Warco Minor mill/drill

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

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[Andrew JenkinsParticipant @andrewjenkins71937]

Hi Robin

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 01/08/2020 17:37:29:

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I think Michaels link proves it may not be a joke! Who'd of thought…

Cheers Michael for the link.

Regards

Andy

[Steve WithnellParticipant @stevewithnell34426]

Warco Minor? I cut these bevel gears on mine and machined the cams for the Nemett four stroke. So the machine does work. You must put a DRO on the Z or it will drive you nuts!

[Andrew JenkinsParticipant @andrewjenkins71937]

Hi Steve

Posted by Steve Withnell on 01/08/2020 18:11:40:

Warco Minor? I cut these bevel gears on mine and machined the cams for the Nemett four stroke. So the machine does work. You must put a DRO on the Z or it will drive you nuts!

Your not the first to mention equipping a DRO so its on the list of "Things to Do". Beautiful aero engine by the way.

Regards

Andy

[Steve WithnellParticipant @stevewithnell34426]

Andy, this is how I added a DRO to the Minor. The DRO is simple type from Arceurotrade. Then I just took a piece of aluminium plate and bored a hole in it to be a slide fit over the spindle assembly. There is a caphead screw out of sight which acts as a locking screw to stop the plate swivelling.

The plate is then useful for hanging clocks off…but you lose the depth stop which I miss very rarely.

I drilled and tapped a hole for a mounting plate in the mill casting to hang the DRO off.

I have a graph somewhere of the the DRO readout plotted against the manual readout off the fine feed, apart from a stiction/backlash problem the graph wanders about all over the place!

[Andrew JenkinsParticipant @andrewjenkins71937]

Hi Steve

Posted by Steve Withnell on 02/08/2020 11:50:41:

Andy, this is how I added a DRO to the Minor. The DRO is simple type from Arceurotrade. Then I just took a piece of aluminium plate and bored a hole in it to be a slide fit over the spindle assembly. There is a caphead screw out of sight which acts as a locking screw to stop the plate swivelling.

The plate is then useful for hanging clocks off…but you lose the depth stop which I miss very rarely.

I drilled and tapped a hole for a mounting plate in the mill casting to hang the DRO off.

I have a graph somewhere of the the DRO readout plotted against the manual readout off the fine feed, apart from a stiction/backlash problem the graph wanders about all over the place!

That looks really neat I may copy that!

Regards

Andy

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