Hello guys,
Wow, how this group has grown. Looking through the posts, I see we have some great chippers out there.
With that in mind, I've come up with a problem I can't figure out.
I'm in the process of making a spring winder from plans I got from Model Engine Builder and one of the pieces had to have a V cut notch put into it. Here's the setup I used.
I inserted the round stock, end up, in the vise, then I had to find the center of the rod (I eye-balled it). I then tilted the head 45* and cut the V groove into the face of the end of the rod.
It came out pretty darn good and thruth be told, it's only going to support the mandrel the wire will be wound on, so it wasn't critical.
My question is, how does someone go about finding the center of a rod when the milling head is tilted 45*? Can't use an edge finder...so how is it done??
Good to be back and posting,
Ren
Wow, how this group has grown. Looking through the posts, I see we have some great chippers out there.
With that in mind, I've come up with a problem I can't figure out.
I'm in the process of making a spring winder from plans I got from Model Engine Builder and one of the pieces had to have a V cut notch put into it. Here's the setup I used.
I inserted the round stock, end up, in the vise, then I had to find the center of the rod (I eye-balled it). I then tilted the head 45* and cut the V groove into the face of the end of the rod.
It came out pretty darn good and thruth be told, it's only going to support the mandrel the wire will be wound on, so it wasn't critical.
My question is, how does someone go about finding the center of a rod when the milling head is tilted 45*? Can't use an edge finder...so how is it done??
Good to be back and posting,
Ren