Re: A new (and slightly off) topic
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I probably should have mentioned you generally want higher speeds for milling wood.? Turning on the 7x12 isn¡¯t too bad (a little too slow for small diameter stuff like pens), but there¡¯s quite a bit of difference between the speed of a mill-mill and a router. ? The mill really isn¡¯t fast enough, does work in some cases.? Usual solution is to bolt a little router (ie Dremel etc) to the mill head.? Similar to how people bolt die grinders etc to the lathe compound. ? Tony ? ? ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of mario mohl via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, 15 February 2025 1:28 am
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Subject: Re: [7x12MiniLathe] A new (and slightly off) topic? Messy but certainly doable. Just consider you won't be getting a nice finish from machining. If that is required, then some sanding will be in order and there goes, at least, some of your desired accuracy ? On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 6:34?AM DAVID WILLIAMS via <d.i.williams=[email protected]> wrote: ?Dear Gentlemen, 1. If you feel this is too far off the topics generally covered, then may I ask you to simply delete it. I do not want to generate a lot of wasted time and effort on is/is not appropriate for this group. 2. This subject may have been answered before, so if it was then sorry, but how do I access the previous content from maybe 10 + years ago? As I can¡¯t remember it in the last 10 years or so when I think(?) I joined the group. So in fear and trepidation ¡®May I ask¡¯ ??? I need to make some small but accurate ( but not precision,) hardwood blocks, approximately 50mm x 50mm x 20mm thick (2in. x 2in. x 1in. thick). They have rebates and angled faces etc. I have sufficient and appropriate router cutters, plus collets. So is there any technical reason why I can¡¯t mill or rather rout them on my milling machine. It will be so much easier and much more accurate. They will probably be made of beech. (I can¡¯t see any reason not to, but I have never tried it before? ) Thank you in advance (but with fear & trepidation),? ?That was my instant thought as well. Something like this:? It won¡¯t work as a crank AND dividing head for your use case, but for the times you need to crank the lathe by hand (like when making a large thread or worm gear ) ?it will work better than trying to get enough torque to do it with the lathe motor. Christophe has a bunch of really elegant tools and builds.
? Hi Johannes. You don¡¯t need an extra crank. As your dividing disc uses the outer edge for measurement. Just drill a suitable hole in the disc, with a suitable bolt and handle, this can be attached when you need it and removed when you don¡¯t. I have a big dividing disk on the left side of my lathe.? So no space for the crank. However, after some days use, I will use my new crank much more.
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Bruce Johnson
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