Making/Using a Milling Machine Sub-Plate

[Rich Carlstedt]

FWIW
I have about 200 # of Bronze (mostly) from the local scrap yard for projects including casting.
Brass is a Zinc Alloy with Copper and...

[Rich Carlstedt]

I have a Teco on my Bridgeport that is about 10-12 years old, so it does not mean that my issue is in a current model.

My only complaint...

[Rich Carlstedt]

AF Collets are the most accurate you can find. Universal Engineering was a fantastic precision manufacturer and there products were superior anything...

Thank you.
I appreciate your comments, and I value your opinion. I rarely have heard anything back about the half dozen or so articles that have...

[Rich Carlstedt]

Well, I won't comment on the past postings, only what the original poster requested was a purchasing question on an Ebay Metric 3 D printed Gear product...

[Rich Carlstedt]

The scenario the poster mentioned was happening 20 years ago to me on Ebay.
Even had sellers (multiple times) come back to me after I lost the ...

[Rich Carlstedt]

Old school repair of a worn spline on a Bridgeport which is noisy on a interrupted cut is
to wrap some bailing wire around the bottom of the...

[Rich Carlstedt]

HBM, The King of Mills
Can do massive amounts of variable jobs.
Installed a Monti ( Italy) at one die shop, weighed 80,000 pounds, and was...

[Rich Carlstedt]

Whats missing Jerry is that I should have said to Tram the table first . not all vises are like AngleLock which is precision ground and replicates the...

[Rich Carlstedt]

Vectorwarbirds, Yes, you could mount a Sup-Plate directly to the table and use it . We did that at the die shop for some of our parts .
That works...

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Boomer, I didn't think it was too much work to build , especially for it's advantages . The only difficult work probably is the tapping , but in Mic 6...

[Rich Carlstedt]

Forgot to say that "screw ups" will not hurt your machine tool, it is after all a throw away fixture ...if it comes to that.
Rich

[Rich Carlstedt]

So here is the general View of the Sub-Plate clamped in the vise and a few 1/2" x 1/2" keys pressed into position to orient workpieces
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[Rich Carlstedt]

To All
On another thread , the question of grinding a milling machine table to renovate the surfaces was raised and i thought it best to divert...

[Rich Carlstedt]

Boomer, As Lakeside covered your question, some of the variables you encounter is Ram Droop...ie, Turret surface non-parallel to X or Y ways and a few...

[Rich Carlstedt]

Green Bay weather is tough and I was teaching my good friend Tom how to machine.
Tom was a woodworker and wanted to learn machining and wanted...

[Rich Carlstedt]

Forget it , Make it new again
M300 is like 4340 steel .very tough - It is very sensitive to welding ( preheat to 800 F ect)
Having a Keyway...

[Rich Carlstedt]

Had that done years ago to my Bridgeport and a few things to specify to the vendor.
Please know this , the table sides may not be parallel to the...

[Rich Carlstedt]

Spindle oils have no waxes in them , that is important, especially for high speed spindles
Oils (many) have wax that builds up in the bearings...a...

[Rich Carlstedt]

" Don't you Love it when a plan comes together ?"
George Peppard
The A Team
Circa 1983