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    Good to see you have the saddle working to your satisfaction - I know it's a little bit of a bummer when you take care to get everything machined square and then you have to pack up with shim or something similar.

    In making my Quorn I bored the spindle housing in the mill as it is an odd shape and was much easier to setup in the mill - as I approached the final size I realised that the bored hole was beginning to become tapered I was at a loss to know why but suspect that as the spindle housing was quite long (over 4inches) the quill was flexing once it was a few inches out of the mill head. The hole ended up oversize by approx 80 thou and was still tapered, I ended up setting it up in the lathe and successfully bored the taper out of it, fortunately I had not yet made the spindle so I could compensate by making the spindle OD slightly oversize to match.

    With regard to the tapping compund, I have some stuff that I can only describe as brown goop, it was mixed up by a local guy and sold through a small hardware store that has long closed due to stiff competition from our large chain hardware group Bunnings. I suspect that the basis of the compound is lard with some sort of mineral oil added to keep it soft enough to be used from sauce type squeeze bottle.

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    Talking Cutting Compounds.

    Hi Familyguy,

    Thanks for your comments.

    Quote Originally Posted by familyguy View Post
    Good to see you have the saddle working to your satisfaction - I know it's a little bit of a bummer when you take care to get everything machined square and then you have to pack up with shim or something similar.
    To be honest, I did know that the saddle plate had a problem after I had measured it and discovered that it wasn't square at both ends. Putting in the mill vise and flycutting the bad end was going to make it even shorter. I chose to take off 20 thou starting at the high end and put a shim in there. I could really do with another thou, but that can wait for a while. I need to get the top slide machined then I can get on with making the leadscrew.

    In making my Quorn I bored the spindle housing in the mill as it is an odd shape and was much easier to setup in the mill - as I approached the final size I realised that the bored hole was beginning to become tapered I was at a loss to know why but suspect that as the spindle housing was quite long (over 4inches) the quill was flexing once it was a few inches out of the mill head. The hole ended up oversize by approx 80 thou and was still tapered, I ended up setting it up in the lathe and successfully bored the taper out of it, fortunately I had not yet made the spindle so I could compensate by making the spindle OD slightly oversize to match.

    With regard to the tapping compund, I have some stuff that I can only describe as brown goop, it was mixed up by a local guy and sold through a small hardware store that has long closed due to stiff competition from our large chain hardware group Bunnings. I suspect that the basis of the compound is lard with some sort of mineral oil added to keep it soft enough to be used from sauce type squeeze bottle.
    At four inches, I would have thought that the boring bar would be flexing causing the taper. I've had a similar experience where the hole got smaller as it got deeper. 8 mm diameter boring bar, in my case, boring bars are not particularly rigid.

    With respect to shimming, I did/do expect to have to put shims in various places, but so far this is the only one.

    The two tins of cutting compound that I mentioned, Trefolex and Temaxol are both lard based with mainly sulfer and white lead added, plus other ingredients and as you mentioned a vegetable oil to adjust the consistency. These tins are both well used, being well over twenty years old, there is only about an inch in the bottom of one and not much more in the other. They are certainly a much better cutting compound than the Rocol one.

    I've found that a brushed on layer of diesel is nearly as good, particularly on aluminium, though I've used paraffin, wd40 and other concoctions with varying results. I keep coming back to the old time proved products.
    Best Regards:
    Baron J.

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    Thumbs up Top Slide slots.

    Hi Guys,

    I've now set up to machine the slots down either side of the top slide.

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    I used the same technique as I originally used, to ensure that the vise had not moved during the last milling session and that the work was as square to the table as I could get it.

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    These are the readings at each end of the work piece. A one thou difference is not going to cause any problem here. In any case that thou could be a slight twist in the plate or a difference in thickness from one end to the other. Its a pity that the very expensive Mitutoyo Gauge doesn't display tenths of a thou, only the nearest 0.5 thou.

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    Here I am about to take the second 1 mm deep cut in the other direction.

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    Its quite difficult to see but if you look at the right side of the slot, just above the middle of the picture, there is a chunk stuck out. The black spot to the right of that is the corner of the slot drill. The sound of cutting suddenly changed. At first I didn't realise why until I examined the cutter, and found the the corners had broken off. I did wonder if that was why the bottom of the slot in previous cuts was so rough.

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    I replaced the slot drill with the only other 12 mm cutter that I had, a four flute Dormer end mill and set it up again to do the last pass to get to the 3.25 mm depth I wanted. I was quite surprised by the difference in smoothness of the slot. this picture was taken after I had cut the slot to the 13 mm width to suit the bearings.

