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[Cooter Brown]

This is the tool I was thinking about making just a .5" disc with 2 pins 2" apart and a scrap socket pressed in the center.

 

[Cooter Brown]

Just finished the machine work on my overarm support. Sadly this machine came without the 3" bar and the support.

 

[Cooter Brown]

Now I just need to get the RPM under control because 1400 RPM is way to fast to run an overarm supported tool. I launched a 8 pound piece of steel across the room faster than you can react. Luckily I was standing on the safe side and was the only person in the room. Put a good sized dent in the wall 10 feet away.

 

[Cooter Brown]

I think I finally found a half way decent VFD for this machine. Have any of you guys used this brand VFD?

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/180903986097

At $140 I'm almost scared to try it....

 

[Cooter Brown]

I bored both of those holes on the horizontal mill and I was running it at 1400 RPM! I started by trying to use the Youlongdingdong boring bar set but after finding out that those aren't worth the time trying to get them to cut, I switched over to a carbide insert tool from Mesa tool and the chips started flying.

 

[brino]

Making chips.....and nice blue ones!
Congratulations!!

Once you get your RPM controllable you will have all kinds of things you can do.

-brino

 

[Cooter Brown]

I think I finally found a half way decent VFD for this machine. Have any of you guys used this brand VFD?

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/180903986097

At $140 I'm almost scared to try it....

Do not buy this VFD! Luckily I got my money back, this VFD was set to 400hz out of the box and it let the smoke out the second time I pluged it in.

 

[Cooter Brown]

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