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Here's some pics of my machines.

November 8, 2011
12:02 PM

rammed

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I introduced myself a couple of days ago. I was told you like pictures so here is my HF lathe and Mill Drill. I think I got a good deal on them. When I looked at them at the store. I had a coupon and asked if I could use it on the Mill/drill. He was the store manager and said he could do much better than that. He knocked 25% off each machine if I took them both. They were shipped to the store so I had no shipping charges.

Here is the mill. I added a DRO and power feed.

And here a couple of shots of the lathe.

I added the reverse tumbler. You can see the thumb screw to lock the tumbler to the left of the threading chart. Put a beefier plate on the cross-feed

I also changed the carriage lock and the lock on the tail stock. Those are the brass thingys.

I was having trouble cranking the head up on the mill from my wheelchair. No leverage. So I bored out old half inch drive socket. It's a slip fit on the shaft. Drilled and tapped for a set screw. I leave the ratchet wrench on and the setup is very easy to use. As you can tell I am a firm believer in KISS. (Keep it simple stupid) Yell

Have a good one.

Doug

November 8, 2011
12:17 PM

lokii

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Nice toys Cool

I really like the ratchet on the mill column.

It's great to see people adapting and overcoming disability, I look forward to seeing some of your work.

Lokii

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November 8, 2011
4:09 PM

norman

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Rammed, I wondering about your mill dro. Could you tell about it, where you got it it's features and a ball park price?

I'm looking to maybe get one but I'm not sure I want to plunk down the $600.00 to $900.00 on the prices I've seen. I'd be happy with one the is coolant proof, chip proof, and able to zero the thing where ever I want. I watched the Dropros videos and I'm a little over whelmed also glass scales vs the other scales, I don't know much about any of them.

I'd prefer a 120 volt set up with memory if the power happens to go off. More photos of the DRO would be great too.

Thanks

Norman

November 9, 2011
5:09 AM

Mtw fdu

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Rammed

Firstly, welcome to this site!!

I have a mill/drill similar to yours except it has a dove tail setup. With your shaft setup, do you have trouble lowering the main head and keeping the endmill in the same spot? With this I mean does it move slightly to the left or right when you you are lowering it? Is there a bit of a twist with the main head? I was told of this problem when I was deciding to buy a mill.

Here is my mill/drill setup at home.

As you can see this is a dove tail setup. I do not have any miss-aligning of the endmill when lowering the main head.

Mtw fdu.

November 9, 2011
4:32 PM

rammed

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Norman

The place I got mine went out of business right after my unit was delivered. Didn't make me very happy. Frown

I did a search and this was the cheapest I found. Looks like a nice unit.

http://www.amazon.com/3-axis-d…..B005MY6C1K

Mtw fdu

Yes it moves when I raise or lower the head. I have an indicator set just to square it back up. I usually don't have to move the head as the quill has enough travel for the type of projects I do.

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