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lathe milling spindle?
« on: November 16, 2014, 01:48:45 PM »
hi guys, have had this idea floating around in my head for a while now but finally got it down on paper and thought id post it up here for criticism/improvements

like many hobby machinists I dream of having a mill to go with my lathe, but finding a good one locally one seems to be like unicorn hunting, so like many before me my thoughts have turned to milling attachments for my lathe.

after pondering over various milling attachments I came across an old articlee on converting the compound slide into the basis of averticall slide.  http://www.vintageprojects.com/machine-shop/lathe-millingattachment-plans.pdf
this seemed to be fairly simple to fabricate so I started trying to scrounge up some parts.

some more thinking and procrastinating I realised that iv only got an old worn 4 jaw chuck, so would also have to sort out a collet chuck to hold the milling cutters with . . .another job to the list. .

some more thinking and wishing I had an actual mill I started looking at diy milling machines (definatly out of my current capabilities) that got me looking at diy spindles and I came across a nice looking DC brushless spindle on a cnc site http://www.mycncuk.com/threads/3793-Diy-brushless-spindle

this really got me thinking . . hmm would be nice to have an independent milling spindle on that lathe, maby a tool post grinder, or a bit of profiling of things held in the chuck??  . . a third job to the list.. .

so I started looking at diy tool post grinder/spindles and doodling up ideas to mount the spindle on the yet to be built vertical slide.
everything I saw and came up with had lots of overhang and to me looked prone to twisting at inopportune moments.

then I asked myself a few questions

1. why am I trying to bodge up my compound to make a vertical slide, that will have loads of overhang and not be particularly ridged
2. why am I trying to bodge a nice diy spindle onto the side of a not very ridged vertical slide, creating even more overhang.
3. what do I actually want to accomplish with having this milling slide/spindle contraption?

so back to basics I went, and came up with a list of what I needed/wanted to do

1. mill key ways on shafts
2. profile edges of items
3. drill holes off center
4. drill radial holes in items
5. mill flats onto items
6. anything else I come up with along the way :)

now ideally id do all those things + more with a nice mill and a rotary table but that’s not happening soon, so what can I do with the lathe??

well the lathe has a built in rotary table, it called the headstock ;) and with a bit of tinkering I could even have it indexed :)
a tool post mounted spindle could then be my milling head, though id only have a x and a z axis no y :( but its a start :)

so lots more thinking ensued, how to solidly mount a spindle to the tool-post?? bolting onto the tool post looses rigidity, replacing the tool-post with a custom mount for the spindle would be better but how do I clamp it to the compounds t-slot and the compound isn’t as solid as id like to begin with. do I actually need the compound to use as a z axis?? etc  etc

finally I figured the most solid solution would be to remove the compound and to mount the spindle directly to the circular dovetail cast into the saddle, the z axis would be the saddle feed, but that should be good enough for me.

so a mounting block was designed, to bolt directly to the saddle and with a hole bored through at center height for the spindle, looking good now :)

but then the missing y axis kept giving me doubts about how useful this would actually be, and whether I could improve upon this design. . but how to create a solid vertical slide type affair for the round spindle?? and what to do about dovetails?

then it dawned on me . . . why does the spindle body have to be round?? why not square? that’s easier to bolt to things! and while im at it, why do I need dovetails? surely a square bodied spindle running in a channel would be just as solid for this contraption!

and so with a lot of hours sketching up things on the computer, creating cad drawings, modifying things to suit, re-checking sizes etc. I came up with this!




frame made from welded flat stock o a tuned base, brushless spindle to be fitted into the sqaure block and a bit of M16 studding for the screw.  et voila! simple solid toolpost spindle with height adjustmet  :D



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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2014, 02:54:38 PM »
Are you familiar with John Payne's Quick Step Mill design? Hemingway does a kit, but it's a bit pricey, but may help with ideas:

http://www.hemingwaykits.com/acatalog/The_Quick_Step_Mill__.html

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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2014, 04:12:00 PM »
bugger . .  thought id done something origional for a change!

thanks for the link, that certainly looks a chunky beast , not sure that large a motor is required with the newer brushless motors around.
also with it only clamped in the toolpost i cant see it being all that solid a setup. though it has got use of the compound slide which could be advantagous.

