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[Bruno Mueller]

I have milled the top slide before. Over night the inner tensions can be released. Afterwards the dovetail was milled with undersize.

After another night the finishing is done.

[Alan Smith]

Great work Bruno. Also good job on the drawings. You say you used pencil, did you ink them afterwards? I ask because they have reproduced on the computer screen very well.

[Bruno Mueller]

Great work Bruno. Also good job on the drawings. You say you used pencil, did you ink them afterwards? I ask because they have reproduced on the computer screen very well.

I scanned the drawings and then improved them with an editing program. I reduced the brightness a bit and set the contrast to the highest level.

[Bruno Mueller]

Now I would like to show you more drawings. Here are the feed spindles of the cross-slide.


Steel S355JO+C (St.52-3) 12mm was the starting material. Clamped in the collet chuck on the lathe and planned and centered on both sides.

The paragraph 8mm- 19 long and 6mm -11 long was turned and the thread M3 12mm deep was cut.

Change the collet chuck to 8mm and clamp it on the turned 8mm spigot. On the other side, hold the roller punch against it.

Turn the threaded part with Lynette support to 8mm and cut the undercut for the thread run-out to 6.5mm,

The thread M8 was cut almost finished on the lathe with the lead screw and thread steel. I supported the spindle with the rolling lynette and cut the remaining 1/10mm with the die. The tips were honed with fine emery.

[Bruno Mueller]

[Bruno Mueller]

[Bruno Mueller]

The cross slide carrier .
From a grey cast iron block of 80 x 80 x 120mm I first milled the dovetail and the groove for the thrust spindle. The contours of the beam were drawn and cut to size on the band saw. Then the dovetail guide was milled. With grey cast iron, there is no need to fear any winding.

The weekend passed and the chips were made. I clamped the cross slide carrier on the cross slide of the lathe and predrilled the hole for the guide column.
The cross slide carrier remains on the cross slide of the lathe until the final machining with a reamer.


I was still waiting for a 30mm reamer, so I cannot continue to work on the facing support beam.

Instead I have pre-milled the plansupport.

For the dovetail to fit I need the plansupport carrier.But it is clamped on the lathe.

The cross slide carrier when using the reamer on the lathe .

Finished machining.

[Bruno Mueller]

Test assembly and angle control on the lathe.

[Bruno Mueller]

The cross slide was pre-milled and left to rest overnight to relieve internal stresses.
After the cross slide carrier was finished, the dovetail could also be milled and adjusted in the slide.

Pre-milled cross slide.

Sliding plate and spindle for the cross slide.
From scale line to scale line the graduation corresponds to a diameter deviation of 0.1mm.

Complete cross slide

The connecting part between plan and top slide is still missing.

[Bruno Mueller]

The connecting element between cross slide and top slide consists of two parts.
A tension bolt with conical bore and a screw-in bolt with a corresponding taper.
The screw-in bolt is made of tool steel 115CrV3.The M10x 1 thread was cut on the lathe with the leading spindle.
The 6mm hexagon socket was broached.
Afterwards the screw-in bolt was hardened and tempered.
The guide surfaces were then ground.
The tension bolt was not hardened.

[Bruno Mueller]

The cross slide is finished.

Original and replica.

Assembled on the lathe.

[Bruno Mueller]

The part still got the correct color design.

[pensioner]

Great, I enjoyed watching your work Bruno, thanks!
Ivan.

[bborr01]

The part still got the correct color design.

Kind of looks like a cross between a round column mill and a jewelers lathe but it looks very sweet. Great job on the machining and keep posting your work.

[Noitoen]

The part still got the correct color design.

Nice work but I'm intrigued. One round column and no key way, how does it keep aligned?