07-11-2017, 10:26 AM
(07-10-2017, 10:59 PM)Pete O Wrote: After a couple of weeks away I got some time to retrieve the pieces of plate from the ashes and do a little work on this project- I think I'll have to call it the 'Phoenix Shaper Extension'.
I needed to clean up the surfaces again of course to get rid of any warping but having already cut the excess off the ends, where I was clamping the plate down previously, this was a bit problematic. The shaper vice came to the rescue with it's 9 1/2" jaw opening, mounted to the mill table. I used a slab mill to tidy up both sides. I had to move the slab mill along the arbor between cuts rather than use the Y-axis due to fouling issues.
So far I've surfaced the top and bottom, cut the slot for the keys on the base of the dividing head, drilled and tapped the holes 1/2 unc where the div head will be clamped down and drilled a series of 9/16 holes to clamp the plate down to the shaper. Oh yes and snapped off a 6mm carbide twist drill right in the centre of the job. The mounting holes are spaced at 4 1/2" longitudinally as that's the distance between the mounting slots on the div head tailstock and I thought it might be useful to be able to mount that also.
Still need to mill a slot for the tailstock keys, clean up all of the sides so I can indicate off them and get the broken carbide drill bit out of there!
Good job.
