POTD- PROJECT OF THE DAY: What Did You Make In Your Shop Today?

[woodchucker]

60+ and counting . Chucks , you never have enough . Only 3 large Vidmars left to go . No shortage of arbors .

Is this (red circle) one of those chucks you can change bits on while still running?

 

[ozzie46]

If you had a #1 morse taper with a drill chuck on it I would be interested in it.

Ron

 

[larry4406]

Finished a set of aluminum center caps that I started last fall. I used the milling attachment on my lathe to machine the scallops around the outside before I bought my mill.
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Very nice!

How did you mount and index the cap on the milling attachment for the lathe to make the scallops?

 

[mmcmdl]

Is this (red circle) one of those chucks you can change bits on while still running?

Yes , it's a Wohlstrom . Top left is a smaller one .

 

[IHinIN]

Very nice!

How did you mount and index the cap on the milling attachment for the lathe to make the scallops?

Thanks!
I mounted an aluminum plate to the base of the milling attachment and bolted the cap to it. I simply indexed the cap on the plate to cut the 6 scallops.

 

[Old96er]

Put some way covers on, super glued a couple of pieces to the underside where the T slots line up to keep most chips out. Also made a spacer to keep the fine feed handle from hitting the quill dro. Just a disc with a hole to accept the pin from the handwheel and a pin pressed in the other side of the disc to interface with the mill. The disc is .185 thick and the spacing of the pins is 0.500 from the center hole which is also 0.500, in case that helps someone.

 

[rabler]

Adding a dro scale to the cross slide of the Monarch 12” CK lathe. I’ve had the Z axis scale on there for a couple years, this just kept getting put off since the cross slide at least has numbers on the dial. Any mods to an 80 year old lathe make me a bit nervous, but a dro really makes sense.

 

[Old96er]

Adding a Z axis power feed to the SHARP LMV mill, the jack shaft was really stuck in there, like press fit stuck. I have to take it out because I bought a Servo Dynamo power feed and you have to drill the end of the shaft, ideally in the lathe as they spec 0.002" or less run out. I didn't want to mar the end of the shaft and I didn't want to remove the table and saddle to tap it out of the other end. So I thought about it and came up with the idea to use a collet block and a slide hammer. There is a washer that fits through the front but not the back of the block to pull against. Worked great, Z shaft out.

I chose this particular powerfeed because I prefer the handwheel over reusing the manual crank handle as well as the jog function, love it so far.

 

[dkemppai]

Didn't make anything yet. Used up my daily allotment of unfavorable words.

If any of you have the urge to complain about mowing lawns, or talk about having to get you mowers ready. Just don't...

 

[woodchucker]

Didn't make anything yet. Used up my daily allotment of unfavorable words.

If any of your have the urge to complain about mowing lawns, or talk about having to get you mowers ready. Just don't...
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