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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2014, 01:30:27 PM »
well i got a bit of time to draw things up properly and have to say im quite pleased  with my efforts

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blue end will be an ER20 collet red bit is the motor

planned to make it mostly out of 40x10mm flat stock, witht the spindle being made from 40x40. height isnt yet set as ill have to do a few more measurments on the actual lathe and work out what is practicable.
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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2014, 01:46:20 PM »
Basically there was a Mr G.P.Potts of Troutbeck who made three spindles. One was tubular but similar to that depicted.
Another is the vertical adjustment on the Quorn and the other is the one on the little Stent tool and cutter grinder.
I gave the tubular device away to a friend but have the other two spindles and the Quorn and the Stent.

Digressing somewhat, the spindles of the Quorn, Stent and the Kennet are virtually interchangeable.

Most of the possibly original thinking is from the old ornamental turners. Holzapffel again!

Neverheless, the design seems quite feasible and interesting.

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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2015, 05:13:10 PM »
well after deciding to wait a while longer before getting a real mill I thought id resurrect this idea and get some parts on order.

amazingly took only 3 days to get an ER spindle and collet set from HK to my front door! and the rest of the bits turned up soon after.

best I get busy!

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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2015, 08:00:29 PM »
bertie,it will be a really interesting thread for the reading if you decide to go ahead and post your progress.

Whether a user has a dedicated milling machine,or not,there are plenty of times when a motorised universal lathe attachment like you're planning is the more versatile option....OZ.
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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2015, 02:34:25 AM »
Hi Bertie!

You may want to check the ER-collet arbor outer diameter. I ordered two 12 mm OD for nominal 12 mm ID bearings and it was a loose fit. Another looked "tight" but it was only a little carrot on the rear end. I know that folks have been using adhesive to stick the bearings on those.

Anyway those ER-collet arbors are soft, maybe next size could me turned down? from 1/2" to 12 mm or 16 mm to 15 mm does not sound that awful.

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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2015, 03:28:13 AM »
When I made my toolpost grinder the bearings were good push fit on the spindle , and the run out was under .ooo1" , I haven't tried an end mill yet at 12mm shaft anything over 1\8" may put to much strain on it .
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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2015, 04:50:25 AM »
Well I started making swarf a couple of days ago, had to modify the design slightly to get the bearings and motor to fit on the shaft length. Also added some registration between the parts to aid getting everything lined up. Now just waiting on some M4x 60  bolts to hold it all together.

Iv not actually measured the shaft but it slides easily into the bearings, so ill have to use some bearing fit anyway. I'll have to see how soft/ hard it is as I could do with tapping the end for a locking bolt. Surprisingly the shaft is also hollow so wont be as strong as it could be .

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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2015, 06:59:52 AM »
Mine are the two ordinary milling, drilling and grinding spindles from G.Potts that were sold as castings etc from Woking Precision Models which was taken over by Hemingway kits. there was also a tubular one- but I gave that away to a friend who was a watchmaker.

The other permutation that I have is the vertical slide from the Stent tool and cutter grinder but another possibility is the 'Myford' vertical slide and either the Quorn or the Kennet spindles.
The Quorn spindle, I recall, was utilised by the late Philip Amos to go on his Mill drill and serialised in ME.

My thoughts were that the casting on the Thomas Small Versatile  Dividing head( sold by Hemingway) had potential as a stronger spindle running in cast iron but could be returned to normal tasks fairly easily.
Even as it stands, it is quite a thing.

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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2015, 03:10:28 PM »
bolts arrived today so managed to get everything bolted together and ended up with this!

