Tom Senior Light Vertical Milling Machine

[damianParticipant @damiannoble34800]

Posted by Emgee on 13/11/2016 10:46:12:

Hi Damian, if you cut a section out of the cabinet lid in front of the VFD readout and glaze on the inside with some clear sheet you will be able to read off motor speed with the VFD set to display RPM, from that calculate spindle speed depending on any ratio of gearing between motor and machine spindle. Just a thought.

Emgee

Cheers Emgee

I had considered it and have some perspex in the shop. I will have to find the pulley ratio's then to work out the cutter rpm.

Damian

[David BaconParticipant @davidbacon44097]

Hi,

my dad has one of these lathes and is struggling to get the chuck out. Could you offer some advice please.

any help grately received.

thanks,

david.

[BikepeteParticipant @bikepete]

Posted by David Bacon on 09/03/2019 15:29:59:

Hi,

my dad has one of these lathes and is struggling to get the chuck out. Could you offer some advice please.

any help grately received.

thanks,

david.

Hi David, as nobody has replied yet I'll have a go. Welcome to the forum!

First I suggest you start a new thread with a descriptive title like "Removing stuck chuck" so that more people see it (usually gets better response than tacking it onto the end of an old thread).

And I strongly recommend you put up clear pictures of both the whole machine (so we all know exactly which type we are talking about) and some close-ups of the bit which is stuck (maybe indicate the stuck bit with an arrow or something to make it completely clear). See here for info on posting images: **LINK**

There are a lot of different versions of these machines and various different sorts of chuck that could be stuck so for anyone to be able to give a good answer we need to know exactly what we are dealing with, and pictures are the best way to get that info over.

It would also be helpful to know what your Dad has already tried doing to get the chuck loose, to save people suggesting it again!

Cheers

Pete

[David BaconParticipant @davidbacon44097]

HI Pete,

Thanks for your reply – I will start a new thread and get pictures when I next visit.

Not sure if it is stuck or just he doesn't know how to remove the chuck – so thought you chaps would be able to advise without a new topic.

Kind regards,

David

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