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Protecting knee mill table top - Viperspit - 04-29-2017
What are some of ways you protect the table of your knee mill? This short video shows how I have been doing it for decades. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJSwRMEhH1o
This is one of the things my father taught me when I first started the trade and I have used it ever since. It is simple an cheap. Are there other ways you guys use? This old dog is always ready to learn new things.
Steve
RE: Protecting knee mill table top - Vinny - 04-29-2017
I didn't check out this video but in your hard turning video I noticed the covers and liked the idea.
RE: Protecting knee mill table top - Viperspit - 04-29-2017
(04-29-2017, 04:34 PM)Vinny Wrote: I didn't check out this video but in your hard turning video I noticed the covers and liked the idea.
Hi Vinny,
We did another video on surface grinding thin parts flat using paper towels. We hope to have that one posted tomorrow.
Steve
RE: Protecting knee mill table top - EdK - 04-29-2017
I use neoprene I got from this place.
http://www.equalseal.com/product-p/neoprene.htm
I got a foot of it and it cost about $20.
Ed
RE: Protecting knee mill table top - Mike E. - 04-29-2017
Interesting thought regarding vice offset,
I like it.
RE: Protecting knee mill table top - Viperspit - 04-29-2017
(04-29-2017, 04:52 PM)EdK Wrote: I use neoprene I got from this place.
http://www.equalseal.com/product-p/neoprene.htm
I got a foot of it and it cost about $20.
Ed
Hi Ed,
How well does the neoprene handle hot chips? Do the chips melt into it? At my full time job they used Plexiglas and the chips would melt into it making it hard to scrape them off.
Steve
RE: Protecting knee mill table top - Hawkeye - 04-29-2017
I have three treadmill belts lying around doing nothing. They should do a pretty good job and may be hard enough to resist chips melting very far into the surface.
RE: Protecting knee mill table top - EdK - 04-29-2017
(04-29-2017, 06:44 PM)Viperspit Wrote:(04-29-2017, 04:52 PM)EdK Wrote: I use neoprene I got from this place.
http://www.equalseal.com/product-p/neoprene.htm
I got a foot of it and it cost about $20.
Ed
Hi Ed,
How well does the neoprene handle hot chips? Do the chips melt into it? At my full time job they used Plexiglas and the chips would melt into it making it hard to scrape them off.
Steve
Hi Steve,
The neoprene handles the hot chips pretty well. Occasionally I have to scrub a bit to get them off but the neoprene handles oils without a problem so it's a small price to pay.
Ed
RE: Protecting knee mill table top - Roadracer_Al - 05-04-2017
I made a set of plywood covers with a single piece of solid wood in the middle to index it to a table slot. The ends are cut to fit snugly around the vise. In a fit of optimism, I sprayed them with 2~3 coats of shellac. They got filthy instantly, anyway.
IIRC, I got the idea from Tom Lipton.
They handle hot chips just fine.
RE: Protecting knee mill table top - Mike E. - 05-09-2017
I liked your video Steve. I have an old Tom Senior mill which came from a University lab. The table seems fine, but I'm not sure how much wear is on the lead screw, so I'm going to follow your suggestion and offset the vise.
Thanks, I think it's a good idea; just hope I live long enough to wear out the machine.
