My Homemade Threading Tool
I have a Craftsman/Atlas lathe model 101.07403. Great little machine. A
friend gave it to me along with multiple accessories including the milling
attachment. I spent approximately 25 years as a
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Sidebottom <Jeff.sidebottom@...>
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#116357
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Re: ELS conversion
Thanks Mike!! AtomicELS does not use the X axis, I am intending to add the
X axis but could use a lot of help.
I have a really good program for moving an axis that JIm Larsen wrote (and
I modified) on
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Ralph Hulslander
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#116356
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Re: Making a New, Elliptical Compound Thrust Plate/Large Dial Upgrade
Thank you.? Changes the entire feel of the compound slide.? Making the elliptical thrust plate was the key to being able to incorporated the bearings, etc.? I did a similar large dial upgrade for a
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Rick Kruger
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#116355
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Re: Making a New, Elliptical Compound Thrust Plate/Large Dial Upgrade
What a marvelous piece of work! Such an upgrade to the original it is a
serious temptation. Bll in Boulder
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Bill Williams
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#116354
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Re: ELS conversion
Yes...Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device
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Greg
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#116353
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Re: ELS conversion
??? ??? This ones probably one of the simplest ones I've seen & seems
to do everything . It's a free group & the folks that designed it are in
the group & help is not far away . pretty sure if I
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mike allen
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#116352
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Re: ELS conversion
Is that the els by James Clough? I have been watching his videos¡
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Rui Dantas
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#116351
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Re: ELS conversion
I have been watching some YouTube and there is on system some guy made and he had all kinds of programmable boards on it. Seemed very complicated but he apparently has all the parts for sale to the
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Rui Dantas
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#116350
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Re: Making a New, Elliptical Compound Thrust Plate/Large Dial Upgrade
Operation has been fixed, by installing a thrust bearing and a ball bearing, inboard and outboard of the thrust plate and a sleeve for the graduated dial to ride on.? The sleeve corrects the tendancy
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Rick Kruger
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#116349
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Re: ELS conversion
Rui, my Craftsman 12x36 has a direct drive motorized Z axis. Not sure what
you mean by "all the electronics"?
Eventually I might get around to doing a motorized X axis.
The hardest part is deciding
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Ralph Hulslander
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#116348
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Re: ELS conversion
Have, yes. installed - no.
But boy do I want it. But a bathroom remodel has taken precedence.
The real issue is mounting the motor in a convenient place and getting it
connected. The plan
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Greg
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#116347
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ELS conversion
Hello all! Has anyone done an electronic lead screw conversion on their atlas lathes?
If so can you show some pics of the project. I¡¯m looking to add one but seam a bit complicated with all the
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Rui Dantas
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#116346
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Making a New, Elliptical Compound Thrust Plate/Large Dial Upgrade
Making an Elliptical New Compound Thrust Plate/Large Dial Upgrade
I'm installing larger dials both the cross slide and compound on a Craftsman 6" MK2 lathe and had the need to make a new thrust plate
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Rick Kruger
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#116345
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Re: Drive Coupler Not Staying Engaged, Craftsman 101.21200 MK2
Love that line...? So does my granddaughter.? ?
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Rick Kruger
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#116344
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Re: Drive Coupler Not Staying Engaged, Craftsman 101.21200 MK2
??? ??? Good deal , sometimes yer the windshield , sometimes yer the bug .
??? animal
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mike allen
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#116343
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Re: Drive Coupler Not Staying Engaged, Craftsman 101.21200 MK2
Overhauling machine tools can be a big part of the fun, or it can be a real drag.? I've done a few also.? I bought a couple of the asian "mini-" machines new, but the newest since then is my 1986
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Rick Kruger
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#116342
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Re: Drive Coupler Not Staying Engaged, Craftsman 101.21200 MK2
Congradulations,?
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perry7122
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#116341
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Re: And now.......reversible
David, how are you seeing "The motor wires connect to both the 3-6 pair and
the 1-4 pair, but with reversed polarity on the 1-4 pair."?
You are correct in that that would work but the diagram does
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Ralph Hulslander
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Re: Drive Coupler Not Staying Engaged, Craftsman 101.21200 MK2
The only machine tool I have here that was new or well-overhauled when I got it is my Atlas TH42, and it needed a good hosing down with WD-40. :) I have overhauled a couple more, and one of them needs
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Bill in OKC too
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#116339
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Re: Drive Coupler Not Staying Engaged, Craftsman 101.21200 MK2
Well, color me embarressed...? Thanks for pushing on this guys...
Didn't look very dirty from the outside...
A bit of Kroil and Q-tips freed it.? Cleaned the pocket, good bit of crude in there.
I
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Rick Kruger
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#116338
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