Thank you very much, Rob. I continue to be blown away by the knowledge on this forum and the generosity of its members to share.....
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I to use hockey pucks for vibration feet a get a kick at the flamers on PM. Lots of good info but I rarely post there because of the attitudes
Let me look Monday but I may have some polyurethane of the right durometer for the cotters.
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The black rubber stoppers that chem labs are using now instead of cork seem pretty hard to me. Not hockey puck hard, but still pretty hard. What kind of hardness (or should I say, how much give) do the middle spacers need? I haven't used a cork borer for years, but maybe I can find one big enough to cut out the body, cookie cutter fashion before boring out the hole through the middle.
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Since I've been lax in sharing pics here are a couple from this past week.
Also a very short video, I hope it works, I've never tried this one before.
Seems to be a problem with uploading a video... sorry
Also a very short video, I hope it works, I've never tried this one before.
Seems to be a problem with uploading a video... sorry
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From the pix, I'm guessing that would show a whole lot of the action since the belt guards are off, so we can see stuff happening. Please keep trying to get the video posted if you can and if it's not too much trouble. Since my MFC is sitting idle waiting for me to get the knee mechanism straightened out, it's nice to get a vicarious fix of Atlas and I've already used up all the ones I could find on you tube and have about worn out my DVD of Rudy playing with his MFC.
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I don't have any of the guards so it's run what ya' brung! LOL..
I keep hearing about this Rudy video and only get to see a clip of it on some website, but you can't rent it any longer.... if any of you that have them would care to rent them out.. I'd be interested in seeing them! It might help offset your original purchase costs?
I'm using the Atlas to make a tramming tool, so I started with the main "body" or "beam"... after cutting it out of a larger piece, I'm going over the sides to smooth them, today I'll try a setup to bevel the edges. Then I'll need to order the indicators and fit them in.. I want them to set in to the beam/body.
I keep hearing about this Rudy video and only get to see a clip of it on some website, but you can't rent it any longer.... if any of you that have them would care to rent them out.. I'd be interested in seeing them! It might help offset your original purchase costs?
I'm using the Atlas to make a tramming tool, so I started with the main "body" or "beam"... after cutting it out of a larger piece, I'm going over the sides to smooth them, today I'll try a setup to bevel the edges. Then I'll need to order the indicators and fit them in.. I want them to set in to the beam/body.
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34-40, my copy had a flaw (flaws actually) in it when it came, and each time I play it it skips worse. Once I get it swapped (if I can) I'll be happy to loan it to you... just pay worshiping. How's that sound?
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wa5cab, No. it's a mov file and the program won't even look for it. The browse function doesn't list that file extension.
Froggie, that would be AWESOME! wow. TIA!
Disaster struck today. I engaged the auto-feed and didn't realize the table was already near the end of travel.. yep... POW! blew out a gear.
Looks like M6-161-20 needs to be replaced now. I'm assuming the number is good for my MF too.
Hope I can find one, or I'll have to part out his one.
Froggie, that would be AWESOME! wow. TIA!
Disaster struck today. I engaged the auto-feed and didn't realize the table was already near the end of travel.. yep... POW! blew out a gear.
Looks like M6-161-20 needs to be replaced now. I'm assuming the number is good for my MF too.
Hope I can find one, or I'll have to part out his one.
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I'm really sorry to hear that. Were you feeding to the left so that you ran out of threads on the leadscrew?
When I was cleaning and reassembling mine, I noticed that there's an automatic trip(drive trip pin) that will push the drive engagement pin out of engagement independent of the trip on the front of the table when feeding the table to the right. This seemed very strange to me, as that's the climb milling direction, which is FORBIDDEN in many places in their documentation. When I was feeding (by hand) to watch the trip happen, I found that my table binds dramatically about 1/8" from the trip activating. If I'd been counting on this, I would have blown up something on my mill. You may have saved me from the same fate! Thank you!
For now, I think I'll just put in a longer drive trip pin to be sure I don't mess up.
Somewhere someone suggested replacing one of the pins in the universal joint with aluminum to make a "shear pin". Not sure how well that would work.
I was looking at the parts diagram and couldn't find the M6-161-20. Do you mean M6-101-20? The small gear on the inside of the middle shaft of the outer three gear sets?
If that's the right gear, don't panic. They do come up on ebay, and sometimes at reasonable prices. Three sold on 1/29/16 for $17.99, and 2 sold on March 24 for $14. (plus shipping in both cases).
There's one for about $30 right now: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unused-Craf...539232?hash=item35ff3e4b20:g:Vj8AAOSw3mpXEmnk That link is strange, as the title says unused, the item condition says "used" and the description below says unused.
I think these were the same as the lathe change gears, someone correct me if I'm wrong, please. http://www.lathes.co.uk/atlas/ states "All Atlas 9-inch, 10-inch and 12-inch lathe used changewheels of 16DP with a 14.5-degree pressure angle, a face width of 0.375", a bore of = 0.753 and a "double" keyway 0.1875" wide." If the gear doesn't come up, perhaps it could be made, but I'm sure that would cost more than the $30 one on ebay.
When I was cleaning and reassembling mine, I noticed that there's an automatic trip(drive trip pin) that will push the drive engagement pin out of engagement independent of the trip on the front of the table when feeding the table to the right. This seemed very strange to me, as that's the climb milling direction, which is FORBIDDEN in many places in their documentation. When I was feeding (by hand) to watch the trip happen, I found that my table binds dramatically about 1/8" from the trip activating. If I'd been counting on this, I would have blown up something on my mill. You may have saved me from the same fate! Thank you!
For now, I think I'll just put in a longer drive trip pin to be sure I don't mess up.
Somewhere someone suggested replacing one of the pins in the universal joint with aluminum to make a "shear pin". Not sure how well that would work.
I was looking at the parts diagram and couldn't find the M6-161-20. Do you mean M6-101-20? The small gear on the inside of the middle shaft of the outer three gear sets?
If that's the right gear, don't panic. They do come up on ebay, and sometimes at reasonable prices. Three sold on 1/29/16 for $17.99, and 2 sold on March 24 for $14. (plus shipping in both cases).
There's one for about $30 right now: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unused-Craf...539232?hash=item35ff3e4b20:g:Vj8AAOSw3mpXEmnk That link is strange, as the title says unused, the item condition says "used" and the description below says unused.
I think these were the same as the lathe change gears, someone correct me if I'm wrong, please. http://www.lathes.co.uk/atlas/ states "All Atlas 9-inch, 10-inch and 12-inch lathe used changewheels of 16DP with a 14.5-degree pressure angle, a face width of 0.375", a bore of = 0.753 and a "double" keyway 0.1875" wide." If the gear doesn't come up, perhaps it could be made, but I'm sure that would cost more than the $30 one on ebay.