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[rcaffin]

Hi Paul
The red fibre board is in between heavy cardboard and soft Al sheet. I am very happy with it. But, try to find a source these days! I couldn't, so I am using 'old stock'.

Cheers
Roger

[MattiJ]

Nothing fancy, but makes me wonder why I haven't done these earlier. Threading die holders for lathe or cordless drill:


Material was 416R stainless because I have bunch of cut-offs with rifled holes..

[Toolguy]

This is a length setting tool I made to position parts to a uniform setting in the mill or lathe. It's made of Delrin, allthread and a wing nut. Maybe others will find it useful.

[mattthemuppet]

that's a neat idea!

[Sparky_NY]

Nothing fancy, but makes me wonder why I haven't done these earlier. Threading die holders for lathe or cordless drill:


Material was 416R stainless because I have bunch of cut-offs with rifled holes..

I would like to see more of that chip shield on the lathe ! I am so tired of being sandblasted by chips and them flying all over.

[Dan Dubeau]

That it a great idea. Every now and then I do small batch runs of pins cut vertically in an er32 collet block. I currently use a 6" scale to check height while tightening the collet, but that is perfect. I like how you can hold the pin with your thumb. Thanks for the idea, I'm making one. I also like that collet block..

[MattiJ]

I would like to see more of that chip shield on the lathe ! I am so tired of being sandblasted by chips and them flying all over.

Its pretty simple, piece of polycarbonate bend with help of hot air gun, mounted to piece of steel and the M12 bolt doubles as a hinge joint. Highly recommended after getting hot brass chip inside my nose!!



And here is my fix to chuck running loose and trying to smash my toes:

http://i.imgur.com/AMXil4X.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/lQA9KEZ.jpg

[Yondering]

This is a length setting tool I made to position parts to a uniform setting in the mill or lathe. It's made of Delrin, allthread and a wing nut. Maybe others will find it useful.

Great idea!

This is a perfect example why I like this thread.

[dian]

yes, it has to be on the carriage, otherwise its useless.

[dian]

Hello,

I have just ended a device(plan) to make threading simply.
The detail of the manufacturing is there:

http://www.usinages.com/threads/porte-outil-a-fileter-a-retractation-automatique.92950/

In "appetizer":

https://goo.gl/photos/nqcKyUuEsbn36XeT9

https://youtu.be/SlPjoFV-g5o

https://youtu.be/7P5ew8ZoSEA

Thank you all, and happy reading.

how do you stop the spindle?

[MattiJ]

Milling head mounting block for lathe to use it for milling and grinding in the lathe:

http://imgur.com/a/WnjNi

[dian]

i bet the cover doesnt fit now.

[Daveb]

Hi Paul
The red fibre board is in between heavy cardboard and soft Al sheet. I am very happy with it. But, try to find a source these days! I couldn't, so I am using 'old stock'.

Cheers
Roger

Red fibre board is made from chemically treated felt, I bought some a few years ago, the same company made both. Minimum buy was 1 square metre, eye watering price! Dave

[rcaffin]

eye watering price!
I see. Um.
I subsequently hung LM35s over the gear, ran it and logged the temperatures with a Labjack T7. I tested the system with various layers of insulation at different power levels.
I found I did not really need the insulation at all. The temperatures stayed within an acceptable range.
No insulation at all is the cheapest solution ...

Cherrs
Roger

[MattiJ]

slitting saw arbor with Aciera W12 mounting:


Maybe I can slit my next collets with proper tool instead of angle grinder