Very nice, do you have a link for?
Steve Ward?? Can you get 12.5¡ã? or other odd angles?
Been on my list for a while now. I even found a tailstock.
Ralph
On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 5:22 AM Richard < edelec@...> wrote: That is a really nice setup. My home-made 4th axis is missing a
tail-stock as to date I have never needed one however it is on the
"TO-DO" list. You did well to find one to suit.
I still use the CNC setup for indexing work but that Electronic Indexer
looks very smart.
Richard
On 01/11/2019 08:59, phill005 wrote:
> As a newcomer to this fine group and retired two years I would like to
> share some of my work so far, I needed a 4th axis for the cnc so
> designed and made this, it works great I have the option to use either
> a 4 jaw chuck or a ER32 collet chuck then found I needed a tail stock,
> (I am known to save items I might need one day)? so I put to use a
> tail stock from the spares box, work complete.
> Then found I could use one? on the miller and looked into a stand
> alone controller I found a Steve Ward that sold components to make a
> Electronic rotary table Divider made one up as you see again works great.
>
> Phill
>
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That is a really nice setup. My home-made 4th axis is missing a
tail-stock as to date I have never needed one however it is on the
"TO-DO" list. You did well to find one to suit.
I still use the CNC setup for indexing work but that Electronic Indexer
looks very smart.
Richard
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On 01/11/2019 08:59, phill005 wrote: As a newcomer to this fine group and retired two years I would like to
share some of my work so far, I needed a 4th axis for the cnc so
designed and made this, it works great I have the option to use either
a 4 jaw chuck or a ER32 collet chuck then found I needed a tail stock,
(I am known to save items I might need one day)? so I put to use a
tail stock from the spares box, work complete.
Then found I could use one? on the miller and looked into a stand
alone controller I found a Steve Ward that sold components to make a
Electronic rotary table Divider made one up as you see again works great.
Phill
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As a newcomer to this fine group and retired two years I would like to share some of my work so far, I needed a 4th axis for the cnc so designed and made this, it works great I have the option to use either a 4 jaw chuck or a ER32 collet chuck then found I needed a tail stock, (I am known to save items I might need one day)? so I put to use a tail stock from the spares box, work complete. Then found I could use one? on the miller and looked into a stand alone controller I found a Steve Ward that sold components to make a Electronic rotary table Divider made one up as you see again works great. Phill    
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Ken,
Yes, I realized this morning that it was "Webra", not "Weber".? Yes, they did make some very nice products.? I got to see how everyone misused them when they returned them for repair.? The most common problem seemed to be over-leaning the mixture.
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Enya and Webra made some very nice engines. I have flown both makes and I still have a couple of Enyas somewhere.
Ken
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Ken,
Very nice work!? Sorry about the hole... :-(
When I was much younger, I spent 10 years working for a hobby company.? Part of my job during one portion of my employment was repairing Enya and Weber brand model airplane engines, so I have a pretty good appreciation of how challenging they are to make!
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Charlie
New Jersey, USA
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Ken
Excellent quality work.
Is that a cam?
Would JB Weld work to fill the hole, or is the bore / crankcase under pressure.
What size thread is that. Very nice.
Thanks for sharing
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What I did today .......... was to completely bugger-up a small crankcase I had been making for a new little diesel model airplane engine, due entirely to a lack of concentration. I was doing an internal operation to provide clearance for the connecting rod, and I made a hole right through the 'case. Oh well, machining keeps me happy! Picture attached, and for scale the piece is just a tad under 2" tall. 
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Hi, Phill,
I was wondering what kind of work it was when you referred to "stone products"... now I know!? That is some amazingly fine detail work!? Thanks for sharing the examples...
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Charlie
New Jersey, USA
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+1 on stone products??
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Welcome, Phill!
I am curious what types of stone products you designed, if you are
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Charlie
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Wow Phil, those roses are amazing, welcome!
Ralph
On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 8:27 AM phill005 < phill05@...> wrote: Thank you Charlie,
Not quite digital but I have worked on church restoration, door and window?surrounds, fireplace?surrounds.
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Just a couple,? Phill
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Thank you Charlie, Not quite digital but I have worked on church restoration, door and window?surrounds, fireplace?surrounds.     ? Just a couple,? Phill
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Welcome, Phill!
I am curious what types of stone products you designed, if you are inclined to share that information...
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Charlie
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Hi all,
New member here from the UK (don't hold it against me please) came across this group do to Yahoo games and you look to have some interesting projects going on.
A little about me I was a designer for stone products,I am now retired and use my design skills to play, I re-built a cnc machine that helped me build tools to further my interests, I have built a free standing indexer what I mean by that is it is controlled either by the cnc as a 4th axis or take it to the milling machine and use it via a take anywhere control box, one project I would like to look at is a 3D printer.
So I hope you don't mind if I come back with some questions in the future.
Phill? ?
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Photos as promised. Step indexer with a ER 32 collet holder using a standard end nut clamping a ground bar, the internal locking type J S blocks clamped onto the?other end of the ground bar. The flats were roughed out with a screw jack underneath for support. final skim passes per face without.a jack. I       hope of interest. -- John
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Ken.
Good question reference?release.
Unscrew the ring about 1 turn or enough to take the pressure of the?
front end taper of the collet, a gentle tap from the rear end of the part being held, and that's all is required
to release. This was Richards concern till he came to visit and physically see my blocks.
The big advantage of the internal locking ring blocks is exactly as you?
posted, (a) holding the block within the centre confines?of the jaws and (b) no overhang.
This idea of internal locking came to me based on the old Clarkson Autolock end mill collet holders.
Similar principle, the end mill is screwed into the collet, then entered into the holder, a front load applied by
screwing in an internal threaded ring, and the rear of the end mill picked up a solid center point in the base of the holder.
That is why I believe ? the reason the threaded shank type end mills had a centre hole drilled in them.
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I chose to make a 6 sided (hex) and a 8 sided (oct) blocks, it was as easy to cut 8 sides as it was 4.
using my step indexer method of manufacture.
I will post some photos later today, how I made mine, I am sure Richard will reply to your post, as he took
a slightly different approach milling the flats without an indexing head to achieve the same accurate results.
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Cheers
-- John
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On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 02:53 PM, Ralph Hulslander wrote:
Charlie, what 3D printing software?are you using? With Marlin you could probable use Gcode to control your fans.
Hi, Ralph, The software allows for it, but the control board does not have available PWM output ports available to drive the fans. -- Regards, Charlie New Jersey, USA
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