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« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2015, 03:50:34 PM »
bertie,it will be a really interesting thread for the reading if you decide to go ahead and post your progress.

Whether a user has a dedicated milling machine,or not,there are plenty of times when a motorised universal lathe attachment like you're planning is the more versatile option....OZ.

I second above  :thumbup:  , A milling spindle dose come in handy at times , thinking one day of building the quickstep mill  :dremel:

Keep the build photos coming Bertie  :poke:   , very interested to see how this build turns out  :D


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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2015, 04:52:21 PM »
well managed to get a bit more time to play with things tonight and knocked up a 12v supply for a test run

didn't run it long as it needs stripping down and fettling, but all in all a good result I think.

seem to be running low on metal though so the actual frame may take a while longer to sort out.

when I disassemble ill try to take some more photos for anyone who's interested, and maby some drawings if autocad will load on this machine.

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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #14 on: March 17, 2015, 05:19:42 PM »
Bertie,

I am very interested in your spindle as I am assembling the bits to make on myself. The thing that I haven't yet resolved is pre-loading the bearings, how have you gone about it? I have a 10mm ER20 spindle for mine   and I'm waiting for the motor to come back into stock.

Curious about your build, regards, Matthew

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« Reply #15 on: March 17, 2015, 05:39:33 PM »
iv used double row bearings so think they are already preloaded??  however the spindle iv got is hollow so I may tap the end and add some preload via a bolt or if I cant tap the shaft I could use a draw bar type arrangement.

in regard to the motor, I struggled to find one in stock anywhere but eventually found one with a  different name but the exact same specs, ( and same name on the order form?)


if iv done this right heres a quick vid of a test run  :  try again : 
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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #16 on: March 17, 2015, 06:48:34 PM »
Double row angular contact bearings should be preloaded. My "spindle is not hardened, I was thinking about a left hand thread on the outside. My problem is finding a suitable amount of preload using something like belleville washers.

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« Reply #17 on: March 21, 2015, 11:45:19 AM »
being as double row AC bearings are essentially a matched pair and they must already have a set preload, I don't think youll need to worry too much about and actual value for any extra you add.
using 2 x double rows isn't a normal application for these bearings as normally one end would be in a normal ball race and allowed to float, the way these are set up isn't 100% ideal but I think perfectly fine for my use.


iv managed to tap a short 6mm thread in the end of mine so can use a bolt and washer to add a little pre-load against the end of the bell housing, that should give the motor bearings some pre load to stop them skidding. I may add a small fan to the end as well to aid cooling

ran it for bout an hour this morning, was nice and smooth and only got warm to touch so I think its good to go as is. just need to finish up the z axis screw and fabricate the actual body.

drawings will take a while as my autocad 2002 cd refuses to install properly on this new laptop, will have to dig out the old one which has got the original drawings on anyway

also measured the run out and appear to be only getting 2 thou run out ( this was measured on the internal taper ) which im quite pleased with.
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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #18 on: March 21, 2015, 03:47:56 PM »
Ok, I asked because I intend using two single row angular contact bearings! I would suggest Locktiteing the 6mm tensioning screw as it will have a tendency to unscrew if it's not a left-hand thread.

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« Reply #19 on: March 21, 2015, 04:25:15 PM »
ahh single row bearings will need a different approach,  easiest way would be to machine a spacer tube to go over the shaft between the inner races. pre load would change slightly with temp changes, but should be ok.
or you could put both bearings the same way round, and use a nut/bolt to add tension from the end, only problem with that is youll be adding lots of preload to the motor bearings

is there a reason your not using double row bearings? mine are only 30x14mm so would fit in most designs

yes ill remember to locktight the bolt in once im happy with everything.
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« Reply #20 on: March 21, 2015, 05:59:43 PM »
My idea was to pre-load by compressing the outer races using a bolt on cap and a spacer with spring washers in the inside. This puts no additional pressure on the motor bearings. My problem is how much pre-load and what sort of spring washers would be usable.

