Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

[TonyHallo]

The rotary table arrived yesterday, it is a deal for $39, I might be disappointed if I paid full retail of $209 however. All in all I'm quite happy with it, heck it is only 4"! I plan to make a ring that will bolt to the table with four jack screws that will act as a four jaw chuck.

 

[Stevendavis]

Nice buy!
I've been working on a few projects lately. Combo projects with the 3D printer, lathe, and mill. Got the mill chip guards almost done. The drill bit sharpener is also close to being done.

 

[Stevendavis]

Got the ER20 collet box printed out last night. Long print!! Woking on a lid now.

 

[Stevendavis]

Lid is done

 

[TonyHallo]

I got tired of switching the nut from collet to to collet so I bought enough nuts to leave the nuts on. Just ordered nuts for the ER16 collet set, I use the ER16 in the mill and can't wait for the nuts to arrive. If you are tapping a hole it takes three collet changes to get the job done, a 1/4" for the end drill, there the drill size and finally one to strat the tap.

 

[Stevendavis]

Finally got the drill bit sharpener done. Tested it on a chipped, dull 7/16 drill bit. Worked great. I'll probably start making the printed parts out of aluminum at some point in the future.

 

[TonyHallo]

How about a movie in action?

 

[Stevendavis]

How about a movie in action?

I'll get one put together.

 

[dhal22]

A discussion on the hobby machining website was talking about large blue Sharpies for metal layout. I grabbed these for about a dollar each. Happy to mail one or 2 out to any of my machining brothers on this site. This is a lifetime supply and then some.......

 

[Stevendavis]

I'll take a couple!! It's wat I'm using now for layout. I've only got one of the large tip magnums. That's a great find!!