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Hi Rudy, I pulled the mill apart again today.. I atempted to align the spindle in the y axis (front to back)..tigened it all up and still out. So i unbolted the spidle housing completely, and removed all paint from the mating surface.. Shimed and tightened it all up and 0.01mm out So loosened...

Hi Rudy, sorry for not replying sooner.. I shimmed the housing to align spindle to the column in the y axis, pretty much the same as yours..tightened everything up and checked.. 0.01mm out so happy.. Aligning the spindle to the column in the x axis (left to right) took ages, but got it pretty...

Hi Rudy.. Yeah sorry my explaination wasn't to clear.. I'm trying to align the spindle to the column..when i referenced the X axis i mean spindle side to side/left to right..when looking at the head from the front The shim stock was for the front to back adjustment, or the Y axis as the...

Can someone confirm im doing this correct please... Im pretty sure my Y axis is only off by 0.03mm so I'm going to just adjust the X axis I have my test bar from a printer in a 1/2" collet.. With the head at the top of the column, i take a reading off the DTi at the bottom of the bar...I have...

I tried aligning the spindle to the column tonight...I should have started at 6am then I might have got it finished.. For my test bar I used a bar from w printer, thinking it would be perfectly straight and round. Seems not, rotate it 180 degrees and its off by 0.20mm If I measure at the top and...

Does anybody use dividing plates on there rotary table? How accurate are they (depends on the quality of course) Im looking at this set from Chronos http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DP1-DIVIDING-PLATE-SET-FOR-ROTARY-TABLES-4-6-/300624874780?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item45fea38d1c The reason I'm...

Thanks for your replys guys... My boring head uses boring bars with a 12mm round shank..I cant seem to find anything in the UK to fit it..apart from the already mentioned.. (mscdirect.co.uk has expensive prices for my pockets) Anybody know where i should be looking? Can we use lathe boring...

I took the plunge and bought a MT3 50mm boring head... Comes in handy when i need to cut an arc, rather than having to line everything up on the rotary table.. Am i limited to the two types of boring tools seen in this link http://www.rdgtools.co.uk/acatalog/TOOL_S_FOR_BORING_HEADS.html Flat...

Forgive me if I'm being dumb, add the bigger hand wheel on the fine feed? Also what's the black assembly with metal bar coming out of it, on the front bottom of the head?

I have a SX2 mill, and looking at using a boring head..how are people finding the finish when used on a manual mill? Aprt from being able to cut the ID of a hole and OD off a round object, are there any other uses for a boring head?

My mistake i missed out the last step which was 30mins in anoseal heated to 96degrees then a rinse in de-ionised water.. I've updated my post The data sheet said 30-45mins in the dye if it was 60 degrees, mine got near that so i just left it in for the max time.

Hi Dave, I went ahead and bought the kit from gatorosplating..I chose to go straight in and anodise one of my little lights thats not being used rather than trying a piece of scrap. Process i used was: 1. Wire wool to remove maching marks 2. Autosol polish 3. Wash in washing liquid and rinse in...

I was just browsing through eBay and came across ctc tools..anybody have any experience with their tools? Found this facemill which looks interesting..any opinions...

Id be interested in seeing some pics of the final result please??

Hi Dave, are you in the UK as you buy your dies from gaterosplating? Did you buy their anodising kit? http://www.gaterosplating.co.uk/Anodising-Kit.php I'm loooking to anodise my lights, and looking at buying the above kit to do this with. Do you have any advice on the kit etc? I polish my...

Has anyone powered a rotary table? I'm not looking to CNC it, i just want to be able to spin it with a motor..I make a lot of deep holes on it so winding it can be a bit of a chore. I realise sticking a motor on wil stop me being able to index holes..so hopefully there is a way of either...

Cheers for the words of warning John...I think my is ok, I have a good eye for when somethings out a bit.. Here's a pic of the extra grooves to show what i was trying to achieve..

Dave i like the look of your spreadsheet, any chance of a copy please? Thanks J

Thanks for the replies guys, sorry for not being clear.. I cut the the first 4 slots by turning the handle 22.5 times each, then turned the handle 11.25 times to start another set of 4 slots To start my next set of 8 slots that would be half of 11.25 = 5.625 turns. I was having trouble...

I'm stuck on how to work out how many turns of the handle on my vertex 4inch rotary table.. I understand that my gear ratio is 90:1 so 90 turns of the handdle will rotate the table through 360 degrees, one turn of the handle is 4 degrees I want to cut 16 slots in the ali as shown in the picture...