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  • 23 August 2018 at 21:42 #368756
    Phil super7
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      @philsuper7

      Hello Thought it about time I introduced myself been lurking in the back ground for some time now.

      I have a myford super 7 and chester 626, I am probably a bit of a myford nut something to do with my school days,

      Athough I do like colchesters tech and apprenticeship days. Now retired

      I have had the chester mill for about 10 years now, I have a question? the spindle can be rotated +-45 deg's from vertical and I can understand why ie milling v'ees or drilling holes at an an angle. However the turret can be rotated +-45 deg's, my question is why would you want to do this? I have never found a reason to move it, the spindle just becomes further away from the table

      Phil

      Edited By Neil Wyatt on 25/08/2018 19:41:30

      24 August 2018 at 22:19 #368929
      Ian P
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        Posted by Phil super7 on 23/08/2018 21:42:57:

        I have had the chester mill for about 10 years now, I have a question? the spindle can be rotated +-45 deg's from vertical and I can understand why ie milling v'ees or drilling holes at an an angle. However the turret can be rotated +-45 deg's, my question is why would you want to do this? I have never found a reason to move it, the spindle just becomes further away from the table

        Phil

        Which is ideal if you have a job that overhangs the table!

         

        Ian P

        Edited By Neil Wyatt on 25/08/2018 19:41:37

        25 August 2018 at 19:40 #13279
        Neil Wyatt
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          26 August 2018 at 08:16 #369076
          David George 1
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            Hi Phil welcome to the forum. About the rotating of the head, it is not used very often but I had a long piece of steel to drill to make a gib strip, and I set it up on an angle plate at 45 degrees with end over end of table then just rotated head to match angle and milled and drilled piece. I am sure there are other uses other people use it for other operations.

            David

            26 August 2018 at 11:49 #369108
            Bazyle
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              @bazyle

              Also if you have a job that needs work greater than the longitudinal movement of the table you can swing the head round to do a bit each end provided you can establish a reference point in the middle. This can be better at keeping cuts parallel at each end rather than trying to reset the material.

              26 August 2018 at 13:07 #369118
              Muzzer
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                @muzzer

                Here's an example.

                **LINK**

                Big steel housing for a battery tray that was too big / tall to fit "on" the table. Hung it out the back / over to one side so I could make some slots in it. In fact, hung it out both sides as that was the only way to access all of the surfaces.

                Job done. That's a door mat to give some idea of scale.

                **LINK**

                Murray

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