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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #100 on: November 08, 2011, 01:43:37 PM »
.....How do you get a surface finish like this in the bores ?  :coffee:

John S.

Tis the special lubricant they have up there - Newc'y Brown !  (even if the finish isn't any better, you can't focus on the fine detail!)

P.S. not casting any aspersions (or nasturtiums!) on Rob's sobriety in the least ....

cheers / Dave    :beer:

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #101 on: November 09, 2011, 04:12:26 PM »
 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Cheers Lads ,,,,,,,,,,,, SPECIAL STEEL  shiny all the way  through   :med:


P.S. not casting any aspersions (or nasturtiums!) on Rob's sobriety in the least ....

cheers / Dave    :beer:

 :lol: :lol: :lol:  ,,,,,fell over pi%$ed Sunday night ,a bit over lubricated  :ddb: :ddb:,,,bust my knee  :Doh:   :coffee:


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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #102 on: November 09, 2011, 05:28:54 PM »


Clumsy bastard...................
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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #103 on: November 10, 2011, 03:38:37 PM »


Clumsy bastard...................

Priceless
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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #104 on: November 10, 2011, 04:20:26 PM »


Clumsy bastard...................

Priceless
John

Priceless but inaccurate.

Judging by his projects, I see no sign of ' clumsy ' ...  :lol:

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #105 on: November 13, 2011, 04:12:15 PM »
Evening Chaps


Had a good couple of afternoons in the shop ,, The welded assemblies  came out of the furnace black and crispy  :)  ,, so they were given a quick blast .

Then they required truing up , as welded a assembly  always moves a tad  :med: skimmed up on the mill/drill

Next onto the HZ mill to machine off the excess material , setting the table to 27.5 deg


Chamfers machined on with a 45 deg HZ cutter


Then onto the shaper to clean up the underside






Rob  :dremel:

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #106 on: November 13, 2011, 04:30:00 PM »
They look even better in the flesh :bow: :bow:
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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #107 on: November 13, 2011, 04:38:10 PM »
Hi Rob

good to see your making progress

as expected , they look better than the machines original parts   :D


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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #108 on: November 13, 2011, 05:49:08 PM »
Nice Rob  :bow: :bow:
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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #109 on: November 13, 2011, 05:53:57 PM »
Rob,

Must say very nicely done :thumbup: :clap:

And I hope your knee is feeling better.

(Unsympathetic lot on here) :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #110 on: November 13, 2011, 07:02:49 PM »
Those came out fantastic!

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #111 on: November 14, 2011, 02:10:52 AM »
Nicely done Rob!  :clap:

Almost as pretty as the cad pictures.....  :thumbup:

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #112 on: November 19, 2011, 02:51:00 PM »
Cheers Lads  :headbang:  thanks for looking in  :beer:


A bit of tooling required so that i can carry on with the build  :dremel: ,, i need a box angle plate for a set up on the mill , when i got a new shaper I decided to recycle the old Alba shaper   :med:  i kept the table as it would make a cracking box angle plate .



I gave it a bit of a scrub up and checked it for square ,,,,,,,,,, then chopped of the excess material were it would have fitted on the ways.
Set up on the mill and the underside  was mill flat and true and a few slots milled into the bottom .



Next the closed end was milled and slotted

Couple of clamping shots .



Job done all bar some deburing  :dremel:



I even have a use for the three tapped holes that were for the gib adjust screws ,,,,,,, just the job for fitting a fence  :med:


Another job off the list and a dam handy bit of kit for an afternoons work   :)


Rob 


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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #113 on: November 19, 2011, 03:00:37 PM »
Didn't think there was much demand for box angle plates any more? Just weighed three in   :Doh:

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #114 on: November 20, 2011, 05:01:31 AM »
You did what John  :doh: :doh:

Most of the ones i have seen on Ebay are either to large or go for over  £100 plus P&P .

Rob


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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #115 on: November 20, 2011, 05:37:28 AM »
££££££££

You know, he's right :scratch:
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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #116 on: November 20, 2011, 04:20:38 PM »
€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€

BC

Edit   Seems the euro is clobbered too unless you got here via 'Recent Posts', in which case it does work.

Far too clever for the likes of me ... :scratch:



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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #117 on: November 20, 2011, 04:36:36 PM »
mmmmmmm  :scratch:  quid symbol dose not work £££££££ $$$$$$

Working on it. Will look into it tomorrow...

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #118 on: November 26, 2011, 02:56:02 PM »
A wee bit more progress  :dremel:

The 626 table mounted on the mill using my new box angle plate  :med: so that a can redo the dowels that hold the table ends in position .


I had to use a second angle plate to give me a tad more room for clamping ,, the spring between the clamp and plate is there so that the clamp and packing would stay in position wile i lifted the 626 table into position .


I used a coaxial indicator to pick up the old dowel holes .


Then drilled and reamed for the 10mm dowels



Dowels fitted and i also drilled and tapped the nut fixings , I used a couple of roll pins to lock the nut ,roll pins need a trim .



Rob


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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #119 on: November 26, 2011, 03:03:45 PM »
Bloody magic rob

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I just love cleaver set ups like that

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #120 on: November 26, 2011, 03:29:10 PM »
Bloomin' good set up Rob!  :thumbup: :clap: :clap:

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #121 on: November 26, 2011, 03:54:41 PM »
Very clever :thumbup: :thumbup: :bow: :bow:
Be a handy tool that box angle plate
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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #122 on: November 26, 2011, 06:06:33 PM »

The 626 table mounted on the mill using my new box angle plate  :med: so that a can redo the dowels that hold the table ends in position .



Oh, that looks familiar....  :lol: I couldn't use an extra angle plate for clamping though, I'd run out of table!




PS: Blimey, I just read this whole page, that's some really nice work you're doing there Rob! One day, I shall be at your level of skill (by which time, I'll be too old and infirm to use them doh!)
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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #123 on: November 27, 2011, 01:46:10 PM »
Good going Rob  :bow: :bow: - and nice setup picture on using that box angle plate  :thumbup: :thumbup:

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #124 on: November 27, 2011, 03:07:20 PM »
Thanks lads  :thumbup:  :mmr:


Hi Ade  :lol: :lol: :lol: your job trumped mine ,, my drill was only 5 inches long  ,,,,,not 2 foot  :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Managed to get the table ends fitted today , not allot to show .
But the method i used to locate the fixing holes may be of interest to someone  :coffee:

I made up a couple of screw in transfer punches from a couple of 6mm screws

simply made by cutting the head off and turning a point on the cut end .

then two flats were filed on the end .

Then they are screwed into the holes using pointy nose pliers so the point is just proud .
 
The ends are then mounted on the dowels .

And with a tap from a soft mallet the points will mark the job were the holes require drilling .


I changed the fixings to M8 as M6 was a bit on the small side .



Rob