Travelling microsteady

Travelling microsteady

This topic has 8 replies, 6 voices, and was last updated 10 June 2020 at 17:48 by Howard Lewis.

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9 June 2020 at 18:48 #478745
Rik Shaw
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A tool worth making I thought. So I did !

………….and it works here!

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9 June 2020 at 18:48 #19809
Rik Shaw
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Turning long slim rods
9 June 2020 at 20:17 #478767
old mart
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A clever design, could have trouble as HSS requires sharpening, perhaps a DCGT 07 for aluminium could be incorporated into the toolholder. Then tool height would not be a factor.
9 June 2020 at 23:02 #478787
Hopper
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Very neat. Your own design or are there drawings somewhere?
10 June 2020 at 05:37 #478802
Thor 🇳🇴
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Posted by Hopper on 09/06/2020 23:02:25:

Very neat. Your own design or are there drawings somewhere?

There was a thread on a box tool or roller box on this forum, see here. Stew had a thread of a similar tool on MEM.

Thor
10 June 2020 at 06:48 #478805
Michael Gilligan
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Posted by Thor on 10/06/2020 05:37:28:

Posted by Hopper on 09/06/2020 23:02:25:

Very neat. Your own design or are there drawings somewhere?

There was a thread on a box tool or roller box on this forum, see here. Stew had a thread of a similar tool on MEM.

Thor

.

… A quick look through which makes Hopper’s comment and question very pertinent.

+1

MichaelG.
10 June 2020 at 10:21 #478859
Rik Shaw
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@rikshaw
Thanks Hopper but not my design by any means just my take on it. A version by Stew of Potty Engineering gave me the idea. Someone else had incorporated a mic head into their version and as I had one laying around I did the same.

Rik
10 June 2020 at 10:50 #478870
Hopper
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I like the mike head development. Seen them for sale cheap online and been trying to think of a use for one. It would make a great MEW project write up if you were so inclined.
10 June 2020 at 17:48 #478950
Howard Lewis
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When I made my reversible roller box, the intent was to use a ME 40 thread for adjustment. But I was given a mechanical digital micrometer head, so used that, instead, despite the increase in size. Had to be more accurate than anything I could make!

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