--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "barryvabeach"
<barryvabeach@...> wrote:
Vikki, I took some poor pictures and they are posted here with some
notes
Quite good, gives me a real good idea of how to improve this, err,
thing :-)!
If you have any questions let me know. In fairness to LMS, the spur
center is very nice. If I want to do something quick though, I
just somewhat round one end and put it in the chuck and put the
other end up against the live center and turn the end near the live
center round, then put that end in the chuck and it works out pretty
well. Barry
Looked at that last night and I like your idea here, removing the
chuck is a bit of a job.
I putzed around with it all last night and came up with a work around.
Some strap clamps that I had the impression were small enough for the
micro-mill (huge in reality) that I gave someone who forgot to take
them with him :-) worked out pretty well for jacking the whole
assembly up enough to get the tool rest down enough not to wobble for
the time being and up on spindle center! The original bolt for the
QCTP worked out well to hold it together.
About a 3/4" spacer block would probably be better, but you would
still have to completely remove the tool post to rotate it.
Seems pretty solid, but I have limited confidence in that roll pin
attachment for the rest itself, we'll see. I think the support shaft
might be better fitted than the one you have.
Added some pix of the fix to the page:
Thanks very much for sharing your fix, I'll probably replace this
kluge I came up with with something along the lines of what you did.
Take care, Vikki.
