07-14-2017, 12:36 AM
I ended up with a short offcut of toolholder stock when I sawed up the piece of forklift tyne I had dovetailed in the shaper. Too small to have any rigidity on the toolpost so today I made an indicator holder out of it. About the only thing I think I have got any good at in this machining caper is indicating stock in the 4-jaw chuck as my 3-jaw has about a yard of runout thus never gets used.
Double-ended for face indicating.
Had to put the locknut under the height-adjusting nut to get the indicator down near centre height.
This frees up a good holder that the indicator has been occupying as well as giving me 2-way indicating with just a thumb nut to swap between the two positions. I have to remove the bezel lock screw to use the indicator in the facing position but as I have never used it, I don't see this as a great loss.
Double-ended for face indicating.
Had to put the locknut under the height-adjusting nut to get the indicator down near centre height.
This frees up a good holder that the indicator has been occupying as well as giving me 2-way indicating with just a thumb nut to swap between the two positions. I have to remove the bezel lock screw to use the indicator in the facing position but as I have never used it, I don't see this as a great loss.
Lathe (n); a machine tool used in the production of milling machine components.
Milling Machine (n); a machine tool used in the production of lathe components.
Milling Machine (n); a machine tool used in the production of lathe components.