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« Reply #21 on: March 21, 2015, 06:43:53 PM »
My idea was to pre-load by compressing the outer races using a bolt on cap and a spacer with spring washers in the inside. This puts no additional pressure on the motor bearings. My problem is how much pre-load and what sort of spring washers would be usable.

Regards, Matthew
Matthew,

Have a look at:

http://www.emmottsprings.co.uk/products/waved-washer-springs/

They're designed specifically for bearing preloading. In my milling spindle I used one between two deep groove ball bearings at the pulley end and precision double row angular contact at the business end.

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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #22 on: March 21, 2015, 06:48:26 PM »
Bertie, which brushless motor did you get and what's the kV? I've got a couple large motors (EMP N5055 in 400kV and 580kV) I've been saving for motorized spindles, a 3/8 C8 ER11 spindle and a couple of power supplies, so I'll be very interested to see how yours works out.

One concern I've had is the relatively high RPM for power if cutting steel (and necessary very small mills). But I really haven't worked out what the requirements for these motors are yet. Aluminum, no problem, but I do wonder about steel.

Were you planning on running at 12 volts?
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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #23 on: March 21, 2015, 07:27:02 PM »

Matthew,

Have a look at:

http://www.emmottsprings.co.uk/products/waved-washer-springs/

Thanks Phil,

that looks like exactly what I need!

Regards, Matthew

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« Reply #24 on: March 22, 2015, 08:11:49 AM »
I managed to get hold of a xyh 6364 from giant shark, shows as out of stock but if you search for c 6364 or n6364 you can find the same .motor in stock??  Mines the 250kv one as its the lowest kv around. Should give a max speed of 3k rpm at 12v. Though I can rewind ut for a lower kv If required.
The vid I posted shows it running on 12v at max and minimum speed. If I go too low it starts stalling.
Iv not actually looked up speeds but It should be useable in steel with care and patience.
The 12v test was only really to see if it spins. I might mid the power supply for 24v but will probably just see how it goes.
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« Reply #25 on: March 22, 2015, 09:16:03 AM »
Had a spare couple of hours today waiting to pick someone up so decided to make use of my time and have drawn up a scale drawing of what iv made, shows most of the important measurements a d details

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« Reply #26 on: March 22, 2015, 09:53:39 AM »
Oh, good choice for motor. Those are made by EMP -- same as mine, and also Simon's bike. Bertie, what size ESC are you using?

I'm guessing that you'll probably want a 24V power supply. Usable voltage depends where yours develops enough power for mill and material chosen. 6364 k250 is definitely both larger and slower than my motors, which is good.

I think with solid carbide you/we will be able to mill steel with an 1/8" mill at least. if you have the power at the voltge  for you, hopefully larger mills -- that's what I'll be interested to see when you're operational. 1/4" (or better) in steel would definitely be nice.

Incidentally, aircraft load these motors in thrust. That's what they're designed for. With an 1/8" end mill the motor will not be heavily loaded in thrust or it will snap. Not saying angular contact bearings aren't preferable, but I do wonder if they are absolutely necessary on my own motors. Likewise with a very small range of usable mill sizes I probably will have, I also wonder if a set of ER-11 collets was necessary for me! Mine might end up being a pretty simple conversion.
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« Reply #27 on: March 22, 2015, 10:04:55 AM »
Only just seen this thread. Nice idea Bertie, I particularly like the motor choice as I've been wondering what you could do with these motors!

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« Reply #28 on: March 22, 2015, 11:03:26 AM »
I managed to get hold of a xyh 6364 from giant shark, shows as out of stock but if you search for c 6364 or n6364 you can find the same .motor in stock??  Mines the 250kv one as its the lowest kv around. Should give a max speed of 3k rpm at 12v. Though I can rewind ut for a lower kv If required.

