I said a while ago that Arc Euro would be coming up with a few new ideas and solutions to help us with our machining, and at reasonable prices also, well here is another one to make you lick your lips.
Have you ever struggled to get a cutter onto the tailstock end of a job when turning a part between centres? It is usually a very tight exercise, but I have found this one amongst their new items selection, and it seems to solve most of those problems.
It is a 2MT live centre, that has a very small supporting head and an equally small extended centre stuck into it. This has been made possible by some very neat precision bearing work in the head, to give good support and thrust features. UK made as well, they should engrave a little Union Jack on it, as there is not much coming out of this country now.
Mine had a few thou end float, but that soon disappeared as soon as slight pressure was put onto the centre, and it was silky smooth as well. I don't know what bearings they have used in there, but they really are nice, unlike a lot of other 'lumpy' ones I have come across (and own). This one looks to have been really well thought out.
And to prove it does work, I have left my large topslide in it's normal operating position and just moved the large tipped tooling a little bit forwards in the holder.
As you can see, even with this full sized (16mm) tool, it has no trouble getting to that 8mm bar. If I was to swing the topslide a very small amount and put a smaller tool in there, I could turn down to the centre tip without it fouling anywhere on the live centre.
Unfortunately, it does only come in one size, 2MT. But really, that didn't bother me , I just screwed in a release tang and wacked it into a 3MT adapter so that it would fit my tailstock.
All in all, a very nicely made piece of tooling that will come in real handy when I have some tight between centres turning to do.
I suppose I had better show you where I got it from.
http://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catal...vensons-Small-Diameter-Revolving-Centre---MT2
BTW, I have no association with Arc other than when Ketan (the owner) or John Stevenson (tool designer) let me know when new stuff is about to appear in their pages. Usually, when they call me for a chat, little snippets do slip out occasionally, but I am sworn to secrecy most of the time.
I am under no obligation to them at all, but I do wholeheartedly support any manufacturer or tooling supplier who will bring new products to the market without ripping us off, and Arc really does satisfy both those criteria. If it was another supplier doing the same thing, then I would buy and review from them also, if I thought their tooling would help me in my shop.
John
Have you ever struggled to get a cutter onto the tailstock end of a job when turning a part between centres? It is usually a very tight exercise, but I have found this one amongst their new items selection, and it seems to solve most of those problems.
It is a 2MT live centre, that has a very small supporting head and an equally small extended centre stuck into it. This has been made possible by some very neat precision bearing work in the head, to give good support and thrust features. UK made as well, they should engrave a little Union Jack on it, as there is not much coming out of this country now.
Mine had a few thou end float, but that soon disappeared as soon as slight pressure was put onto the centre, and it was silky smooth as well. I don't know what bearings they have used in there, but they really are nice, unlike a lot of other 'lumpy' ones I have come across (and own). This one looks to have been really well thought out.
And to prove it does work, I have left my large topslide in it's normal operating position and just moved the large tipped tooling a little bit forwards in the holder.
As you can see, even with this full sized (16mm) tool, it has no trouble getting to that 8mm bar. If I was to swing the topslide a very small amount and put a smaller tool in there, I could turn down to the centre tip without it fouling anywhere on the live centre.
Unfortunately, it does only come in one size, 2MT. But really, that didn't bother me , I just screwed in a release tang and wacked it into a 3MT adapter so that it would fit my tailstock.
All in all, a very nicely made piece of tooling that will come in real handy when I have some tight between centres turning to do.
I suppose I had better show you where I got it from.
http://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catal...vensons-Small-Diameter-Revolving-Centre---MT2
BTW, I have no association with Arc other than when Ketan (the owner) or John Stevenson (tool designer) let me know when new stuff is about to appear in their pages. Usually, when they call me for a chat, little snippets do slip out occasionally, but I am sworn to secrecy most of the time.
I am under no obligation to them at all, but I do wholeheartedly support any manufacturer or tooling supplier who will bring new products to the market without ripping us off, and Arc really does satisfy both those criteria. If it was another supplier doing the same thing, then I would buy and review from them also, if I thought their tooling would help me in my shop.
John
