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RE: New Log Splitter - EdK - 06-15-2013
(06-15-2013, 05:16 PM)stevec Wrote:(06-15-2013, 04:34 PM)EdK Wrote: I never thought of clamping the "ole spin index" in the milling vise. Looks like it could be handy. One would have to mill the sides of the base so they're parallel with the axis of the 5C spindle but that shouldn't be too difficult.Ed, I guess you didn't follow Glenn W's (from that other forum) procedure on truing up your spin index. (pssst. I certainly didn't follow his lead to the precision he detailed).
Ed
Thanks for the reminder. I'll go take a look at it. I'm sure I saw it and filed it away as a future project. The future is here but the memory is lost.
Ed
RE: New Log Splitter - stevec - 06-15-2013
Ed, ole brew bud, when I get a chance to remind someone of something, I take it! Because it breaks the monotony of incoming reminders of things I've forgotten.
RE: New Log Splitter - Highpower - 06-15-2013
(06-15-2013, 04:34 PM)EdK Wrote: I never thought of clamping the "ole spin index" in the milling vise. Looks like it could be handy. One would have to mill the sides of the base so they're parallel with the axis of the 5C spindle but that shouldn't be too difficult.
Ed
Time well spent, for sure.
![[Image: th_Spindexset-up_reduced.jpg]](http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Highpwr/media/Shop%20Projects/Spindexset-up_reduced.jpg.html)
RE: New Log Splitter - EdK - 06-16-2013
(06-15-2013, 09:56 PM)Highpower Wrote:(06-15-2013, 04:34 PM)EdK Wrote: I never thought of clamping the "ole spin index" in the milling vise. Looks like it could be handy. One would have to mill the sides of the base so they're parallel with the axis of the 5C spindle but that shouldn't be too difficult.
Ed
Time well spent, for sure.
Willie,
I think that deserves a "How To" thread from you.
Ed
RE: New Log Splitter - Mayhem - 06-16-2013
(06-16-2013, 08:50 AM)EdK Wrote: Willie,
I think that deserves a "How To" thread from you.
Ed
RE: New Log Splitter - Highpower - 06-16-2013
(06-16-2013, 08:50 AM)EdK Wrote: Willie,You know Ed, I could have sworn we had a discussion on this before. Maybe it was in the middle of another thread and just popped up (like this one).
I think that deserves a "How To" thread from you.
Ed
I couldn't find it though....
I've got to go run some errands now, but I'll look later to see if I still have the other pics stored away. I want to say DaveH and a couple of other users posted their methods in that other thread as well?
Anyhoo..... Yeah, its nice to be able to just drop the spindex in the vice and go to town without having to sweep it in every time.
RE: New Log Splitter - Mayhem - 06-16-2013
It is funny you say that Willie, as I was sure I posted a thread on the forge I made out of an old wheel rim. However, the search didn't turn it up, neither did a search of the threads I created from my profile page.
RE: New Log Splitter - EdK - 06-16-2013
Maybe these missing threads actually took place on a different forum?
Ed
RE: New Log Splitter - Mayhem - 06-16-2013
hmmmm - I thought I had already been called the Anti-Christ by then...
RE: New Log Splitter - EdK - 06-16-2013
The search function for this software sucks so I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't show up in a search for "spin index".
Ed