Re: Suggestions for quickly setting accurate angles on the compound?
Watch this Joe Pie video. I've used this on my 10k a bunch of times. He explains how extremely accurate this technique can be.
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William Nelson
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Re: VFD location
I wall mounted my VFD box, but located the remote pendant on a stalk mounted above the change gear cover. In addition to the VFD control, I added a hall effect tachometer to it too. The mount also
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Nitro
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Suggestions for quickly setting accurate angles on the compound?
I have a 10k (light 10), and I'd like to cut a few machine tapers (e.g. JT33) and I have a keyless chuck I'd like to repair after it's internal taper was messed up by a similarly bad arbor. In any
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Rogan Creswick
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Re: VFD location
I put mine on the wall above the lathe With an outlet that can be used by the lathe, milling machine, or table saw, depending on what I'm doing. Gary <gmeinschein@...> wrote:
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Gary_K
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Re: VFD location
I have mine installed on the wall behind the headstock. ?It never gets hit with any swarf. ?I do have it remote controlled, so I don¡¯t have to reach over the machine. ?A picture is worth a 1000
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Rick
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Re: VFD location
George, Never install controls behind any equipment. Especially a VFD where you have to reach over the lathe to turn it on and off, and to change speed. Also, remember that those VFDs have tiny
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Andrei
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Re: VFD location
I wouldn't put it anywhere ya had to reach across the lathe to hit any control's . Maybe on to[p of the headstock if it's a closed unit . animal
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mike allen
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Re: VFD location
My lathe that is up against a wall has a pile of swarf behind it. If your VFD was at the tailstock end it might stay cleaner¡. Cheers, al.
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Al MacDonald
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VFD location
Esteemed group members, Any suggestions where to put the 3hp VFD for my 14.5" tool room lathe? I'm thinking that attaching it to the wall behind the lathe might be the cleanest install for me instead
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George Meinschein
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9" South Bend Lathe for sale
9 inch South Bend Precision lathe, Model A, catalog # 644Y, 36 inch bed. Comes with a bunch of extras, chucks, plates, two sets of _new_ transposing gears.? And some consumables. $900.00? -? 978.
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Ron Pare
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milling adapter for sale
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ram/tls/d/saint-paul-palmgren-milling-adapter/7766546037.html
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Ruth Busch
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Re: FW: Baldor Motor and TECO drive combo for your lathe or other machine
John, ??????PM sent to your email. ??????????????????????????????Don ________________________________ Sent: Monday, July 8, 2024
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ratedspeed
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Re: Selling a SB 9" Lathe.
Yes Jim B,
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Jim_B
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Selling a SB 9" Lathe.
Can I post a "SB 9" Lathe for sale" message in this group? Thanks, Ron
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Ron Pare
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FW: Baldor Motor and TECO drive combo for your lathe or other machine
To the group: For someone that needs a good variable speed, reversable setup, I am offering a Baldor IDXM7006 inverter duty ? HP motor and TECO Westinghouse L510-101-H1-U Variable Frequency Drive for
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John Fischer
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Re: Sizing Pictures
Fascinating. The 22K shot was enlarged to 31K while the 192K image was downsized and essentially made unreadable at 43K. Makes using a drop box of sorts a much better option for decent photos. From:
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John Dammeyer
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Re: Sizing Pictures
Yup. I believe it is. My laptop display is 1920x1080. The attached screen shot would be 3.64MB but my mail program won¡¯t let me attach something that big. But really if only the message dialog is
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John Dammeyer
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Re: Sizing Pictures
Is this really still a thing in this day and age? [email protected]> wrote:
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Nick Andrews
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Very Long Did Read and STILL way OT was Re: Way OT ... Re: [SouthBendLathe] 10K head stock cover
I lived in Fort Walton from '70-'82 on Bob Sikes Blvd. We may have passed each other on the road . I have/had family there, mom died in 2018, just a couple of estranged cousins now. . Very long, read
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John Byghtn3
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Re: Sizing Pictures
Sometimes my mail program automatically sizes (way too small) if it's pasted into the HTML text. I think though for the most part it's attached files that are 1MB or larger that don't need to be.
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John Dammeyer
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