Re: Correcting Height Alignment
A milling machine is the nicest way, but, a cross-slide milling
attachment (Varmint Al's) and a fly cutter will work. Once the
errors are "mapped," mount the pieces (with shims) to indicate the
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Roy
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Re: Correcting Height Alignment
Thanks for the site Frank, now all I need do is purchase a mill and some extras to accomplish this task! Nick
Frank Hoose <fhoose@...> wrote:Rick Kruger has posted some info on aligning the
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ntdefeo
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Re: Correcting Height Alignment
Rick Kruger has posted some info on aligning the ts:
http://warhammer.mcc.virginia.edu/ty/7x10/vault/Members/RickKruger/Tailstock/BaseMod/MillingBase.html
--- Nick DeFeo <ntdefeo@...> wrote:
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Frank Hoose
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Re: Correcting Height Alignment
Roy:
Should the material be removed from the base or the tail stock casting, or both? I imagine it will require setting either piece accurately in all three planes prior to cutting. How should
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ntdefeo
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Re: Correcting Height Alignment
My choice would be cutting on the tailstock. A number of people
have found that the tailstock machining is not parallel to the
bed/headstock axis. You've now got room to correct errors without
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Roy
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Correcting Height Alignment
Good Afternoon All:
Finally got most kinks out of my alignment problems with
replacement parts from Homier. Headstock, saddle, cross-slide and
compound assemblies were replaced. Accuracy is
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ntdefeo
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Re: Cap. of 4 jaw chuck?
Rick's got a great idea. The same thought occurred to
me when I was last making a backing plate. Maybe I'll
try that on this next one.
Here's a link for those who may wonder what were
talking
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Frank Hoose
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Re: Cap. of 4 jaw chuck?
Frank, I haven't made by backing plate yet either, but I have some materials
for it. I have a nice 1" thick piece of 5" diameter 12L14 that I am going
to use.
I read about Rick Kruger's adjustable
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bflint <bflint@...>
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Re: Cap. of 4 jaw chuck?
Hi, Flint. I bought the 5" chuck, but have not had
time yet to make the backing plate. For those who are
interested, the following link has lots of info on
chuck options for the minilathe, and a
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Frank Hoose
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Homier traveling sale
If anyone is interested, Homier will be in Burlington, NC Jan.30-Feb 2
at the National Guard Armory ( I think thats where.)
Matt
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kf4zgz <[email protected]> <kf4zgz@...>
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Re: Cap. of 4 jaw chuck?
CFSHOUSE:
I have a 7x12 (old version Homier). The current Homier and Grizzly are
pretty much the same unit. Several of us with this lathe have recently
bought a 5" 3 jaw chuck from J&L Industrial, on
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bflint <bflint@...>
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Cap. of 4 jaw chuck?
Hi,
I am debating on which lathe to buy the 7x12 or 9x20 and was
wondering what the largest cap. that a 4 jaw chuck will hold in
either of these 2 lathes? I think that the 7x will be large enough
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cfshouse <[email protected]> <cfshouse@...>
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Re: a few questions
Very nice, John. I love the camlock tailstock - it's
a huge timesaver and just a lot more pleasant to work
with than the wrench & nut arrangement.
I checked out your website & noticed the info
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Frank Hoose
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Re: a few questions
Hi Frank,
Thanks for the comment. Sorry I wasn't clear about the handle
location. I did put the handle in the position shown on your site -
it seems more convenient there - but used Rick's
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John <[email protected]> <moran03@...>
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Re: 4-jaw
As long as it is one of the new Homiers with 6 holes
in the spindle it is a direct fit. Some of the early
Homiers only have 3 holes in the
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Frank Hoose
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Re: 4-jaw
Should fit just fine, they're essentially the same machine with a
different paint job. If your Homier doesn't have 6 holes in the
spindle, you'll have to drill them - the HF 4-jaw chuck mounts
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Roy
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4-jaw
Does anyone know if the 4-jaw chuck from HF..priced at $49.99... fits
the Speedway 7x12 from Homier?
Believe it or not, the local HF store has them...yes them, several in
stock! And the
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kf4zgz <[email protected]> <kf4zgz@...>
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Re: a few questions
I recommend learning to grind your own tools. You
will find that you can grind many specially shaped
tools to solve all kinds of problems. It's not hard -
just buy about 20 blanks and dive in. Here
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Frank Hoose
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Re: Accessories !!!
You may find this page helpful in selecting
accessories:
http://www.mini-lathe.com/Mini_lathe/Accessories/accessories.htm
Frank Hoose
http://www.mini-lathe.com
--- "kf4zgz
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Frank Hoose
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Re: a few questions
Here's an alternative design. Main advantage is that
the lever is out of the way of the compound.
http://www.mini-lathe.com/Mini_lathe/Modifications/Camlock_tailstock/Camlock.htm
Frank
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Frank Hoose
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