From:[email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Andrei via groups.io <calciu1@...>
Sent:?Wednesday, April 2, 2025 12:24 PM
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Subject:?Re: [emcoV10lathe] FB2 maximum table weight

I think the smallest dividing head you can buy is a BS 0 (that is zero, not O) and it weighs 48.5 pounds, without a chuck.?

If you need to go smaller, you have to get one of the dividers that are not dividing heads. Something like the Hardinge collet indexer. This will limit you to using 5c collets to hold your work.?

It cannot use a chuck, except those small chucks that have a 5c collet mount in the back. The advantage is that it is small and light.

From:[email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Jay via groups.io <erik_@...>
Sent:?Wednesday, April 2, 2025 2:11 PM
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Subject:?[emcoV10lathe] FB2 maximum table weight

I recently bought myself a 5" Elliott dividing head, but it was only when I got it home that I realised that it's almost comically large on the FB2 mill. I haven't been able to find a maximum table weight in the manual, but at 55kg, it feels near the limit.?

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Does anyone else have experience or insight that might be helpful?

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Here's a picture of the dividing head on the mill (at the centre of the unit, so as not to stress the castings) with the head raised to the maximum height.

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Jay