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Thread: todays tools gloat
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27th Apr 2013, 08:20 PM #721Most Valued Member
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Awesome! Now I know who to send my stuff to for engraving
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27th Apr 2013, 09:10 PM #722Philomath in training
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27th Apr 2013, 10:42 PM #723Most Valued Member
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Well, it HAS to be better than my texta!
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28th Apr 2013, 10:18 AM #724future machinist
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I picked up a Tesa 25-50 mm 0.001 for 3 euro The same seller also has all this stuff but shipping even to Switzerland from Austria is bloody expensive
My eBay Messages Inbox Message.jpgBETTER TO HAVE TOOLS YOU DON'T NEED THAN TO NEED TOOLS YOU DON'T HAVE
Andre
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4th May 2013, 04:33 PM #725Senior Member
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G'Day Fellas,
"The Pig gets a gold tooth to go with the lipstick"
Been a member here for about 3 years and finally had a find worth gloating about , picked up Mizoguchi MU 4 boring and facing head for $125.00. It would appear to have done very little work in it's time and has most of it's accessories with it. When I got it, it had a fixed MT4 shank but being a true Philistine I whacked it in the lathe, dialed it in and turned it down to 20 mm (a few sparks and lots of smoke, but got there) I have had a quick play with it and everything works as it should. I need to get a 20mm MT3 collet as this will recover about 60mm of headroom .
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Regards,
Martin
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4th May 2013, 05:27 PM #726.
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Well Martin, that is a worthy gloat. Well done.
BT
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4th May 2013, 09:10 PM #727Banned
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4th May 2013, 09:34 PM #728
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4th May 2013, 10:10 PM #729
Well done Martin....
I have had the idea that i may do the same with my 5mt Wohlhaupter. I have an adapter but it takes up a huge amount of Z, and is so long i can't use it horizontally. I was thinking of going one step further and making it NT40, there is just enough meat.....I don't know if i could strike up the courage to do it though. Well done again.
Cheers,
Ew1915 17"x50" LeBlond heavy duty Lathe, 24" Queen city shaper, 1970's G Vernier FV.3.TO Universal Mill, 1958 Blohm HFS 6 surface grinder, 1942 Rivett 715 Lathe, 14"x40" Antrac Lathe, Startrite H225 Bandsaw, 1949 Hercus Camelback Drill press, 1947 Holbrook C10 Lathe.
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4th May 2013, 11:44 PM #730Senior Member
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G'Day Fellas,
Thanks for the comments, I suspect the shank was either flame or induction hardened, once I got through the first .01 mm (which was a bitch) the going got a lot easier, the last couple of finish cuts were done with a HSS tool.
Regards,
Martin
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5th May 2013, 08:25 AM #731Senior Member
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Hi Martin
Great find, the mizoguchi B&F heads are beutiful bits of tooling. Can be a little stiff new but get smoother with use. I have an R8 model and I think later mizoguchi's had detachable arbors but they had become very expensive by then. Did you get any of there bits of carbide? They used to be the hardest carbide I had ever used and get the initial shape on them used to take ages! Iirc the tool holders were 18mm not 3/4 and the internal key way 6mm (tight ) not 1/4"?
This stuff came from a magical time in the manufacture of Japanese machine tools when there stuff was top class but the price great, i have an Auroa? Tool and cutter grinder, I doubt we will ever see this again. Think Mizoguchi, news, mazak, kitagawa, Makino just to name a few.
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5th May 2013, 10:01 PM #732Senior Member
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Don't like the term Gloat, as my good fortune is another persons (business) misfortune! but I bought a Colchester Chipmaster last week. One owner machine in good condition, got 3 jaw, face plate, travelling steady, Dickson S1 QC toolpost and 4 toolholders and several tailstock chucks. Needs a D1-3 4 jaw, D1-3 backplate for my Pratt Burnard 6 jaw I already have and a fixed steady.
Probably throw a Easson 2 axis readout on it once I clean it up, unless somebody can suggest better?
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5th May 2013, 10:25 PM #733Diamond Member
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HI,
Well done Martin, that certainly is a great score. That looks like a round column Mill in the second Pic ?, does it handle the size of the Boring & facing Head OK ?.All The Best steran50 Stewart
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5th May 2013, 10:35 PM #734Senior Member
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Chipmaster number five?
Welcome to the club, by my count you are the fifth Chipmaster owner on the Forum. Mine came without a fixed steady as well, it did however have two travelling steadys, I swapped one for something I wanted from another forum member. The standard fixed steady is not a heavy duty unit so rather than try to find one I made my own, it is not that pretty but it works well especially on large work. My lathe is a work in progress, I have had the bed reground a few years ago but still have quite a few bits to take of and finish, trouble is, of course, it is in use all the time.
I am in the mid mountains, PM me if I can help. Regards, Mm. (Phillip)
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5th May 2013, 11:43 PM #735Senior Member
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Thanks MM good to know of another "chippy" fan in the mountains. I have fancied one for many years. Getting the bed machined is a big order, did you do tailstock saddle etc? The bed on this one is average but for what I will do should be okay. I have a set of machine straight edges (prismatic angle) for scrapping machine beds so I may give it a "touch up". I do have a Victor 400x 750 lathe as well, and that has a heap of accessories as well and is in good order but cuts a terrible thread! Hence the chippy.