It's been several months since I did any machining... we moved in the meanwhile and it took me too long to deploy the tools again...
before going back to micromachine the 1/4 scale of the tiny, I made a better bugger to hold the dial test indicator I use to tram the mill...
here's the old thread - if you're bored...
http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=6819.0
I was using the 4 jaw chuck on the spindle to hold my DTI so that it runs on a bearing race (diameter ~3").
D.C. Clark showed a picture with a much better setup -- he was using a bar held in a collet... following his lead, I made the following gizmo... The big part is a Morse 1 taper that fits the sherline spindle... the horizontal bar is 5/16 steel rod, unfinished : ... and the part on the left has set screws to fix its position and to hold the dti stem...
here's the dti
nothing more to it really... felt like posting something...
tom in MA
before going back to micromachine the 1/4 scale of the tiny, I made a better bugger to hold the dial test indicator I use to tram the mill...
here's the old thread - if you're bored...
http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=6819.0
I was using the 4 jaw chuck on the spindle to hold my DTI so that it runs on a bearing race (diameter ~3").
D.C. Clark showed a picture with a much better setup -- he was using a bar held in a collet... following his lead, I made the following gizmo... The big part is a Morse 1 taper that fits the sherline spindle... the horizontal bar is 5/16 steel rod, unfinished : ... and the part on the left has set screws to fix its position and to hold the dti stem...
here's the dti
nothing more to it really... felt like posting something...
tom in MA