Re: Parting Off
Evan¡ what am I missing. If the tool is upside down behind the work, normal rotation would be called for¡ right?
David Robertson
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David Robertson
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Re: A visit to a scale model steam locomotive factory in Colorado
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Bill Williams
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Re: A visit to a scale model steam locomotive factory in Colorado
They have been known to work on the real thing too! Strasbourg Locomotive
Works! BTDT Bill
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Bill Williams
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Re: Parting Off
Parting is such sweet sorrow!
Dave
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David Everett
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Re: A visit to a scale model steam locomotive factory in Colorado
Probably old amusement parks.
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Craig Hopewell
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Re: A visit to a scale model steam locomotive factory in Colorado
Wow. What an amazing place.
But I gotta ask: who uses 19" gauge locomotives?
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Paul Fox
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Re: A visit to a scale model steam locomotive factory in Colorado
Hi Evan Thanks for sharing you experience and those great photos and commentary.CheersAllen.
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allen gentz
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A visit to a scale model steam locomotive factory in Colorado
I am in a tiny town called Strasburg, 36 miles (60km) east of Denver. I was chatting to the camping ground staff about Goldmine Experience in Thames, and they told me that there is an engineering firm
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Evan
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Re: Parting Off
I made a parting tool holder that holds the tool upside down on the back of the cross slide and run the motor backwards (with a clamp for the screw-on chuck). ?This works great. We had long
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Evan
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Re: Parting Off
I too use a "norman" style tool post, but mine is mounted on a 1.0 inch
diameter post.
I works quite well and I have been using it for about 20 years now.
Drawings and photos are available.
Email me
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John Mattis
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Re: Parting Off
I've found parting to be much easier with a "T" shaped HSS blade, mounted with the minimum length of blade protruding out of the tool holder. It's worth the effort of modifying the tool holder to
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Roy
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Re: Parting Off
I made a Norman style QCTP based on Ralph Patterson's drawings.? It has a large (~1.25") mounting post.? The tool holders are pretty beefy as well.? This all provides worry-free parting off, as
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Mark Kimball
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Re: Parting Off
I part Al all the time with little problem...
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WAM
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Re: Parting Off
I have had great success with a parting-off tool that takes a push-in
insert (all metals).
Always do it close to the chuck and never with a fixed steady or a
tailstock centre.
Rgrds
MFS
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Martin F. Slater
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Re: Parting Off
Once I parted aluminium successfuly, like a piece of butter, since then I
have had to use a hack saw for aluminium or steel.
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Ralph Hulslander
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Parting Off
Yesterday I had to part off some aluminum (6061), 24mm diameter, and remembered that I had had endless trouble previously with this operation - regardless of material.
So this time I took off the
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Mike W
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Re: New Lead Screw Bearings And Installing A Mystery Rod
I dunno what's up with that hex rod but I did something similar to address backlash in the lead screw.? I didn't use angular contact bearings, I used thrust bearings.? I did it by machining a
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Mark Kimball
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Re: New Lead Screw Bearings And Installing A Mystery Rod
OK, that works. Yes, I Have seen this. That guy does some fabulous stuff. I have been subscribed for quite a while.
Thanks.
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Phil
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Re: New Lead Screw Bearings And Installing A Mystery Rod
??? It's not you , it's me . that means that I sent a machining link to
a bunch of buds instead of the music link I thought I was sending .
try
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mike allen
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Re: New Lead Screw Bearings And Installing A Mystery Rod
Is it just me?
I'm not seeing any kind of link. Youtube or something?
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Phil
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