03-01-2019, 07:03 AM
I got the lathe work on the nosepiece done.
The 'B' side first. I have some precision ground round stock in various sizes, the largest being 20mm so I poked a 20mm hole in the centre to use that as a spigot. There will be a circle of 8 bolts mounting this to the front plate.
Flipped it over and put the necessary features in the front face, as well as the recess for the tilt scale around the outside. The centre recess takes the worm gear for the tilt adjustment. I left a few thou on the main mating face, it will be finished in the surface grinder after the T slot is milled.
Drilling and tapping all the mounting holes will take care of any free time I get before my T-slot cutter arrives. I'll have to mount the good old vertical attachment to do the slot.
The 'B' side first. I have some precision ground round stock in various sizes, the largest being 20mm so I poked a 20mm hole in the centre to use that as a spigot. There will be a circle of 8 bolts mounting this to the front plate.
Flipped it over and put the necessary features in the front face, as well as the recess for the tilt scale around the outside. The centre recess takes the worm gear for the tilt adjustment. I left a few thou on the main mating face, it will be finished in the surface grinder after the T slot is milled.
Drilling and tapping all the mounting holes will take care of any free time I get before my T-slot cutter arrives. I'll have to mount the good old vertical attachment to do the slot.
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.