Re: Spindle Plate Land
Al, I agree; I'm in the process of making the same one! Roy <aldayis@a...> wrote: 4" that
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Roy
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Re: Spindle Plate Land
Roy, I saw Rick Kruger about a month ago and one of the intresting things in his shop is the adjustable backplate. The idea and execution were clever and well done. I am going to make one for a 4"
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fromday2 <[email protected]> <aldayis@...>
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Re: Spindle Plate Land
Something to keep in mind: a little runout of the chuck, say .002 or .003 won't affect most projects as long as you don't remove the workpiece from the chuck until all operations are completed. The
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Frank Hoose
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Re: Spindle Plate Land
Even if the land/recess match closely, 3-jaw chucks are not precise. An adjustable backplate solves both problems: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/7x10minilathe/files/Set_True_Backplate/ Roy
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Roy
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Question: Largest Diameter One Can Turn...
I know this has been asked, but I coudln't find any answers when I searched... What's the largest diameter one can turn with an 7x12? I have a project where I need to turn a 6" piece of alum but not
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robertbyer <[email protected]> <byer@...>
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Re: Why No New Messages Guys? Is this Group Still Active??
Well, there's a lot of history there. This group was one of several that have been started in response to the high volume of Off Topic messages on the original Yahoo 7x group. Unfortunately, the
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Frank Hoose
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small mill recomendations
Ok people I have some questions about small mills from HF: Does anyone out there have any experience with the Micro-mill HF is selling now? ($279 in the local store.) As I see it it has 2 plus's, a
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rjs <rjs@...>
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Re: Why No New Messages Guys? Is this Group Still Active??
Ryan, They may be out shoveling snow. Jerry and Sam the shop cat.
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Re: Spindle Plate Land
John, I have not heard of this problem before, but I am new to the hobby, and if any lathes had this problem I would have expected it on mine ( 8^) or 8^( - don't know which). I would want this to be
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Craig C. Hopewell <[email protected]> <chopewel@...>
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Spindle Plate Land
The raised land on my spindle plate measures 2.154 rather than 2.165 as given on the mini-lathe site. Sure enough, the recess in the chuck measures 2.165. In order to mount my 3 jaw chuck I first snug
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John <[email protected]> <moran03@...>
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Why No New Messages Guys? Is this Group Still Active??
Just wondering why nobody ever posts any messages in this group. Ryan The Sign Guy
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seeker2161 <[email protected]> <seeker2161@...>
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Re: Homier Show - Bessemer, AL - mini mills, mini lathes & Drill Mill
Mike, Thanks for this information. I called Homier about this drilmill and Shirley, who is alway extremely helpful but relatively unknowledgeable, could not find anyone at the time who was familiar
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Craig C. Hopewell <[email protected]> <chopewel@...>
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Homier Show - Bessemer, AL - mini mills, mini lathes & Drill Mill
Some of this message may be off topic since it concerns the new Homier 12 Speed Drill Mill. If so, I'm sorry and I won't do it again. The mini lathe availablity is in the following paragraph. For any
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mikenash402 <[email protected]> <mnfwd2.minilathe@...>
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Re: Correcting Height Alignment
Most likely, the work is springing away from the tool at the center point where there is the greatest amount of flex. This will happen if the work is relatively long (thus limber) compared to the
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Frank Hoose
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Re: Correcting Height Alignment
Try making a couple of passes without advancing the tool. It sounds like the work is deflecting, which a follower rest will take care of. Repeating a finish cut without changing the tool setting will
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Re: Correcting Height Alignment
Good Morning, Roy: I got around to shimming the headstock this weekend past. Took several tries but the head and tail stock are now in perfect alignment. Once this was completed, I centered a length
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ntdefeo
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Re: Correcting Height Alignment
Good Morning, Frank: I managed to get the headstock shimmed dead center with the tail stock height. I placed a length of 12L14 between centers and indicated along the top and rear of the stock. The
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ntdefeo
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Re: new machines
Well, I guess if you had both models sitting side by side you could say that the older model is dark blue and the new model is light blue. But without the other one to compare to, you could say the
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Frank Hoose
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Re: new machines
Charlie and Frank, When speaking to Homier customer service the question always asked is "dark blue or light blue". Having never seen both colors it is difficult to answer. If they are trying to
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Craig C. Hopewell <[email protected]> <chopewel@...>
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Re: new machines
Hi Frank, is the dark blue one the new version? Charlie
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Charlie Starks
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