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T-Slot Cross Slide Castings source?

 

Many years ago I recall seeing Tee slotted castings that could be machined to fit on top of the carriage, replacing the crossslide and compound to facilitate milling. Are these available anymore? I have been working with? lot 8020 type extrusions and am looking at setting my Craftsman Commercial 12" up as a horizontal mill.
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Thx, Jeff
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On Sat, Jan 18, 2025, 6:02?PM Jeff Lowe via <jalowe=[email protected]> wrote:
Many years ago I recall seeing Tee slotted castings that could be machined to fit on top of the carriage, replacing the crossslide and compound to facilitate milling. Are these available anymore? I have been working with? lot 8020 type extrusions and am looking at setting my Craftsman Commercial 12" up as a horizontal mill.
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Thx, Jeff
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??? Looks like their out of stock rite now , but if ya have a source for the cast iron they sell the plans/drawings separately?

animal

On 1/18/25 8:52 AM, Jeff Lowe via groups.io wrote:

Many years ago I recall seeing Tee slotted castings that could be machined to fit on top of the carriage, replacing the crossslide and compound to facilitate milling. Are these available anymore? I have been working with? lot 8020 type extrusions and am looking at setting my Craftsman Commercial 12" up as a horizontal mill.
?
Thx, Jeff
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I have a milling attachment built for an Atlas Clausing 12X36 gathering dust that I do not need, my mills do that kind of work better. It came with the lathe and I’ve never used it. Is this something you’d be interested in? If so, contact me offline or via DM.
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John W
 

Years ago I became dissatisfied with the compound hold down?arrangement?on my Commercial 12X36 and acquired a pair of cast iron pieces big enough to make a new crossfeed table. It was "T" slotted all the way across and the base of the compound was heavily modified to use four screws as a hold down system.I believe it doubled the stiffness of the lathe from tool to spindle. I mde "Yellow Pad" drawings (Still somewhere!) of all of the changes and these plus the second piece of cast iron were used by a friend to produce one that used a 10" Atlas compound that fitted a section of dovetail on one end of the new compound. I have?used and loved this?arrangement?for years. And I have?milled slots in the end of a 3 foot long cylinder head, a job too long for the Bridgeport mills! If there is any interest I will root round for my drawings and see if I can get them out to any interested parties!? Bill


On Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 12:18?PM John W. via <firearms_engraving=[email protected]> wrote:
I have a milling attachment built for an Atlas Clausing 12X36 gathering dust that I do not need, my mills do that kind of work better. It came with the lathe and I’ve never used it. Is this something you’d be interested in? If so, contact me offline or via DM.
?
John W
 

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Hey Bill , I'm interested , drawings or pic's . What was the purpose of the slots in the cylinder head ?

thanks

animal

On 1/19/25 11:37 AM, Bill Williams via groups.io wrote:

Years ago I became dissatisfied with the compound hold down?arrangement?on my Commercial 12X36 and acquired a pair of cast iron pieces big enough to make a new crossfeed table. It was "T" slotted all the way across and the base of the compound was heavily modified to use four screws as a hold down system.I believe it doubled the stiffness of the lathe from tool to spindle. I mde "Yellow Pad" drawings (Still somewhere!) of all of the changes and these plus the second piece of cast iron were used by a friend to produce one that used a 10" Atlas compound that fitted a section of dovetail on one end of the new compound. I have?used and loved this?arrangement?for years. And I have?milled slots in the end of a 3 foot long cylinder head, a job too long for the Bridgeport mills! If there is any interest I will root round for my drawings and see if I can get them out to any interested parties!? Bill

On Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 12:18?PM John W. via <firearms_engraving=[email protected]> wrote:
I have a milling attachment built for an Atlas Clausing 12X36 gathering dust that I do not need, my mills do that kind of work better. It came with the lathe and I’ve never used it. Is this something you’d be interested in? If so, contact me offline or via DM.
?
John W
 

Mounting an Audi cam position sensor in earlier heads. A bit of a trick as there was an oil passage just a little?deeper!


On Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 12:55?PM mike allen via <animal=[email protected]> wrote:

Hey Bill , I'm interested , drawings or pic's . What was the purpose of the slots in the cylinder head ?

thanks

animal

On 1/19/25 11:37 AM, Bill Williams via wrote:
Years ago I became dissatisfied with the compound hold down?arrangement?on my Commercial 12X36 and acquired a pair of cast iron pieces big enough to make a new crossfeed table. It was "T" slotted all the way across and the base of the compound was heavily modified to use four screws as a hold down system.I believe it doubled the stiffness of the lathe from tool to spindle. I mde "Yellow Pad" drawings (Still somewhere!) of all of the changes and these plus the second piece of cast iron were used by a friend to produce one that used a 10" Atlas compound that fitted a section of dovetail on one end of the new compound. I have?used and loved this?arrangement?for years. And I have?milled slots in the end of a 3 foot long cylinder head, a job too long for the Bridgeport mills! If there is any interest I will root round for my drawings and see if I can get them out to any interested parties!? Bill

On Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 12:18?PM John W. via <firearms_engraving=[email protected]> wrote:
I have a milling attachment built for an Atlas Clausing 12X36 gathering dust that I do not need, my mills do that kind of work better. It came with the lathe and I’ve never used it. Is this something you’d be interested in? If so, contact me offline or via DM.
?
John W

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