zeeprogrammer
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I'm working on a bearing/port block on my mini-mill.
Center drilled the bearing hole - fine.
Drilled the bearing hole - fine.
Reamed...oh no...can't get the reamer in. Too long. :rant:
Thought I could move the table to the side and get it in.
Didn't want to move the table but did. Still didn't fit. :rant:
Then I realized the shaft of the reamer would fit a collet.
Good to go. But did I get the table back in the exact same place?
So questions:
What do the knowledgeable ones think about switching between a chuck and a collet in the middle of an operation? ???
Should I consider shortening my reamers? Can I even do that with my home shop equipment? ???
Other thoughts? ???
I'm worried that the drills bits might also be a tad long.
[Right about now someone's going to suggest getting the kit to extend the mill's column. This is the 2nd time it would have come in handy - the 1st had to do with a rotary table + chuck + part. No space left for a tool. It's on my 'get this soon list'.]
Center drilled the bearing hole - fine.
Drilled the bearing hole - fine.
Reamed...oh no...can't get the reamer in. Too long. :rant:
Thought I could move the table to the side and get it in.
Didn't want to move the table but did. Still didn't fit. :rant:
Then I realized the shaft of the reamer would fit a collet.
Good to go. But did I get the table back in the exact same place?
So questions:
What do the knowledgeable ones think about switching between a chuck and a collet in the middle of an operation? ???
Should I consider shortening my reamers? Can I even do that with my home shop equipment? ???
Other thoughts? ???
I'm worried that the drills bits might also be a tad long.
[Right about now someone's going to suggest getting the kit to extend the mill's column. This is the 2nd time it would have come in handy - the 1st had to do with a rotary table + chuck + part. No space left for a tool. It's on my 'get this soon list'.]