09-16-2015, 09:59 PM
I finally got some of my stock back from the 'restoration' company. I still have a lot of cleaning to do, as the stock I've already brought back inside smells of smoke. The RF-30 mill/drill I got as a replacement for the ZX-25 doesn't come with any T-nuts to hold vises and such on the table.
I cut a piece of 1" x 3/4" bar stock and set it up in the vise on the horizontal mill. I had already mounted a matched pair of 4" cutters that Shawn had sent me. One pass did the job, but I turned the piece around and ran a second pass, just to centre up the ridge.
The RF-30 did a good job of drilling and starting the tap for six T-nuts.
All that was yesterday. Today, I finished cutting them apart and used the mill/drill to smooth out the ends. The RF-30 is a lot stiffer than the old ZX-25. The sixth one is already in service holding one side of the vise on the RF-30.
It's sure good to be crunching around on fresh chips again. A year is a long time to be without your shop.
I cut a piece of 1" x 3/4" bar stock and set it up in the vise on the horizontal mill. I had already mounted a matched pair of 4" cutters that Shawn had sent me. One pass did the job, but I turned the piece around and ran a second pass, just to centre up the ridge.
The RF-30 did a good job of drilling and starting the tap for six T-nuts.
All that was yesterday. Today, I finished cutting them apart and used the mill/drill to smooth out the ends. The RF-30 is a lot stiffer than the old ZX-25. The sixth one is already in service holding one side of the vise on the RF-30.
It's sure good to be crunching around on fresh chips again. A year is a long time to be without your shop.
Mike
If you can't get one, make one.
Hawkeye, proud to be a member of MetalworkingFun Forum since Jan 2013.
If you can't get one, make one.
Hawkeye, proud to be a member of MetalworkingFun Forum since Jan 2013.