Decided to make my own

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Jose Rivera
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Decided to make my own

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For a while I have been considering getting a large shell milling cutter for speedy machining when lots of stock need to be removed.

I won this shell-mill at eBay and took the challenge to make my own holder.

Here is a video of the rough turning and pictures of the machining process to finish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex1IT9_nJaI
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almost there.jpg
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Looks Great!!

Also looks like a floating head, self aligning knurling tool on that drawing!

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Jose,
One of the first jobs when I got my lathe was R8 chuck adapters for the mill. As you know, with a limited quill travel sometimes it's near impossible to do some jobs without moving the knee. So I made three lengths.

Long one for spot drilling, med for reg drills and short for reduced shank. I don't use the long reach very often, but sure nice when needed.
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Holder

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Glenn, yes, is my next project.
I already made one a while ago, this one has different dimensions and is a straight knurl about .115" wide.

Dave, ingenuity is king!!
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Test

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Finally got to do a real job making Hummingbird parts, rouging out quickly excess material.

Got a little bit of chatter, but I could not go slower. That is the slowest speed I have.

This video shows the operation taking .250" off.

I think that for a small MT2 spindle is not bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiEhIWbKb28
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'Kinda like this one :D

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1219866/h ... slab_mill/

Check out the guy with the broom trying to keep up :roll:

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Big bites

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Delicious !!

I noticed lots of chatter :lol:

At Jorgensen Steel we had a 18 feet plate vertical boring mill.
(I always refused to run it)

This machine will create huge curled chips about .5" wide by .12" thick curled into a perfect spiral to about 8" in diameter before they broke and fell.

I estimate that each chip could have been a pound and a half.

One of those on you head and you're out.
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I need to get some pics of the 300 Kwik Switch 2" shell mill arbor I made a few months back. Not a matter of can't afford one. I don't think they made them that big. I have some huge 8" carbide insert facemills I am going to use as flycutters on my bridge mill. I have a smaller facemill that produces a rainbow mirror finish, but it's only 3" or so in diam. I want to be able to reach all the way across larger parts.
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Post by J Harp »

Nice job Jose. How did you make the pockets for the drive keys?
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Two keyways

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J Harp wrote:Nice job Jose. How did you make the pockets for the drive keys?
With the holder horizontal, I used a .125 end-mill. That give me a right angle corner next to the .750" Dia. where the cutter goes in.

The key had to have two .062" radius corners.
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Hey, that is pretty nice.

Did you turn the taper by offsetting the tailstock?

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Post by Jose Rivera »

JimGlass wrote:Hey, that is pretty nice.

Did you turn the taper by offsetting the tail-stock?

Jim
Nope, I did it with the compound rest after several adjustments.
Kind of a pain.

It would be nice to have an off-set devise for the tail-stock that will attach to the Morse taper, so one can attach and remove quickly without having to re-set the center on the tail-stock.

Next project maybe :P
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