05-31-2017, 03:03 AM
Not going to get me the kudos of putting in a new kitchen, but I've spent a bit of time on my toolholders.
Used a horizontal cutter to carve the slots
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then swapped the horizontal arbor for a face mill and milled the ends in the Y axis.
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so now I have a heap of holes to drill and tap.
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It occured to me that I can do the drilling and tapping in the Y axis as well, I have a keyless chuck on a NT40 arbor to fit the main spindle. Will save me mounting the vertical attachment and as the attachment doesn't have a quill it shouldn't be any more difficult anyway.
I've also had a bit of a play with the new surface grinder, having got it all set up and wired in. Started with a little piece of scrap unknownium:
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then decided to grind a surface on one of the toolholder blanks. I was pretty chuffed with how it came up.
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I think I'm going to have to put a ground finish on all of them now. Cos I can.
Still hoping someone can answer my question about the dust collector on the grinder. Google has been no help. Until I hear different, I'll be running it dry.
Used a horizontal cutter to carve the slots
[attachment=14512]
then swapped the horizontal arbor for a face mill and milled the ends in the Y axis.
[attachment=14513]
so now I have a heap of holes to drill and tap.
[attachment=14514]
It occured to me that I can do the drilling and tapping in the Y axis as well, I have a keyless chuck on a NT40 arbor to fit the main spindle. Will save me mounting the vertical attachment and as the attachment doesn't have a quill it shouldn't be any more difficult anyway.
I've also had a bit of a play with the new surface grinder, having got it all set up and wired in. Started with a little piece of scrap unknownium:
[attachment=14515]
then decided to grind a surface on one of the toolholder blanks. I was pretty chuffed with how it came up.
[attachment=14516]
I think I'm going to have to put a ground finish on all of them now. Cos I can.
Still hoping someone can answer my question about the dust collector on the grinder. Google has been no help. Until I hear different, I'll be running it dry.