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I am still playing with the idea of cncing my 45. I'm torn, because I really like it the ways it is, and everything I know about machining is by feel and the gear selections on the head. On the other...

I don't have a lot of experience in scraping either, but on working on a master, once I got one surface real close, it was real cool to see the thing gliding on the surface plate as if frictionless....

That is why you make your own masters. It isn't terribly difficult to do.

Dapra makes an excellent lapping compound. It is called Biax.

There is not enough perfume on earth to make that pig go to market at that price. That's real machine money.

My X-axis is toast, and I need to get my mill running again. Enco no longer supports the mill.
I'm sure there are a few of these gathering dust in people's garages from CNC conversions, etc.
If you...

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LUCKY13, I have adjusted the backlash in the past, and continue to do so. The problem is the nut for the x-axis nearly completely wore out to the point that there were hardly any threads left inside...

Hey Jess, you don't happen to still have your factory leadscrews and nuts do you? You aren't kidding about the factory nuts being bad, my x-axis is completely gone, and the y isn't feeling good...

I bought one of the permanent magnet lifting tools good for about 600lbs for about 250. With that and a harbor freight shop crane I can easily move my 45 anywhere with very little effort.

In...

That's a nice looking rig! I think I like this "naked" pic more though...

http://www.hurco.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/Hurco/Products/Machining%20Centers/VM%20Series/VM10-frame_CC.jpg

What a...

Ah, don't sweat it. You just need a bigger bench! :)

Good job man! Nice to see it moving. I can't wait until I get there too, but I also have a laundry list of things to do first :)

I will definitely be using this thread as a reference once I get...

That's looks real good! Sorry if I have missed this, but do you have the machine moving yet?

The reason I ask is because I wonder if you have run the tables under any acceleration yet, and if so,...

Thanks, the handles are a good idea. I'll have to do that on the longer edges I'll be making.

Yeah as far as the camel back goes, every time I look at it I'm like "Damn! I wish I had a...

Thanks, yes I have a lot of vises!!! or is it vices? :D Maybe one day I'll do a photo shoot for all my tooling...
I actually have 4 sine vises; I bought one a while back, and recently wanted to buy...

Thanks, Jess. I'm pretty happy with the vises. I was also skeptical of the claimed 10,000 lb clamping force of those ebay vises.
Here's a few pics of me machining my second master surface. I'm...

Yes they are, Mike. I considered buying a pair from Glacern during their March Madness sale. I think they were priced at around $450 each or so. But Shars claims all the same tolerances, and this was...

Well, I decided to throw reason to the wind and cautiously order my new vises. :)

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n269/iamg0ku/RF45/IMG_0224.jpg

I'm so glad I did too! The mill sounds much...

Well, I got the bearing nut and a wrench for my ER40 chuck from Maritool. I like it, it definitely feels like I can torque it down better.

I also finished my spindle lock project. I am sharing a...

So to those of you who use R8 - ER collets, how do you torque them down?

I can always just use the old TAF torque spec, but how would I do it properly?

That sounds pretty neat. I never heard of them before I googled it. What are yours made of? Do you heat treat them?

I can't help with your problem, I just thought I'd say hi to a fellow apartment machinist :D It can be a pain if you have tempermental neighbors :boxing:

I guess I could do that. I could make a wrench to tighten my ER collet chuck, which I bought to hold endmills better so I could make tslot nuts and toe clamps for my 3 sine vises so I can make...

Well, no wonder I can't find one... I guess I'm going to have to buy a couple wrenches for my collet chucks. My biggest crescent wrench is still to small for the flats on the er40 chuck, and I don't...

Yeah I tried cleaning the collet and tool and applying lube only at the threads, outside surface and under the drawbar nut. Turns out it was just a ruined r8 collet - my fault. I was turning some...

Thanks for the info Bob. I'll look into one of those bearing nuts. I really need to be able to hold a 1/2 end mill securely for a project I'm working on, and so far my luck with r8 hasn't been that...

Ah, now that's a bit more reasonable, thanks for posting.

Just what I found from the link you provided.

That's nice looking, but, $90?