06-03-2020, 05:29 PM
Fast forward almost 5 years.
I gave away the mill that started this thread to a colleague at work. I never did get the X axis lead screw nuts installed. I handed off all of the parts to him but he doesn't have the skills to complete the repair so I will be doing it for him. Of course I'll need a lathe and mill so I'll be getting a lathe in the fall and a mill sometime after that. In the mean time I practised using FreeCAD to model up the three major parts.
I have a question about boring out the large hole in the housing. It'll start out as a rectangular block of steel and I'm wondering if it's best to bore out the hole before the final shaping of the housing or after? I'm concerned about stresses being released and distorting the hole?
Ed
I gave away the mill that started this thread to a colleague at work. I never did get the X axis lead screw nuts installed. I handed off all of the parts to him but he doesn't have the skills to complete the repair so I will be doing it for him. Of course I'll need a lathe and mill so I'll be getting a lathe in the fall and a mill sometime after that. In the mean time I practised using FreeCAD to model up the three major parts.
I have a question about boring out the large hole in the housing. It'll start out as a rectangular block of steel and I'm wondering if it's best to bore out the hole before the final shaping of the housing or after? I'm concerned about stresses being released and distorting the hole?
Ed