The fittings you see in the last picture are composed of three different parts.
I got the push-to-connect fittings from McMaster Carr.
I got the right angle and check valves from:
Product Catalog | Beswick Engineering
The fittings you see in the last picture are composed of three different parts.
I got the push-to-connect fittings from McMaster Carr.
I got the right angle and check valves from:
Product Catalog | Beswick Engineering
I upgraded the mount for my Fogbuster and thought I would share some pics of it--really happy with how it turned out.
Ha, just read through your log again, what an inspiration Been a whiles since I last posted here.
Cannot wait for the next instalment!
Cheers,
Beano
Any news on this project?
Hey,
Sorry for not posting much. I have been putting stuff up on Instagram.
I have been inching forward with the linear rail conversion and have been doing some other stuff.
I will post an update with everything in a couple of weeks. I am heading out of town right now.
Sorry for not posting much, but I have been plugging along on the mill. I am still doing the linear conversion on my mill and have been slowly working towards that. The conversion will cause me to redesign the enclosure for my mill since I am switching to a larger table. I have already had the extra table I bought from Precision Mathews machined for rails. I upgraded my compressor to one sold by Home Depot. The brand is Husky and it lets me run my drawbar at 150 PSI. Once I got the new compressor, I increased the capacity of my Belleville washers to 3780 LBF. I am using a double stack of 1890 LBF washers. I don’t get tool pullout anymore. The other thing I did was put together a new spindle. The spindle I had from grizzly did not have an alignment screw for the R8 collet. The new ones do. This may not seem important, but what was happening was every time I took the R8 collet out and put it back in it would wear or score the bore of my spindle in a different place. This caused some bad runout. I was able to fix the old spindle by lapping it against an R8 setscrew tool holder. I would recommend checking your spindle regardless by bluing the inside and checking it against a good tool holder. I upgraded to Mach Standard Mill and got a touch probe. Outside of a new spindle motor, and drawbar, this has been the best thing I have done to my mill. The combination of having a tool table setup with a touch probe as the master tool saves a lot of time. It makes the mill a lot more fun to use and now my chamfers are even when I flip the part. It is better than my Haimer which will not hold a zero. Here are the pictures from what I have been up to.
Getting my tools and hardware organized:
Putting together a new spindle:
Making a spanner wrench for my spindle:
Got a new touch probe:
Wiring in the touch probe:
Setting up my tool table:
Got a bunch of new tool holders:
Got a new VFD with encoder feedback card (getting ready for the linear conversion):
Finalizing the design for the linear conversion:
And here is where I am at today (getting ready to start making parts):
Oh, and I bought a Brother TC-225 to fixup when I have time:
Youtube Video:
Oh, and here is my table machined for linear rails:
I wouldn't give up my touch probe and touch plate or Mach Standard Mill. All worth their expense. I don't even pre-measure tools. I issue an m6 t253 to insert the probe. Measure it as part of the tool change, call next tool...measure...wash, rinse and repeat. Most often I just measure during the tool change when running the part even for tools in TTS holders. I'm just simple that way.
It is an old thread but I still want to ask. How much backlash with the single ball nuts do you have especially on X and Y ?