Hello Harold,
Excellent! I've copied this and sent it most of my email list - helps to put things in perspective.
All the best,
Mike
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- Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:31 am
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: Scale of the universe
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3258
- Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:02 pm
- Forum: The Photo Album
- Topic: New members shop
- Replies: 15
- Views: 16599
Re: New members shop
Hello and Welcome! It looks as though you have a real nice workshop, almost too neat! Now you've joined the 'old iron' collectors club with that Benchmaster, I expect you'll be getting a bigger lathe to complement it. Looks like you might do some work on older clocks as well. I've had a Benchmaster ...
- Sat Jan 21, 2012 6:46 pm
- Forum: 3-in-1 Metalworking Machines
- Topic: Newbie - How to Adjust Gibbs?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10094
Re: Newbie - How to Adjust Gibbs?
Hello TheReck, The gib should not be moving in and out of the carrier - although i'm not sure what you mean by that. If it is extending out beyond the ends of the compound, something is wrong. I'd suggest you download the manual (or send me a PM and I'll send you a copy in pdf) to get an idea of how...
- Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:45 pm
- Forum: 3-in-1 Metalworking Machines
- Topic: Newbie - How to Adjust Gibbs?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10094
Re: Newbie - How to Adjust Gibbs?
Hello TheReck, Perhaps I can shed a bit of light on this - I have a Maximat V10P. The one 'cap-screw' in the middle is supposed to lock up the compound to the carriage - if yours isn't working without really cranking it down, it likely is missing the ball bearing at the contact point. The other sets...
- Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Harold V's Tool Grinding Tutorials Compilation
- Replies: 31
- Views: 25866
Re: Harold V's Tool Grinding Tutorials Compilation
Hello Chet, Stumbled on this and the topic looked interesting - I've had no joy getting it to download - not even a big Download Button! Anyway, found this via Google and I think it's what we were both looking for http://twoloonscoffee.com/download/Tool_Grinding_by_Harold.pdf Let me know if you have...
- Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:24 am
- Forum: Lathes
- Topic: OK... what did I do wrong.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7331
Re: OK... what did I do wrong.
Hello all, I can feel your pain! Only within the last week or so have I discovered why I've been struggling with threading on my Emco Maier Maximat - a high quality Austrian machine. Same situation with the compound protractor having a zero set 90° different from my previous lathes (all American man...
- Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:40 pm
- Forum: 3-in-1 Metalworking Machines
- Topic: Maximat Mill Problem
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11798
Re: Maximat Mill Problem
Hello Harold, I guess the PTFE filled material would provide a better coefficient of friction, but I wonder if it would change the melting point much? Just checked and the MP on both is 347°F so it should be fine. When I make the Acme nut I'll definitely use this process, but that won't happen as lo...
- Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:08 am
- Forum: 3-in-1 Metalworking Machines
- Topic: Maximat Mill Problem
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11798
Re: Maximat Mill Problem
Hello Harold, I don't believe it was a 5/8 thread - I sure can't find anything that diameter with the 16 TPI so it would appear this was either custom or in-house production. As to why? I can only guess it was to provide the fine control on the 'Z' axis of the mill, with 0.0005" per increment. ...
- Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:25 am
- Forum: 3-in-1 Metalworking Machines
- Topic: Maximat Mill Problem
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11798
Re: Maximat Mill Problem
Hello Harold, No idea why they did what they did, but there is no doubt the TPI is 16 and the diameter is 0.588" - the movement of the head is 0.0625" per revolution, and the graduated dial is indexed to reflect that, i.e. 62.5 increments. I'd bet it was unique to Emco Maier and either cus...
- Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:23 pm
- Forum: 3-in-1 Metalworking Machines
- Topic: Maximat Mill Problem
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11798
Re: Maximat Mill Problem
Hello all, I appreciate you are probably sick of my problem with the graduated dial not matching actual movement; Heck! I've been wasting the whole day on this! Finally figured it out: on re-re-checking the indicated movement vs. the actual, I noticed they matched perfectly with the movements from 0...
- Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:32 pm
- Forum: 3-in-1 Metalworking Machines
- Topic: Maximat Mill Problem
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11798
Re: Maximat Mill Problem
Hello Torch, Your math is correct and I've been thinking about the obvious variance between the graduated dial and the actual movement, so decided I had to re-check taking greater pains to ensure I hadn't missed something. I checked it with both a digital (Mitutoyo Absolute) and another quality dial...
- Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:36 am
- Forum: 3-in-1 Metalworking Machines
- Topic: Maximat Mill Problem
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11798
Re: Maximat Mill Problem
Hello Rick, Thanks for the response. From another forum I had a suggestion to measure the movement of the head based on one full turn of the graduated dial - 0.0625". I think we can assume it's a metric shaft, 15 mm X 1.5 pitch. The curious thing that should have been a clue - the graduated dia...