in the heat treating process....
Glenn, That approach makes sense. Nook indicated it's normal to have to straighten the screw several times after annealing. I have considered shrinking a stub...
Hi Ray: yes, it has been finished for months. Pics are in my folder. I use the mill every day. In retrospect, I could have made the table travel 40 inches long...
