... progress. I ... as low ... twenty ... I think my total cost including hardware (though im not using ballscrews yet) will be about the cost of the mill....
... wrote: <Snip> ... It's just that a LOT more R8 collets are sold than MT2 collets. That's because there is more competition for R8 sales, so the prices are...
Hi Group: I am looking for a little help, I need some information on a 1952 16"x 54" Rockford lathe, the machine has the ability to run at Standard speeds of...
I have a RF 45 Clone mill ( www.cnctoolpath.com ) and if I let the spindle run on high (1970 RPM) for 7 minutes the spindle will get near 150 deg F'. I this...
... AFAIK I've never even been in the same room as an RF45 or a clone, so don't take this as gospel: I suspect the spindle bearings are adjusted too tight....
Hi Folks: I looking for a little help with a small problem I am having with an old 1952 Rockford lathe. After I make a cut and move the tool away along the...
Yep! That is the way it is. You are experiencing a little spring. in your tool or work. lots of pressure on the cutting edge. make a couple more passes without...
Mark, If you don't back the tool off before moving it across the just-machined surface, it will almost certainly scratch the finish. There's always just a bit...
Mark, The only solution to this is to mark or record the setting on the crossfeed dial and wind out trhe tool before returning to the start of the cut the mark...
Anyone have experience with this company? http://www.digitalreadoutsystem.com I'm looking for a DRO for my 13X40 lathe. I've considered Shooting Star but like...
For a very nice inexpensive DRO system check out the Shumatech user group on Yahoo. They are using a PCB kit along with the Chinese scales. After looking for...
20 years ago Enco sold an optical center finder that mounted in the collet of a mill with a sight mounted at 45 degrees. I can't remember what it was called...
Greetings, I have the Skoal Centering Scope (made in Korea) Enco P/N 240-0404 ($157.95) on page 252 of the 2004 Enco catalog. The centering scope is extremely...
Greetings, I purchased the Shumatech printed circuit board ($20) and front panel overlay ($10) and built the Shumatech DRO350 (Total $125). The Shumatech...
Thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for. The price has gone up in 20 years. I don't know why I couldn't find it, I searched Enco with all the correct key...
For interest, manufacturing details of an optical centering device was described in the English Model Engineer publication of September 1999. Volume 183, mag....
Anyone know where I can purchase small (1-3 Gallon) plastic or otherwise coolant tank that a small submersible coolant pump could be put into? I have an Atlas...
There's a very nice coolant system available from good ol' Harbor Freight. It's a 2 gallon tank, with a submersible pump, with a magnetic base nozzle with a 8"...
Chris: A part # would be great. Spent about a half an hour on Harbor Freight web site last night typing in anything I could think of with the word coolant or ...
You of course are entirely correct and deep down i know that. But that doesnt mean i cant whine :) Actually im happy in a way mine uses MT2. If it had been r8...
Members: I have just uploaded photo's of my refurbished Atlas MFC Mill with Custom Made Vertical Head for your perusal. It is called Rigrac's Atlas MFC with...
Hmmm, being in the final stages of completing my MFC I was quite interested but don't seme to see the upload? Help steve ... Custom Made Vertical Head for your...
Oh, very nice, but you went and painted yours and now I feel so inferior, so common, so inadequate. ;-) Now I figure either you are a bachelor or your wife is...
I started a separate Yahoo group to support the Hornet Gyrocopter ;) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hornet-autogyro The specs, plans, documentation package can...
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