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15th Jan 2020, 11:41 AM #2326
I'm not sure that is an issue (in my instance) as I will always be using the angle plate on the milling machine for horizontal milling.
The reference surface is the milling table and all I require is for the milling cutter (when horizontal milling) to be parallel to the face of the angle plate. It *should* always be parallel in the up/down direction and I just need to set parallel in the side to side direction using a dial gauge.
I haven't used my angle plate a lot, but on the occasions that I have used it, the above rings true.Cheers.
Vernon.
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15th Jan 2020, 09:27 PM #2327
Hi Vernon, Guys,
I understand that you swung the mill head to 90 degrees, but how would you do it if you didn't have that ability or a horizontal mill.
I'm just struggling to get my head around how it could be done without having two reference surfaces. Obviously the mill table is one of them. Getting two surfaces parallel should be easy ! One edge and one plane.
I don't follow how you can setup to do the second plane without another angle plate or a cylindrical square.Best Regards:
Baron J.
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22nd Feb 2020, 09:55 PM #2328Diamond Member
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Rock Bucket
So I've had a big old pile of bricks mixed with dirt sitting in the back paddock for a decade or thereabouts.
I've been meaning to do something about it, for a decade or thereabouts.
My solution to a decade or thereabouts of inaction is to build something - a rock bucket that will allow me to sieve the bricks and make a new pile that is just bricks and no dirt.
I expect that new pile will probably sit there for a similar period to the dirt-brick pile.
Anyway, wanted to do this with steel on hand, so started bending some 25NB gal pipe.
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Looking at other, better made rock buckets, I noticed they had a cross piece at the front to keep all the bars in alignment, so I holesawed them all to take another piece of gal something NB.
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Then I mitred the ends to a point, and cut little bits of flat bar to weld over them.
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The tractor I'm making it for has a "Burder" front end loader, with what I assume is their own, made up bucket attachment system. Basically 38mm and 25mm holes on 297mm centres. So I made up some attachment plates out of 100x12mm flat bar, holesawed the 2 holes and then used my $50 Gumtree bandsaw to chop out the profile for the top attachment pin.
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Then it was just a matter of sticking it all together on the welding bench.
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And adding some side pieces outside.
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It's quite little. Only about 1m wide. That's intentional, as the tractor is fairly small, it can only lift a bit under a tonne with a tailwind, so I wanted to make sure the rock bucket would have fewer problems penetrating a pile and lifting a load. I also have no idea whether what I've made will actually hold up, or just bend, shear or snap with use, so there's an element of experimentation with a view to repairs and improvements as needed.
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22nd Feb 2020, 11:54 PM #2329Most Valued Member
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Nice work, that should sort your bricks out, hopefully they won't fall through the tines.
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23rd Feb 2020, 10:19 AM #2330Diamond Member
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Great work RustyArc. That should work a treat.
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23rd Feb 2020, 12:24 PM #2331Diamond Member
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24th Feb 2020, 04:55 PM #2332
Lathe MT4 Arbor Holder
This is something I created on the weekend for the lathe, not to bad, about a 90% (hard marker), holes should have been 0.5mm smaller and when I learn the 'radius function' on the mill I'll remove it and do the sharp corner.
Made from 25mm HDPE to suit MT4 arbors.
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Peter
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27th Feb 2020, 05:57 AM #2333Diamond Member
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27th Feb 2020, 06:07 PM #2334
HDPE Source
Right here Ben;
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HEAVY-DU...72.m2749.l2649
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27th Feb 2020, 06:52 PM #2335Most Valued Member
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1st Mar 2020, 09:59 PM #2337Diamond Member
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This sized board (450 X 450mm) that Manx brings to our attention is much cheaper than the 750 X 450mm size that the same seller offers (on a volume basis). For some reason I can't load the link, when I try it just keeps sending the link that Manx posted, but you can look for yourselves by loading Manxes link and just selecting the 450 X 750mm size.
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2nd Mar 2020, 12:10 AM #2339Diamond Member
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Yes Shed, a bit spendy I thought. You would have a pretty wide choice of materials costing less, silver and gold might be out, but copper, most bronzes, titanium would be in I think, not sure about tungsten or lithium, but copper would look pretty blingy either polished or you could slop yoghurt all over it to give it a nice green colour
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BXA toolholder
I've never shared any of my projects before, not sure why I'm doing it now. Be gentle. BXA tool holder just done, waiting for the wavy washer and I have to get off my butt and drive the 20km to get some more bluing solution. Cheers, Phil.
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