    Actually the slot ended up at 3.35 mm deep and 13.1 wide with the new milling cutter.

    The next job was to clean and deburr the work before setting up to mark the hole positions for the bearing support plates that hold the top slide.

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    These are the two side bearing support plates being checked against the saddle plate before having a pair of bearings fitted. The top slide and the saddle plate are clamped together with a 30 thou shim between them. Then the support plate is inverted with the bearings fitted into the slot. A transfer punch is then used to mark the hole positions on the saddle. The whole thing is then turned over and then same thing is done on the other side of the saddle. this ensures that the hole positions are precisely in the right spot.
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    This is how the sandwich of the top slide, shim and saddle plate is secured ready for marking the hole positions. Those clamps are really intended for holding wood, they are made from glass reinforced plastic and are quite easy to flex the jaws when tightening them. But that is all I have that were deep enough to hold the pieces together whilst marking the hole positions.

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    The three items disassembled after marking the fastening hole positions. The side plates were left in place so that they could be used to locate the top slide support plates.

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    Holes marked before the bearing side plates are removed.

    That is all for now. Drilling and tapping to be done before a test fitting.

    Thanks for looking: As always, your comments welcomed.
    Best Regards:
    Baron J.

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    Thoroughly enjoying this thread John, Great work.

    Phil

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    Same. Thanks for posting baron, it's looking great.

    Simon
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    Hi Guys,

    Not really a lot to report today. I've got all the holes in the saddle drilled and threaded. I did have one little mishap ! I managed to break the point off the centre drill when drilling the last of the hole positions. Unfortunately it broke in the hole just at the point where the taper finishes. I couldn't get it loose no matter how hard I tried.

    By shear chance I had a 5 mm carbide printed circuit drill with a 3 mm shank that I had bought but never used. Anybody that knows, these drills have a very flat cutting point, about 160 or 165 degree angle. More like a milling cutter than a normal drill point. So I very carefully used that to drill down into the metal until I got to below the broken piece, after which I switched to a normal 5 mm drill.

    I think that I was very lucky there. The centre drill was a good quality Dormer as well, it was one that I had used many many times in the past without managing to break it. The other end is fine and completely usable.

    I've still a couple of pins to make for the bearing axles and then I can do a trial assembly before moving on to making a leadscrew.

    My thoughts on this is to go with something that is a 1.25 mm pitch like Left Hand M10 or M8, both of which I can single point on the lathe. The real question is can I successfully cut this thread over the nine or ten inches required and then can I make a nut to suit. A thread of this pitch would also provide 50 turns to the inch so I would have to scale the knob with 50 calibration marks.

    Thanks for looking and following me. Comments welcome.
    Best Regards:
    Baron J.

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    Default Trial Assembly.

    Hi Guys,

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    In my last post, I mentioned that I broke the centre drill I was using ! These are the pictures that should have been in there.

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    I also mentioned that I still had a couple of pins to make for the bearing axles. These three pictures show the 5 mm diameter polished steel bar that I used in the lathe three jaw chuck. The bar is protruding by 15 mm from the face of the chuck jaws. I then turned down to 4.6 mm diameter for a distance of 6 mm ready for threading. After using a file to take off the sharp corner, I used a 5 mm die on a tailstock holder to create the threads.

    Temaxol was used for the cutting compound for both the threading and the parting off.

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    These pictures show the finished axle pins. The screwdriver slot was cut with a hacksaw. At the moment they are just screwed into the plate tightly, but if there is any tendency to come loose I will locktite them in place.

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    These pictures show the bearings fitted on the axle pins. They should be flush with the thickness of the bearing but are about a quarter of a mm lower. This is because of the slightly deeper countersinking of the threaded hole allowing them to screw in a fraction further.

    Now that I have got these parts sorted I did a trial assembly of the whole X - Y table, with pleasing results. Its turned out far better than I expected.

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    These pictures show the assembled table with the base plate, saddle, top slide and end pieces in place.
    The top slide needs a little work doing on it because it is very tight and hard to move from side to side, whilst the saddle moves freely from end to end.

    As I mentioned earlier I put a 25 thou shim under one side. When I assembled the saddle this time I used a piece of 80 grm copy paper under the other side ! The result is that simply tipping the whole thing causes the saddle to move to rest on the front or rear plates.

    Thanks for looking: Your support is appreciated.
    Best Regards:
    Baron J.

