Milling Machine

[WALLACEParticipant @wallace]

I would have a wet and dry if I had the floor space – I will have in the next workshop as opposed to the current garage !

 

Thinking about it for more than 0.1 of a second it’s definetly the way to do it – there seems no point in using an airline to blow the cr*ap all over the place. Might as well bag it and bin it !

 

But I must admit an airline is a God-send for cleaning engine parts or similar off just before putting it all back together. But it is only to remove the odd git grit spec etc from notionally clean parts – I wouldn’t use it to clean dirty components !

 

WALLACE.

 

 

[Peter BellParticipant @peterbell11509]

Thanks for those shots of your machines John, very inspirational.

I have found the angled guard bolted to my otherwise excellent KX3 to be a bit of a pain and had been thinking how to make it more friendly, (and removable?) and wondered if you or anyone else had done this?

 

Peter

[David Clark 13Participant @davidclark13]

Hi There

I cut the guard down on the KX1.

I can’t find the photos but it was on the cover of MEW 138.

 

You can see this if you check the digital issues preview as I have set this to issue 138.

You don’t have to be a subscriber to see this.

regards David

 

[Peter BellParticipant @peterbell11509]

Hi Dave,

 

Interesting mod looks an improvement, would certainly help in lots of ways.

 

Difficult to see how John has made his but they look like a bottom box with removable sides? I’m sure he must dig it out sometime!

 

Been thinking on similar lines as it would help place material and heavy things like the 4th axis.

 

Peter

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Peter, No it’s just a tray with welded up corners to remain coolant tight.

Some holes in the bottom that line up with the tee slots for fastening and draining.

I have some that take a vise sideways on and front ways on.

I also have a couple that are big enough for double vises.

 

I can get pics if needed but that are not works of art at all, just trays belted up by the local sheet metal shop.

 

John S.

[Peter BellParticipant @peterbell11509]

John,

 

That all sounds just what need as I realise that one size does not fit all. If you could sort some pics that would be great.

 

Thanks Peter

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