Group members: Well, I guess everyone has just run out of things to say to the newsgroup. Not that I have anything particularly important to share. Over the...
Phil On my lathe (I know this is heresy) on this list, I use the boring bars for my boring head1 It just so happens that my Holder for the lathe bits is 1/2"...
Art: I do the same thing with my lathe. However, I needed to bore a hole that was a little more than 3" deep so that my longest 1/2" carbide boring bar would...
Phil, I'm still here. I just bought an old 10" shaper at a sale a few weeks ago so I got a little distracted. I also use my boring head on my lathe. A while...
After reading here about tramming the head I decided to check my RF20. I used an Indicol with a DTI. I positioned the DTI at about 6" to one side of the head...
MessageDuncan, It sounds like you used the correct proceedure and it is not too unusual to find that kind of error. If I understood you correctly you only took...
Hi Duncan; A 10 thou out of the crate variation isn't surprising. You may want to clock at several positions around the table, perhaps at 12, 3, 6, and 9 ...
Hi folks, Since we're in sort of a catch up on what we're up to these days, I'm restoring an Atlas 12 inch lathe with a 54 inch bed. Getting my hands on this...
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Thanks Mario, if you could dig up the magazine/issue number I'd appreciate it. Duncan ... From: Mario L Vitale [mailto:mariol.vitale@...] Sent: Monday,...
Thanks for all the info Stan. I used a lever type DTI that will read down to 0.0005" but not that great an overall distance (0.030"?). Should I use my 1"...
Hi Duncan; Glad to be of some help. A DTI is fine, in fact, as you can drag the indicator and it's contact point behind the swinging arm and avoid the whole T...
The old-timers would just use a cat-whisker (bent piece of heavy wire) chucked up and a set of feeler gauges. Set the cat-whisker to the highest point in the...
Hi Dan; I'm not familiar with the JET JMD18, but I think this is a Rong Fu mill drill with a round column? If so, here goes: There are four (at least!)...
Hi Stan, Thanks very much for the write up on tramming.The cicle you spoke, is that made using a rod held by a collet that would look like this Spindle ! ! ! ...
Hi Stan, Thanks very much for the write up on tramming.The cicle you spoke, is that made using a rod held by a collet that would look like this Spindle ! ! ! ...
MessageDuncan, Boy, time flies when you're having fun! Did I say a recent article? ....It's Projects in Metal magazine, August 1993 Vol. 6, No.4 pages 26,...
Hi Dan, As Paul mentioned, you can simply go with a bent bit of rod and feelers if you want to. I've done round drill press tables with way in shops without a...
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Looking at a Rong Fu bench belt-type mill/drill w/2 hp motor (ENCO AU105-1133) ((HF offers the same one, but states 1 1/2 hp, anyone know if actually a...
I have a geared head ENCO mill/drill and the head is such a pain to tram after tilting that I avoid the tilting feature. However I do like the gear head....
... It makes no difference what your chuck runout is for this measurement. Think about it. When you chuck up a bent rod or an indicator arm you are creating an...
Hi Paul; Doh! You're right, same as finding true center of rotation of a shaft on a lathe for alignment. Cancels the error. The error would remain constant...
Hello Paul, I have a GEM500G with the same problem i.e when going -90 or +90 to the table. So here is a thought, I intend to tram and establish perfect 90 ...
If you use a tapered pin instead of a dowel, you won't have to worry about slop developing. c ... __________________________________________________ Do You...
I need to buy some 3/4" and 1" end mills. The prices are all over the place. Who do you recommend these days. Also, what is a good way to sharpen end mills? ...
Bought the Enco geared head machine a couple of months ago. For the most part I am really pleased. Based on some of the previous discussions I was a little...
I recommend Travers Tool NY check their 4 flute EM #08-005--280 & 08-005-440 HSS non center cut for mild steel #08-215-120 & 08-215-315 HSS COBALTcenter cut...
If you are careful & know what you are doing, you can do a fair job sharpening them freehand on the bench grinder. Proper sharpening requires a jig grinder...
