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I like your one better Ed.
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i was in the middle of designing a tailstock for my RT and an indexer i am going to purchase, thats a perfect design i need, very clever. Nice work on your one as well very sleek....
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Very Nice Job Ed Clean slick ...
On the spin indexer tailstock what is the function of the big knob?
thanks again nice work .. lots of new ideas
Ed thanks yes i fig you pinned Bolt to knob but i was referring to the knob outside and inner diam looks like a press fit or thats cosmetic?
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(09-16-2015, 01:46 PM)Kennyv Wrote: Very Nice Job Ed Clean slick ...
On the spin indexer tailstock what is the function of the big knob?
thanks again nice work .. lots of new ideas
Ed thanks yes i fig you pinned Bolt to knob but i was referring to the knob outside and inner diam looks like a press fit or thats cosmetic?
The big knob is for locking the arbor once you've got it into position.
The knobs for the step blocks are made of one piece of brass. Maybe that decorative circle on the top is fooling you into thinking it's a two-piece part. I put that in with a 'V' shaped tool bit just for decoration.
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(09-16-2015, 03:27 PM)EdK Wrote: The big knob is for locking the arbor once you've got it into position.
The knobs for the step blocks are made of one piece of brass. Maybe that decorative circle on the top is fooling you into thinking it's a two-piece part. I put that in with a 'V' shaped tool bit just for decoration.
Ed
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