Re: ANSWER TO GUIDE RULE - OT
The lathe & mill are roughly the same weight (45kg & 55kg?) and the centre of gravity would be roughly at the pivot point (biased towards the mill as it’s heavier & taller) so flipping wouldn’t
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Tony Smith
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Re: ANSWER TO GUIDE RULE - OT
I’ve thought of doing a slide-out rack for my laser engravers (got 3 of them). The “blue boxes’ as they’re known.
They’re not too heavy (20-25kg?) but I’d still need some reasonably
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Tony Smith
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Re: ANSWER TO GUIDE RULE - OT
That Craftsman table is a bit bigger than it needs to as it has three tools, you could do two stands with two tools each for not that much more floor space.
I was planning on making some for the
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Tony Smith
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Re: Dismounting the headstock bearings
If look engineering press fit ball bearing some very light press for heat build-up so ball bearing does seize up.
Other times they not ver good at machining for ball bearing.? A 1? ball bearing need
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davesmith1800
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Re: Dismounting the headstock bearings
Hello PR,
My experience with these bearings is that they can be hand tight, up to press tight.? On an automobile the bearing is slip fit on the spindle and press tight on the hub, so use your
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Jon Rus
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Re: Dismounting the headstock bearings
Jon, Interesting vids.
They tend to confirm that a press is needed for dismounting and
remounting. However, no figures are provided concerning the applied
forces.
Referring to the
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Pierre-Raymond Rondelle
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Re: My new 4 jaw chuck for rotary table
??? Dave made mention before I believe how the cancer treatments he's
had have affected his talking/typing .
animal
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mike allen
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Re: My new 4 jaw chuck for rotary table
Getting back to the original subject, there are some very low profile 4-jaw wood lathe chucks that work well for holding things on a rotary table. Mine lets me do light milling on my drill press.
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Roy
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Re: ANSWER TO GUIDE RULE - OT
If you search for "flip top workbench images" you will see quite a few examples but have to scroll down for some.
Like this:
Or this double ended one:
Or this approach:
And regarding the Sears
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Charles Kinzer
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Re: ANSWER TO GUIDE RULE - OT
I believe the tool rack you are referring to was in a 2007 issue of Wood Magazine.? It is now available as a downloadable plan for $15.? You can find it by Googling Wood Magazine bench-tool system
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Mike Schoeppner
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Re: My new 4 jaw chuck for rotary table
I disagree. I admit I haven't been paying much attention to this thread,
since I don't need to put a four jaw chuck onto rotary table. But Dave
Smith seems to be serious about doing that, and he's
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Miket_NYC
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Re: ANSWER TO GUIDE RULE - OT
I’ll have to look it up, because I think it’s on my computer at home, but I”ve seen a system that put’s the tools on a plywood base that fits into rack shelves in your shop, and as you need
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Bruce J
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Re: [7x12MiniLath Lathe Mill table - OT
Some cranks & gears off a bike ?
Once ya figure out the center of gravity on the mill the ya can start
kickin ideas around . DC motors have a good hunk of torque for something
like this , it's just
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mike allen
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Re: ANSWER TO GUIDE RULE - OT
Unless it would have an assisting motor, I don't think that I would be able to flip a mini-lathe or a mini-mill.? I can barely lift one, and usually have to disassemble parts of them when considering
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Ralph Lehotsky
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Re: ANSWER TO GUIDE RULE - OT
I don't think that Craftsman flipping table was made for very long.? It might be one of those things that looks better in the than how it works in real life.
I was thinking about other schemes an if
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Charles Kinzer
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Re: ANSWER TO GUIDE RULE - OT
Thanks for that video, I’ve seen photos of that Craftsman table but never seen it in action. I don’t think I’ve even seen how the wings come on & off, but that makes sense. The scroll saw
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Tony Smith
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Re: ANSWER TO GUIDE RULE - OT
Holy smokes!? Isn't that Craftsman bench quite the thing!? Yes, the mill might be a problem, but ... "mother of invention..."? My wife has this device in the kitchen that stores/hides her
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flyfishingdude9@...
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Re: ANSWER TO GUIDE RULE - OT
??? here's a tube on the Craftsman I mentioned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LCsxPeW6ow
theres several tubes with other folks ideas
animal
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mike allen
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Re: ANSWER TO GUIDE RULE - OT
Craftsman used to sell a bench that held 3 separate bench top power
tools? with one always on the bench top . maybe finding that could give
ya ideas what/whatnot to do . I think the height of the
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mike allen
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Re: ANSWER TO GUIDE RULE - OT
Dave’s real hobby is beating dead horses.
Glad to see you added “OT”, I guess Dave couldn’t figure out how to do that (despite telling us how). Lol.
I’m pondering making a
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Tony Smith
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