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[Steve Shannon]

I don't know. I'll look at it and I'll take pictures and measurements later today. Maybe together we can figure it out.


Steve Shannon

 

[Steve Shannon]

1.9 inch diameter
0.425 inch thick
1.425 from t slot surface to outer edge.
It looks like it cams this out of engagement:




Steve Shannon

 

[34_40]

It sure looks like a auto feed kickout to me!
And a unique design to be sure... I may copy that and test it out.

Thanks for the pics and info.. hopefully yours will be up and running for a test .

 

[westsailpat]

I'm hooked , I'm gonna need a bigger space .

 

[Green Frog]

Steve, I agree with you that that piece seems to have been made up to replace the factory-supplied kick off cam. Don't take this the wrong way, but I'm thinking it is a bit of overkill, though. The whole upper half of the disk is just up there doing nothing... and the large curve on the bottom may be a little excessive as well. Refer to the pictures of the original and of Rudy Kouhoupt's version, both of which are posted elsewhere on this forum. This is not to say there is anything wrong with the piece somebody made up to fill the need, but there's probably more steel there than you need, and if it gets in the way of any of the mill's movements you could always ... MILL it off! OTOH, there is no good reason to change it at all if it DOESN'T get in the way.

 

[Steve Shannon]

I'm still very much on the uphill slope of the learning curve with respect to the Atlas mill. I never realized just how far away from stock it was until a couple of you noticed things in my pictures. I've been assembling metal cabinets from Enco and haven't been working on the machines. Thank you all for teaching me.


Steve Shannon,m

 

[34_40]

I'm thinking of copying the basic design but use the large disc as a wheel.
Allowing it to rotate should make the action smoother /easier on the kickout lever.
Besides, I have a lathe with nothing to do! ROFL..

 

[Steve Shannon]

I'm thinking of copying the basic design but use the large disc as a wheel.
Allowing it to rotate should make the action smoother /easier on the kickout lever.
Besides, I have a lathe with nothing to do! ROFL..

Makes sense to me.


Steve Shannon