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  • #54460
    david pierce
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      Tom,
      Your new mill will give you the machining capacity to make a nice microscope inspection stand out of standard items. The vertical base can be a threaded pipe flange and the vertical columb can be a section of pipe. The horizontal arm can be a section of EMT with enough diameter to be stable (EMT is lighter than pipe). You can design a a swivel block to hold the horizontal arm to the vertical columm and make it out of plastic, wood. aluminum or any other material on your new mill. the same goes for the mounting bracket for the microscope on the end of the arm.
      david

      #54461
      tmac1956
      Participant

        David:

        I think I need to get into a design/build mindset for a lot of things now that I have this functionallity. I can tell I’ve been in academia far too long. ;)

        Thanks!
        Tom

        #54462
        tmac1956
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          All:

          I finally made the mounting plates for my 8mm Levin and set it up with digital indicators on the X and Y axis that I can zero out. I milled slots in the plates allowing me to adjust the lathe and motor positions to allow different pulley sizes and keep the correct tension on the belts. I’m using O rings for the belts making for quieter operation.

          Here’s the base – it’s just a wooden carving board.

          I used small O rings where ever I could to further reduce vibrations.

          Here’s the motor attached to the mounting plate.

          Motor mounted:

          CONTINUED…

          #54463
          tmac1956
          Participant

            Lathe continued…

            Here a top view of the lathe, it’s mounting plate, and two stell plates used to hold magnetic indicator stands.

            Here’s and end view with the late put together. There is a 4 jaw chuck, a 3 way slide, holding a quick change tool holder.

            Side view:

            Another misc. shot:

            Well, there it is.

            Thanks!

            #54464
            Bob Tascione
            Moderator

              You did a great job Tom!
              That’s a beautiful setup!
              Thanks for posting it up here.

              Bob

              #54465
              tmac1956
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                Bob.

                Thanks… it took a while, but now I have what I need.

                Thanks!
                Tom

                #54466
                willofiam
                Moderator

                  Hey Tom….WELL DONE, how do you like the motor, I have been thinking of one for my lathe, where did you get it and how much? I would want to plug into a variable speed control. Thank you, William

                  #54467
                  arutha
                  Participant

                    That is a great set-up Tom, its nice to get things set up just how you want them :)
                    So what are you going to make first?
                    Paul.

                    #54468
                    david pierce
                    Participant

                      Tom,
                      The setup looks great; nice job on the plate. The mill gives you the capacity to turn an idea into a working product.
                      William,
                      I bought my motor from Sincere off of Ebay. They are extremely quiet and I like them much better than any other lathe motor I have tried so far. It is an AC induction motor so the speed must be regulated with a frequency or duty cycle type of speed controller. A standard watch motor pedel will not work with this type of motor. I regulate mine with belts and pulleys but that is a personal preference. The motors cost about $200.00 each and the price includes the pulley.
                      david

                      #54469
                      bernie weishapl
                      Participant

                        Tom that is one great setup. Really well thought out and done.

                        #54470
                        tmac1956
                        Participant

                          @Arutha wrote:

                          That is a great set-up Tom, its nice to get things set up just how you want them :)
                          So what are you going to make first?
                          Paul.

                          Paul:

                          I need to get a centering scope before I take on much. I might make a screw block or something easy.

                          THanks!
                          Tom

                          #54471
                          tmac1956
                          Participant

                            @willofiam wrote:

                            Hey Tom….WELL DONE, how do you like the motor, I have been thinking of one for my lathe, where did you get it and how much? I would want to plug into a variable speed control. Thank you, William

                            William:

                            I got mine from the same place that David got his (chinese motor on ebay). It been excellent and it costs about $200.00. However, this one won’t work very well with a variable speed control. I just adjust the pully combinations to get the turning rate that I need.

                            Here’s the link:
                            http://www.ebay.com/itm/Motor-with-Both-Pulleys-for-Watchmaker-lathe-/120817588396?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item1c214a18ac

                            Later,
                            Tom

                            #54472
                            willofiam
                            Moderator

                              Thanks Tom.

                              #54473
                              tmac1956
                              Participant

                                All:

                                This is what I used to do before I lost vision in my right eye… before I started into horology. Hand wrapped semi precious stones with 20 ga. round half-hard sterling silver wire. It was just a hobby but I had to give it up – I no longer have depth perception. Hmmm…. perhaps I picked the wrong thing to go into – horology I mean. ;)


                                Thanks,
                                Tom

                                #54474
                                Bob Tascione
                                Moderator

                                  Hey Tom,
                                  That looks like some intricate work. To address your lack of depth perception, I had a watchmaker friend many years ago who had lost an eye when he was young. He became and remained an excellent watchmaker his entire adult life. When asked if it was difficult for him his answer was “no more difficult than anyone else using a loupe. Once a loupe is on one eye all depth perception gained from using two eyes is gone anyway”. :) He made a good point.

                                  Adios for now,
                                  Bob

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