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14th Mar 2014, 12:00 AM #1Most Valued Member
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Reams and floating chucks
Well I finally picked up a set of adjustable reams.
Sutton from 3/8" to 1 1/16"... they do metric as well
They look to be in pretty good nick to me.
Anyway I was looking at this chuck awhile ago and thought I might add it to the list of things to make.
http://www.hemingwaykits.com/acatalog/info_HK_2210.html
But the way I'm looking at it, it cant do as they say.
It can adjust for misalignment in one plane and angle in one plane(and the plane at 90' but not as well). But I cant see how it can adjust for misalignment in the other plane. What am I missing? Anyone?
Stuart
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14th Mar 2014, 12:08 AM #2
Hi Stuart,
I can see the floating head allows for movement in two axes.. I'd guess it's for tailstock use.
HK2210GA_part.jpg
That would align left-right up-down, but not if it rotates?
Ray
PS... Very handy collection of reamers..
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14th Mar 2014, 12:26 AM #3Most Valued Member
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Its finally dawned on me.
I thought ball 6 was locating part 4 with part 7 being a cup. Part 7 is flat so doesnt locate part 4........so part 4 is free to pivot in two planes(I still think one better than the other) and slide in one plane. To easy
Stuart
P.s. Yes alignment of offset in two axis and angle in two axis.
The link to the rest(I thought you could use the back button but it seems not)
http://www.hemingwaykits.com/cgi-bin...210#aHK_202210Last edited by Stustoys; 14th Mar 2014 at 12:32 AM. Reason: p.s.
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14th Mar 2014, 01:23 AM #4
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14th Mar 2014, 02:11 AM #5Most Valued Member
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I'd only been thinking about it in a tailstock. I'm going to need to think some more.
First thoughts are while miss-alignment is less likely to be an issue if the reamer is turning, it could be. I think it would work. but not as well as it would need to pivot and slide for each rotation.....buts its still got to be better then being fixed......I think
Stuart
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14th Mar 2014, 06:49 AM #6Philomath in training
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The two slots with pins at 90 degrees to each other mean that the holder can move translationally in two axis; the slight angular form means that it can cope with some angular misalignment.
However the reamers you bought are hand reamers with a square shank on the end. The Hemingway device is a floating holder for machine reamers with a Morse taper. Not sure how well that would work together.
I have a set of reamers like that set myself and one thing I would suggest is getting a set of reamer pilots to match as it makes getting a square, chatter free and non bell-mouthed hole a lot easier.
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(ignore the box as that is HM)
Michael
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14th Mar 2014, 01:09 PM #7Most Valued Member
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Yes
"angular form" I'm not seeing one. Am I missing something again?
yes but if you think of the angle as 2 angles at 90deg to each other... one lines up with the pins and is free to move. The other is needs the pins to rock in the slot. Torque would then be on the top of one pin and the bottom of the other.
In the end it likely makes 2/10ths of stuff all difference. Its was really thinking that part 7 was a cup that had me scratching my head.
What has me scratching my head is with the short lead in on machine reamers this chuck must start of out with an angular and translationally misalignment. Then the the reamer straightens itself up.(still better than starting out misaligned and staying that way I guess)
As I understood it it was ok to use hand reams in machines but not the other way around (though maybe this doesn't apply to adjustable reamers?). Yes some sort of chuck would be needed.
Great! something else to buy lol
Reaming isn't something I've had much to do with and I don't see myself using them all that often...... though maybe its like buying a surface grinder
It would be nice if I could just limit myself to reaming holes bored/drilled in the mill with no Z movement.. then most of the alignment issues go away. But I do think its in the lathe that they will get the most use......
Stuart
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14th Mar 2014, 02:57 PM #8
Hi Michael,
Maybe I'm missing something here, are the pilots only for use with hand reamers? How would you use them with a chucking reamer?
Ray
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They were a nice set at a nice price I had my eye on them, but having purchased a set a few weeks ago, I figured I had better not. Just to confirm it was you that got them I checked the history on Ebay for the buyer. Industrial > Microscope Parts, Accessories -> Dead giveaway!
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14th Mar 2014, 05:13 PM #11Philomath in training
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14th Mar 2014, 06:24 PM #12Philomath in training
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angle.jpg
The image isn't all that big on my screen so I'm not sure, but this is an angle isn't it?
Not 100% on the answer to that. The two types are different, so trying to use a machine reamer by hand on a job could get frustrating because of the much shorter lead. Most machine reamers I've seen are helical blade. Using a straight blade reamer could be disastrous under power if the blade catches on something.
Michael
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In case its not clear to others, I did a bit of googling about this after your earlier post as I couldn't work out how to use them. "the cone goes on the other end of the hole." Well of course its obverse now
Who me? lol
The way I'm seeing it(for what thats worth lol) that angle is just for clearance. The thrust and angular misalignment are taken care of by flat part 7 and ball 6.
Yeah I thought it was only the lead length that was different.
I think I might have come up with a "chucking" idea that is much easier to make IF you assume you can get your tailstock offset "close enough".
Using a clamp pretty much the same as a taping handle(as long as it has round handles and this "thing". With the ball locating in the center of the reamer.
If only I could get some shed time to try some of these ideas out lol
Stuart
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Are spare blades readily available?
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15th Mar 2014, 12:40 AM #15Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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I had a pulley to fit to an odd sized shaft and borrowed a hand reamer from work to do the job and it produced such a sweet fit I bought a 6 to 26 mm set from CTC tools and have since used them quite a bit. They produce a very smooth bore and I like the way you can creep very slowly up to the hole size you need. I use them mainly manually although I have used them on the lathe.