Thanks for the n 6364 tip, I've ordered one! That will be all for the budget this month, I'll see about the bearings and the esc next month.

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« Reply #29 on: March 22, 2015, 02:48:35 PM »
Incidentally, aircraft load these motors in thrust. That's what they're designed for. With an 1/8" end mill the motor will not be heavily loaded in thrust or it will snap. Not saying angular contact bearings aren't preferable, but I do wonder if they are absolutely necessary on my own motors. Likewise with a very small range of usable mill sizes I probably will have, I also wonder if a set of ER-11 collets was necessary for me! Mine might end up being a pretty simple conversion.

im sure iv seen at least one person not bother with extra bearings, or even collets, just outing a milling bit directly into the motor!

iv also seen other with plain ball bearings used to take up sideloading. In my case I couldn't see a reason not to use the double row AC bearings so that's what I went with.

for your motor size I think skate bearings may be the easiest option?

you do need some sort of bearing housing, even if its just to hold onto the thing! got to remember the outside spins round!
as far as I can make out the usual application for these motors is for the rotating bell to be the front end, with a prop shaft bolted to it. the original motor shaft seems only to be there for the bell to rotate on ( why it sticks out the back end iv no idea though)
in our case I think we are actually using the motor backwards ?

a lot of the designs out there are for home made cnc machines where they seem to be striving for perfection when it comes to stiffness and runout. personally I think its overkill for hobby use. if it spins and cuts without shaking itself to bits id say its good!

glad you found the motor matthew, took me ages to find one in in stock. no idea what the differenc ( if any) is between the n,c and xyh is
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« Reply #30 on: March 22, 2015, 04:55:48 PM »
I build and fly R/C planes Bertie, and use this brand of motor (EMP) a lot -- they have the shaft out the back so you can reverse the mount (sometimes necessary to fit in a cowl, etc.) On outrunners generally the bell is spinning (the part the has the magnets.
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« Reply #31 on: March 23, 2015, 02:58:49 PM »
ahh so that's how they work.. was rather confusing when I opened the box up and found the bolt on shaft! have never had one of these in my hands before.

good to know who actually makes these motors, might make finding another one easier. I assume they are a reasonable make if you use them a lot?

matthew, did you order the 6364 or 6354?  iv just checke mine and I actually orderd the 54 version, glad I did as the 64 would be too long for the shaft!
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« Reply #32 on: March 23, 2015, 04:36:47 PM »
Hi Bertie,
I have ordered the 6354, I just checked my spindle, it's 100mm long, the 6354 is according to the specifications 55.8mm long, so I would have a little over 45mm to fit the bearings in.

Thanks for the heads up! Thought full!!

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« Reply #33 on: March 23, 2015, 04:54:06 PM »
that's good, didn't want you to have the wrong one!

you can get away with 51mm of shaft for the motor as the grubs screws are set back a little, that give a little more for the bearings.

my original plan was to have the collet end of my shaft sticking out a bit further so you could actually get a spanner on the flats, however iv had to sink the head into the body and rest it right up against the front bearing.

sinking the motor mount into the back plate gained a couple more mm too!
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« Reply #34 on: March 23, 2015, 05:57:25 PM »
Bertie,

So my two separate angular contact bearing may be an easier solution. I'd like to keep the flats accessible. Just a thought, the chuck is not hardened, you could drill holes for a "c" spanner a little closer to the thread.

Post some pics so that we can see the progress!

Regards, Matthew

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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #35 on: March 23, 2015, 07:36:55 PM »
ahh so that's how they work.. was rather confusing when I opened the box up and found the bolt on shaft! have never had one of these in my hands before.

good to know who actually makes these motors, might make finding another one easier. I assume they are a reasonable make if you use them a lot?

I don't know what the status of EMP is now. Lots of retail and nline outfits re-brand their motors, and there was a really big sell-out through online outfits of many in their line about 3 years ago -- I was buying smaller motors for $3 each and bought quite a few to have as stock for planes.

