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Thread: Accurately Ground dowels
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16th Mar 2013, 10:01 PM #1
Accurately Ground dowels
Hi all,
I spent some time in the shed tonight working on scraping the 2nd side of the Mars's cross slide dovetail parallel with the first side. With my new dovetail measuring tool i had come up with the figure of .0013" out of parallel, but i thought i would check again before i started scraping. I got .0023" out
I checked and re checked but i just could not get any repeatability, it seems within a thou was the best i could get. Turns out the dowels i have that i thought where round are not round at all. Using a v block and indicator they are around .0008" TIR out. I ended up with the largest of my thread wires (about .180") sitting on a parallel on its side. This is repeatable to better than .0002".
My question is, where can i get accurate dowels from? Are the dowels pins you can buy that good?1915 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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16th Mar 2013, 10:06 PM #2Most Valued Member
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The guy down the road from me claims to hold size within a 0.0001".
I'll duck out in a minute and see how good he is
Stuart
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16th Mar 2013, 10:22 PM #3
Hi Ewan,
Josh got some dowell pins the other day from Coventry Fasteners, I'll see if I can find them and check TIR.
Regards
Ray
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16th Mar 2013, 10:32 PM #4Golden Member
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Have you confirmed with a mic?
The cheap new pins from the store are round better than 0.003mm.
Edit sorry extra 0
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16th Mar 2013, 10:36 PM #5Most Valued Member
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Bearing in mind it's cold and dark outside and I have to be up early it was a brief test. While I cant comment on their absolute accuracy I'd say roundness and parallel are within 0.0001"
Stuart
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16th Mar 2013, 10:41 PM #6
Yes confirmed with a mic, i even got the same numbers....
Thank you for your dark and cold adventure Stu. Where are your pins from?1915 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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16th Mar 2013, 10:59 PM #7Most Valued Member
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Hounslow Engineering - page 3
Just down the road from me.
Stuart
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17th Mar 2013, 10:59 PM #9Most Valued Member
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Hi BT,
PM sent.
Stuart
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