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Thread: Frankenmill
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18th Jun 2019, 08:36 AM #16Most Valued Member
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Nice work, huge effort! You'll get a kick out of using that machine every time.
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18th Jun 2019, 07:51 PM #17Member
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That is truly epic!!!!
Much respect!
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18th Jun 2019, 11:48 PM #18Golden Member
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Thanks for the likes and the encouraging comments. It's been a huge project, started off slowly two years ago but it feels like I've done nothing but work on this in every spare hour for months now. I have other projects either needing finishing or needing starting but this one has put everything else off the table. And yes I'm loving using it.
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19th Jun 2019, 09:58 AM #19Most Valued Member
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You did a very nice job of it. I think you'll find that the combination of the rigidity & geared power feeds of the Vicky mill and the ease of use plus quill of a B/port J head make a great combination. I've been planning on doing the same thing for years now, just there's always been other projects in the queue with higher priority.
PDW
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1st Jul 2019, 12:07 PM #20
Wow there is some work in that, absolutely great job and well documented.
I know from posting projects of mine how much time and effort goes into taking photos and writing it all up, thanks.
Some years ago I designed something similar but a lot less complicated to raise my mill head using 16,25 and 32mm plate, M16 bolts etc and just yesterday looking for something else I came across a bag of M16 bolt's. After a bit of head scratching I remembered I bought them for my mill project, I just need to chase up the plate again.
After moving 5 times in 7 years I am now settled again in my own home and can go ahead with projects.
Seeing this has inspired me to go ahead with it. I was a bit worried about using steel instead of cast, but as you have shown it works fine.
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