I think the fact that the model you have is no longer listed is the same situation. Older stock. I don't think the factory went out of business, I think they modernized their line of motors, and these older models were dropped. They are pretty recognizable once you've worked wth one -- though the colors vary. That seems to relate to the letter designation in the part number.

Anyway, I always liked them and always thought they were good motors for the money.
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« Reply #36 on: March 24, 2015, 02:58:08 AM »
It wasn't. So much the bearing size that dictated the length of my bearing housing.  Its purly down to the fact I based the design around 40mm stock. If id stick with my original plan the housing would have been 40mm plus the 2 end pieces making a total of 60mm  thus only 40 for the motor. The beari gs are still where I originally wanted them with 10mm spare between then so I could have made it all smaller, but then I don't think it would have been as sturdy.

I may have asked befor but what thickness are the bearings your planning on?

Not really done any more progress tbh apart from locktighting  the bearings inn place ( big mistake  as I still needed to dismantle to weld a nut on  :bang:  )
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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #37 on: March 24, 2015, 08:15:27 AM »
Bertie,

Single row angular contact 10 x 28 x 8. I'm going to make the body from home cast Al with a standard electric drill 43mm to mount on. I haven't drawn it up yet!

Regards, Matthew.

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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #38 on: March 26, 2015, 04:04:16 PM »
Made some progress lately, turned up a screw nut from a lump of old motor shaft which happened to have the right thread in it. And turned up a nut to be welded to the spindle body.
Welds look ugly but they will hold I'm sure

Have ordered the rest of the metal up for the slide and base. Just waiting on delivery befor I can make any more progress.

Things may have to go on hold for a while longer though as tomorrow I need to go dismantle a machine and try to fit it in my small van. Oh and then reassemble said machine in a workshop.
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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #39 on: March 26, 2015, 05:39:34 PM »
A mystery machine eh! My motor showed up today, looks as I thought it would. I'll have to wait until next month to get my bearings and ESC.

Nice to see the photos, regards, Matthew

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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #40 on: April 11, 2015, 12:14:03 PM »
thought id pick this project back up while im waiting for bits for the new mill.

first I cut up some more stock and bored it out to fit the screw nut id previously made



left the bore a bit shallow so I can use a bit of gasket to get the clearance done to a minimum and hopefully avoid to much play in things

iv not got anything to make the round base out of so for now iv decide to make it fit onto the compound topslide. With a 6mm base plate the center of the milling spindle should be on center height with the lathe :)

 so cut and filed some 6mm plate to fabricate a big t-nut and cut a base plate then sat the spindle on top to see what thing would look like, and found a small issue :doh:



id forgotten the motor was bigger then the body :Doh:
also with the spindle where the tool post should be I can only go 18mm past center before I run out of screw  :Doh:



so after a few choice words I started weighing up my options

1: raise things up another 6 mm, motor now clears but spindle is 6mm above center height


2: rotate the spindle and compound 90 degrees  so that motor has clearance, get me back on center height, plus can use the topslide to give extra reach. lose the fine infeed though


3: go back to original plan and remove compound, still lose fine infeed + limited reach beyond center

4: find a smaller motor? took me long enough to find this one

5 : drill and bolt the new spindle to the back of the main slide - lots of hassle but would gain height and reach

6: anything iv not yet thought up


currently thinking of No2, as it give the most advantage with little disadvantage- can feed with the apron instead

iv also decided on a height of 200mm for the vertical slide as this is a 5 1/2'' lathe so 200 will clear the biggest part ill ever turn




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Re: lathe milling spindle?
« Reply #41 on: April 12, 2015, 06:29:30 AM »
7, drive the spindle with a belt , gain torque with reduction gearing?

8.0 mount lathe on end to pretend it is a miling machine
8.1 mount lathe on swivel so pretend mill can become pretend lathe but will flip back to pretend lathe when you least expect it


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