Re: 3-jaw largest bore?
I too have collets, but I also purchased a 4 inch 3 jaw from little machine
shop that I mostle use.
Regards,
John Mattis (retired mechanical engineer
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John Mattis
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Re: 3-jaw largest bore?
I bored my 3" chuck out to 3/4". I no longer use the chuck very often, as I do most of my work with collets now.? Looks like 13/16" would work, but it looks like you would cut into the heads of the 3
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John Los
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Re: 3-jaw largest bore?
You can bore the 3 inch 3 jaw out to 0/760 diameter so 3/4 inch stock will
pass through
John Mattis (retired Mechanical engineer)
[email protected]> wrote:
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John Mattis
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Re: 3-jaw largest bore?
Should be able to go out to say 13/16" with a boring bar. Owner of Little Machine Shop used to loan out a 13/16" reamer to ream the spindle bore.
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Doug Pfaff
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3-jaw largest bore?
I seem to remember some years ago someone had increased the through-bore of the standard 3" 3-jaw chuck, but I can't remember where and didn't find anything in my search.? It may have been
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MikeK
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Re: Project New type of material
Do have delays in work .
Yesterday it was replacing flush valve.? Today is blood and seed for lawn .
I hope do try a cut today.
The other is health I have stage 4 colan cancer since 2009. FYI I
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davesmith1800
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Re: Project New type of material
Dave, we want to see what you do!
Ralph
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Ralph Hulslander
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Re: Project New type of material
Thank you all for information.
Looking forward to machining the plexiglass
Dave
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davesmith1800
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Re: Project New type of material
I've mainly turned optics from plexiglass but have a similar experience to what others have described, see:
https://gadgetbuilder.com/OpticalPunch.html#Lucite_Optics
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GadgetBuilder
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Re: Project New type of material
Just a advice.
One of you have big experience with Plexiglas: use super sharp tool.
I have no experience with plexiglass, however, I have now done a lot of positive cutting with this tool
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Johannes
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Re: Project New type of material
nomaly
i? use? my? wood? late for? chek? piece? exemple
and? the wood? tools? work? very well? on plexiglase
test it? on wood? tools
jack 47 71
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Jacques Savard
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Re: Project New type of material
I have machined a lot of plastic.? I favor HSS tools that are VERY sharp.
I also keep a diamond hand hone at the ready to further sharpen a bit after grinding, and to touch up the edge from time to
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Charles Kinzer
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Project New type of material
Just plexiglass rod for making game pieces from.
First time turning plexiglass
All my life has been metals.
Any comments
Dave
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davesmith1800
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Re: Fixed steady rest
Both my 8" HF grinder and my 6" HF grinder shake badly.? The 8" was mounted on a heavy stand and it still ran across the floor unless I loaded down it down with weight...and that was *after* truing
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MikeK
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Re: Fixed steady rest
Thanks for mentioning that.? I had let my sub lapse because I got tired of too many lame projects.? I may re-sub and then hit up the library.
Mike
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MikeK
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Re: Fixed steady rest
This was discussed in the the HSM Article I referenced.
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Bruce Johnson
The less a man knows about how sausages and laws are made, the easier it is to steal his vote and give him botulism.
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Bruce J
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Re: speed control
"If the Reeves drive ever fails on mine, I'd most likely just replace it
with a 3 phase motor and VFD."
That's apparently what Shopsmith has done for their newest machines,
primarily to get a larger
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Miket_NYC
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Re: Fixed steady rest
It isn't absolutely necessary to use fluid in an autobalancer.? I've read some build logs that used bearing balls in a grooved disk.? Claimed to work pretty good.? The key to proper operation is to
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Mark Kimball
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Re: Fixed steady rest
I bought a cheap (19.95) Harbour Freight 6"grinder that shook badly. I
machined new washere and took the armature out and squared up the shoulders
that located the washers. Also made new shields from
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Bill Williams
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Re: Fixed steady rest
In the Nov/Dec 2022 issue of Home Shop Machinist, there¡¯s an article about building a fluid-balancing washer assembly to improve grinder vibration.
'Build the Slawsher: A Balancing Ring for
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Bruce J
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