Todays Project - What did you do today?

[Highpower]

The thread showing on the mill is only about an inch long, although the thread depth in the extension shaft was at least double that.


Since this is a half-fast operation on an import machine I just "chased" the threads an inch deep with a 20mm tap on the lathe.

Yes, it's a little sloppy on the thread fit but it is good enough to hold the shafts together. All the more reason I wanted to sleeve the extension to take out the clearance between the shafts and provide more support. They get drilled and pinned together anyway, but I'll also throw some Loctite on the threads to fill in any gaps. I don't think it will be going anywhere anytime soon.

The kicker is Enco REFUSED to sell me this same power feed back when I bought the mill, because they said it wouldn't fit. They said the same thing about installing a 3-axis DRO on my machine - "won't fit".

Well guys, guess what?