set up to cut the taper on the shaft by chucking the morse taper drill chuck adapter I knocked out of the drill chuck I was going to use and put it in a R8 to morse adapter so I could get a round surface to mount in the lathe chuck. Whew, a lot of chucking going on in this sentence. Then I used a parallel to set the compound angle
Brian: Thanks - Did you watch the video? It show me drilling and taping a couple of holes.
This project of yours will motivate me to finish up one or two I have hanging in the cellar. Not metal casting projects by the way but shop improvements none the less.Wizard69: Thanks - Hey that is a good idea. Made me think of other uses, like a hand reaming guide,staking as you suggested, or low speed sensitive drilling.
Luc: It maybe the only time I'll have a use for the R8 to morse taper adapter that came with my mill!
Brian: Thanks - Did you watch the video? It show me drilling and taping a couple of holes.
MachineTom: Thanks for the comment. No my drill press will not be used for the tapping. It is only donating it's table, column, and light. The tapping is manual or if my idea works out will use a reversible hand drill which is variable speed.
gus: I am using melted down hydraulic pump cast aluminum housings. What is "de-fetter"?
metalmad: Thanks, Yes I've made several pours and many mistakes, but I learn something each time. Here is a few still shots and video of my bench. It's great to have the mess contained in one area.
http://youtu.be/GbYw5P0V6As
Dave: Thanks, I have seen Robs work on Madmodder, very impressive. I haven't seen his tap guide though. I got my inspiration from myfordboy on Youtube, though I'm doing my tap guide very different. Bushing the hole in the table or taking the table off and using the hole in the table arm seems like a lot of work every time you want to tap something. With a separate arm you can drill your holes and then rotate the table over and tap them out. I hope to have powered tapping with a hand drill. Stay tuned, hopefully it will work.
Now I see how the both work with each other, thanks for that and all the pictures of the process. It has turned out nice and will be a really handy accessory. I too have also learned a lot about casting from this thread and hope to have mine up and running soon.
I chased up Rob one, maybe he got inspiration from the same source
http://madmodder.net/index.php/topic,3973.msg43134.html#msg43134
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