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    Hi John
    a trick I got taught many years ago, when cutting screwdriver slots with a hacksaw, was to put two blades in the hacksaw but you probably knew that already.

    Phil

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    Hi Phil,

    I wish that I had or had access to a surface grinder. I've since discovered that the side plates that I'm using to support the bearings are not as flat as I thought they would be.

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    I inked these and then rubbed them on a flat surface covered with 600 grit emery paper. The one on the left is sightly better than the one on the right. But neither are really very flat. I was hoping to rely on these plates to control any twist by bearing on the sides of the base and top slide.

    Thanks for your comments.
    Best Regards:
    Baron J.

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    I'd be happy to grind them flat for you Baron. However I think my geographical location from you really precludes any way of doing it in a timely or economical way.

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    Hi Simon,

    Thank you very much for your offer of help I very much appreciate it.

    However I must agree with you about us being at the opposite ends of the earth. As you said, neither convenient or economical.

    At the moment I'm rubbing them on a flat surface with 600 grit emery paper, and not doing a very good job of it.
    Best Regards:
    Baron J.

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    Thumbs up Leadscrew & Bearings

    Hi Guys,

    I could do with a little advice !

    I have several pairs of ball races that I could use in order to support the leadscrew driving the saddle on the Brooks TCG. Note that these are all new old stock, some of them I've had for 40 years or more ! I have no Idea what equipment these bearings were intended for.

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    The first pair are USA made "Norma" bearings. Type C97KP-IZ.
    They are 22.05 mm in diameter with a 6.9 mm bore and are 7.0 mm thick.

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    The second pair are Japanese made by ISC ones. Type RR600-2RS.
    They are 15.80 mm in diameter with a 5 mm bore and are 6.25 mm thick.

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    The third pair are unbranded, no markings at all. They are also a tapered ball race and were intended to be pre-loaded in use.
    They are 17.50 mm in diameter with a 6.25 mm bore and are 12 mm thick when pre-loaded.
    The only problem that I can see with these is that the front plate of the TCG is 13 mm thick, which would make the back wall of the hole holding the bearing very thin.

    My question is which of these bearings would you use ?

    Now these next two pictures are of a 50 mm length of 20 mm diameter Acetal bar. I intend to use this to make a nut to suit the M8 Left Hand threaded rod.
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    20 mm Acetal rod.

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    Here is a picture of a 12 inch length of M8 left hand threaded rod kindly donated to me by one of the engineering places that I visit in order to raid their scrap box. Apparently they use LH threaded bar from time to time and this piece came out of the scrap pile. Pity they didn't have the LH tap to go with it.

    That's all for now, thanks for looking.
    Best Regards:
    Baron J.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BaronJ View Post
    ...My question is which of these bearings would you use ?
    Personally, I'd be looking for some small thrust bearings.They are not terribly expensive and certainly a lot more compact - most lathe compounds that I have taken apart seem to be done this way.

    Quote Originally Posted by BaronJ View Post
    20-06-2019-001.jpg
    Here is a picture of a 12 inch length of M8 left hand threaded rod kindly donated to me by one of the engineering places that I visit in order to raid their scrap box. Apparently they use LH threaded bar from time to time and this piece came out of the scrap pile. Pity they didn't have the LH tap to go with it.
    I just happen to have a M8 LH tap here, bought for a repair many years ago. I also have some acetal, so if you can provide a sketch of the nut you want, I could whip something up for you, or even just tap a block that you could then finish machine.

    Michael

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    Quote Originally Posted by BaronJ View Post
    Hi Phil,

    I wish that I had or had access to a surface grinder. I've since discovered that the side plates that I'm using to support the bearings are not as flat as I thought they would be.
    I agree John, it would be very nice though you could hand scrape them and I think if you used a lump of wood as a surface plate they would still end up better than what they are.

    Phil

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    A while back I made a CNC style coil/transformer winder, I turned up an 8mm x 1mm pitch lead screw which is driven by a stepper motor to traverse the wire guide back and forth. Initially I supported the lead screw on a pair of pillow block bearings (about $3 ea from ebay) these are good as you can anchor the lead screw with grub screws an it takes care of end float, but I found that any slight bow in the lead screw made for tight spots in the movement as the wire guide traversed back and forth, I could feel these when I turned the lead screw by hand, thinking this may cause issues with turns of smaller diameters of wire (0.1mm) not not being paid down perfectly next to each other I removed the far end pillow block bearing - this allowed the lead screw to 'float' in the nut, any slight bow in the lead screw caused the far end of it to wiggle slightly but I had no tight spots.

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