KeeponDragon
Super User
I do have a welder yes. And that isn't a stupid idea either.
I'll take a look at Craigs PM next
I think I need a new cross slide...
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I'll take a look at Craigs PM next
I often find it difficult to balance the need to make sure others understand the points I make yet avoid making others feel stupid. Sometimes I even apologize after reading what I write. In any event, the primary issue here is quite complicated. You are not the first to get bitten by this issue and you will not be the last. If you search the forum you will find a graveyard full of T-Slots that have been damaged or trashed because of this problem. There is no need to take any offense - you are in great company with some very smart very experienced guys who were badly bitten too.
If you give me your dimensions, I'll make 4 long nuts for you. No charge. Not even for the steel. Just postage and patience. I don't do anything fast anymore.
Me too! It's a very cool place filled with very cool people!
I'm going to make some new t slot bars for a rear mounted tool holder for mine sometime... I could make you a set also if you like....but I don't have a guarantee of when that will happen! I think the next set will be just a bar and not a T bar.
140mower
Don
...... Well, that is not exactly true.... A dedicated mill maybe not, but the lathe is the one machine that can truly do it all. It's a pain in the butt to try and do everything on it, but a savior on the days that you do.....
KeeponDragon
Super User
oh I didn't take offense at all. That's the hurdle with the internet...tone and attitude are impossible to read lol
KeeponDragon
Super User
I'm limited on functionality and tooling. But I do 100% agree with you. It's just a little harder to make parts with the lathe, for the lathe, when the parts that are suspect aren't in sharp enough tolerance to make the parts needed to put the lathe to better tolerances lol
RF30 Basement Install
Well.... wasn't hard to disassemble. No centrifugal switch to disconnect. Lots of dust. The fan and fan cover cowling are plastic??? Should be able to do something with this. Just have to careful not to take too much off.
Making the key is going to be fun.... I need the pulley on the mill to make the key yet I need the pulley off the mill to check the fit
140mower
Don
Sometimes it's hard to see the forest for the trees and eating one elephant is no different than the others, it's just one bite at a time... Just remember, if you start with the trunk, you may be stuck with the a$$ at the end.... Lol
If you have access to a drill and some taps you can make a rudimentary angle plate out of a chunk of angle iron, gently using your hokey nuts, bolt it to the cross slide and using what ever packing you can find to get your work piece on the right hight. You can mill off the top, flip it over and do the other side, drill and tap the holes and cut them to length. You will have to bugger around a bit to get everything lined up and square, but the smile on your face at the end of the day will be bigger doing it this way vrs spending your way out.
Drill as many holes as you need in your new little angle plate to hold things securely. If you are concerned about bolting it directly to the cross slide, put a piece of cereal box between the two to cushion the blow....
Have a great day in the shop, you earned it.