12-17-2018, 04:36 AM
A little more progress, took the overarm out of the machine, stripped the bulk of the paint off with a wire cup wheel and milled the flats on the two sides. I've decided to take the cheek plates back to just before the name badge in the casting.
Cut a chunk out of each of the two 6" wide forklift tines for the cheek plates so that the thickest part of the tine will be at the front of the overarm. I mounted the vertical milling attachment- again- and set it up to bevel the bottom edge of the cheek plates.
This is to match the angle here
Those two jobs were far easier using the big vice than the previous attempts with the angle fixtures. Wish I could get the time back that I wasted there.
I mounted the rotary table and started the task of putting a radius on the back end of the cheek plates, hope to get that finished tomorrow so more photos to follow soon.
Cut a chunk out of each of the two 6" wide forklift tines for the cheek plates so that the thickest part of the tine will be at the front of the overarm. I mounted the vertical milling attachment- again- and set it up to bevel the bottom edge of the cheek plates.
This is to match the angle here
Those two jobs were far easier using the big vice than the previous attempts with the angle fixtures. Wish I could get the time back that I wasted there.
I mounted the rotary table and started the task of putting a radius on the back end of the cheek plates, hope to get that finished tomorrow so more photos to follow soon.
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.