[PROJECT] Mini Lathe Mods

[EdK]

Ready for the bolt holes and this project will be done. I think I'll just use the DRO to dimension the bolt holes since the PLA model mated up with the steel riser block perfectly. Plus it'll be a good opportunity to try out the DRO bolt hole circle function.

Ed

   

[EdK]

Got'r done! After lunch I'm going to clean off the lathe and dismantle it and reassemble it with the new parts. I might have to shorten the screws so they're flush with the disk. I'll find out when I go to assemble it.

Ed

         

[rleete]

That would bug me no end, even if I never disassembled it ever again.

Chuck them up in the lathe and face them off to the same length.

[EdK]

(06-04-2024, 03:11 PM)rleete Wrote: That would bug me no end, even if I never disassembled it ever again.

Chuck them up in the lathe and face them off to the same length.

Here you go Roger. I just removed them and  filed them down. Much quicker than installing the 4-jaw chuck.  

Ed

   

[EdK]

All done except for the bronze gib. That's a separate project in itself. That's going to take some thinking as to how to hold it to machine the angles.  

Ed

   

[rleete]

What? You don't have a surface grinder and a Herman-Shmidt angle vise? Your tool crib is lacking...

[EdK]

(06-04-2024, 04:56 PM)rleete Wrote: What?  You don't have a surface grinder and a Herman-Shmidt angle vise?  ...

Not yet.  

I do want to make a lantern chuck for shortening screws. I've been studying plans I found online to come up with my own design. I've wanted to make one of those for years.

Ed

[rleete]

Well, post the plans. It's always been on my list for #6 and smaller screws.

[EdK]

(06-05-2024, 09:48 AM)rleete Wrote: Well, post the plans.  It's always been on my list for #6 and smaller screws.

Will do. My plan is to make it useful for 1/4" and smaller screws.

Ed

[EdK]

Installing the AXA tool post reduced the diameter of work that I could machine in the lathe so I'm doing the extension mod. I bought the longer length cross slide feed screw from LMS. They wanted $40 for the spacer & I'm not willing to pay that amount for a simple spacer so I'll make my own.

Ed