08-21-2012, 07:58 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-21-2012, 08:10 AM by Sunset Machine.)
You dropped it? Just hearing that brings a tear to my eye..
Mine almost fell on me, there's a rather large drive assembly up high making it top heavy. It also makes the machine shudder and shake when in operation. Lousy design, I'll eventually use the parts and mount things down low.
Got my toolpost finished and making chips (with a Bull Dog lathe toolholder). Interesting device, the shaper. I've never ran one before. Haven't tried to "shape" anything yet, grabbing a moving machine part with my hand and all that.
Got the thing to "clap" by running the speed up. Got the work to come loose and had to watch the shaper beat it to death until the motor stopped. No clutch, no brake. It throws chips 6 feet, right where I park the car. The concrete is badly spalled, cleanup won't be any fun..
I've more or less settled on a 90 degree pointy tool with a rounded end, no side rake. The tool is touched up by placing a small magnet under the clapper to hold it out at an angle and then bringing the toolpoint down onto some 320 grit emery, which is then pulled out from under the tool a few times and then the magnet is removed. The process leaves a small flat on the end of the tool, apparently critical to obtain a smooth finish.
I can use three-four clicks on the feed and it moves right along at .025" DOC, then reverse the feed and go back to finish with a .005 DOC and one click. One side of the tool roughs, the other finishes, leaving the vice in position ready for another part.
It seems to be working.
Mine almost fell on me, there's a rather large drive assembly up high making it top heavy. It also makes the machine shudder and shake when in operation. Lousy design, I'll eventually use the parts and mount things down low.Got my toolpost finished and making chips (with a Bull Dog lathe toolholder). Interesting device, the shaper. I've never ran one before. Haven't tried to "shape" anything yet, grabbing a moving machine part with my hand and all that.
Got the thing to "clap" by running the speed up. Got the work to come loose and had to watch the shaper beat it to death until the motor stopped. No clutch, no brake. It throws chips 6 feet, right where I park the car. The concrete is badly spalled, cleanup won't be any fun..
I've more or less settled on a 90 degree pointy tool with a rounded end, no side rake. The tool is touched up by placing a small magnet under the clapper to hold it out at an angle and then bringing the toolpoint down onto some 320 grit emery, which is then pulled out from under the tool a few times and then the magnet is removed. The process leaves a small flat on the end of the tool, apparently critical to obtain a smooth finish.
I can use three-four clicks on the feed and it moves right along at .025" DOC, then reverse the feed and go back to finish with a .005 DOC and one click. One side of the tool roughs, the other finishes, leaving the vice in position ready for another part.
It seems to be working.