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Offline John Stevenson

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #175 on: December 30, 2011, 07:49:07 PM »
Rob,
Got this one.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180708746280

Not from these people, bought mine from the UK from Corbel Welding but they are only box shifters.

John S.
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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #176 on: December 30, 2011, 07:56:12 PM »
HI rob thats sum nice work you is on with

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #177 on: December 31, 2011, 03:43:59 AM »
....The fillet welds are not structural  just me faffing about , the parts were welded all the way through from the other side ,after welding the parts up  i was not happy with the look of the square internal corners so i decided to tart the job up a bit  :loco: .......

No Rob, that's not the correct terminology - the fillets were balancing welds!

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #178 on: December 31, 2011, 05:04:50 AM »
....The fillet welds are not structural  just me faffing about , the parts were welded all the way through from the other side ,after welding the parts up  i was not happy with the look of the square internal corners so i decided to tart the job up a bit  :loco: .......

No Rob, that's not the correct terminology - the fillets were balancing welds!

Dave

 :lol: :lol: :lol:  Hi Dave ,, they would have had to of been a bit heavier    :thumbup:



Rob,
Got this one.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180708746280

Not from these people, bought mine from the UK from Corbel Welding but they are only box shifters.

John S.


Hi John ,,,,,,,,,, Looks the same spec as the ones we have been looking at  :zap:




Rob

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #179 on: January 01, 2012, 02:58:08 PM »
Hi Lads


A bit more progress today on the angle plate ,,machined up the long leg of the angle .



I still have to machine the radius on the short leg and a couple of chamfers here and there .


Made a start on the Keats angle plate ,,,,,,, marked out the cutter  centre end points of the slot pattern .


Using the centre finder the angle plate was adjusted so the two end points of the slot to be machined  were parallel with the travel of the mill table and the table stops locked .

 


Next onto the shaper to have the top face machined ,, there is a bit of twist on this ,, but it should machine up OK
The Keats was bolted to another angle plate roughly in position , set level to zero on the shaper box


Then the level was placed in the Vee and the two screw jacks adjusted until the level read 45 deg.

top face machined  up .

Not happy with the finish ,, there is a hard spot that kept killing my tool ,,,,,,, quick lash with the surface grinder should fix that  :dremel:

Rob




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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #180 on: January 01, 2012, 05:56:53 PM »
keep at it you will soon be at the end

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #181 on: January 02, 2012, 12:43:40 PM »
I think this is the first time I've actually seen machinist's jacks used in a real setup!  So they do have a purpose other than just a "first project"!

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #182 on: January 04, 2012, 04:14:02 AM »
Rob

Great job there on those parts. You always make it look so simple and easy. I don't always say a lot but I'm always looking over your shoulder 
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Cheers  :beer:

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #183 on: January 04, 2012, 01:25:53 PM »
Cheers Bob ,,,,,,,,,,, still along ways to go ,,,,,,,,,,still hours of shop time in this project  :ddb: :ddb: :ddb: :ddb:

Hi Sparky ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,  :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:  yes they do come in handy ,,,,,,,,,,,, think i have some four sets of jacks ,,,,,,  :dremel:


Thanks Don ,,,,,,,,,,, Thought i could feel a presence in the shop this week  :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


Rob 

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #184 on: January 05, 2012, 03:16:31 PM »
Grabbed a couple of hours in the shop tonight and finished off the machining   the angle plate  :dremel:

One down  :coffee:

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #185 on: January 05, 2012, 03:23:37 PM »
Grabbed a couple of hours in the shop tonight and finished off the the angle plate  :dremel:

One down  :coffee:

Rob

I see you've satin chromed it too!  :lol: :lol:

Very nice work, Young Man.  :clap: :clap: :thumbup:

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #186 on: January 05, 2012, 03:32:46 PM »
Nice work  Rob  :bugeye: :bugeye:
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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #187 on: January 05, 2012, 06:48:12 PM »
It would be a shame to paint those and cover up all that lovely work. While you obviously can't judge any weld penetration by eye. Due to my job, I've looked at many 10s of thousands of welds. Pretty well none of them looked as good as those do. Awesome work as usuall Rob. :beer:

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #188 on: January 06, 2012, 04:05:15 AM »
Rob,

I think you must have a very special digital camera with 'Shiny Metal' and 'Smooth Fillet' settings - brilliant.

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #189 on: January 06, 2012, 05:22:17 AM »
 :thumbup: :thumbup: Looks great Rob  :D

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #190 on: January 06, 2012, 05:26:38 AM »
Rob,

Rather splendid :clap:  :clap:  :clap:
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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #191 on: January 08, 2012, 01:28:51 PM »
Thanks for all your comments Lads  :beer:

Just about finished off  machining the the body of the Keats today ,, cut a slot in the bottom of the Vee .


Set the job up at 45deg so that i could machine one of the Vee faces .


The job was then rotated and the machined face clocked in vertically and the other face then machined .

Job done , just have to decide weather to machine the off two sharp corners , either to  radius or chamfer them



I still have the clamp bar to make  :dremel:

Rob


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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #192 on: January 12, 2012, 03:51:36 AM »
HI well its no good me siting her will have to get me tom tom out and go and av a look at robs workshop and av a poke a round    :) :) :)   

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #193 on: January 15, 2012, 01:02:03 PM »
just waiting for the phone call Bob  :thumbup:

Well not allot done this week  :coffee:  ,,,,,,,, made a start on the clamp bar ,, this was knocked up from a bit 2"x3/4" HRS .




Made a start on machining it up ,,,,,,,, handy having a pair of vices  :dremel:






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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #194 on: January 15, 2012, 01:06:17 PM »
God, you aren't half making a meal out of those two bits of bent tin.....................
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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #195 on: January 15, 2012, 03:09:46 PM »
God, you aren't half making a meal out of those two bits of bent tin.....................

 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:  John ,,,,,,,,,,,,, i no what you mean , its not very exciting  :lol: :lol: :lol:


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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #196 on: January 17, 2012, 12:52:27 PM »
Great looking bits  mate  :thumbup:  :bow: :bow:

So, next shop session you have two holes to drill then... You're getting as bad as me  :poke: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #197 on: January 17, 2012, 12:55:13 PM »
 :lol: :lol: :lol: Cheers mate   :beer:  ,,,,,,,, I am trying to put Mr Stevenson to sleep  :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #198 on: January 17, 2012, 01:11:59 PM »
:lol: :lol: :lol: Cheers mate   :beer:  ,,,,,,,, I am trying to put Mr Stevenson to sleep  :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Rob,

Give 'im a pint of Newcy Brown....G'teed to put anyone to sleep..... :beer:

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Re: Chester 626 mill CNC Conversion
« Reply #199 on: January 21, 2012, 03:14:25 PM »
Cheers Arnold and John  :beer:

Call again John when your next up  :thumbup:

Finished of the Keats today  :dremel:  ,,, machined a 11/16" rad on the angle plate and the ends of the clamp . My box angle plate came in handy .


I decided to slot the clamp bar ,, so that i would get a better range of parts that Keats would hold . I also only machined were needed on this part , no need to machine it all over .


Next the Keats was mounted on a turned length of bar in the CUB lathe so that the back face could be turned true .


Job done  :)


Suppose i better get on with what i was originally doing in this thread ,,,,,,, if i can remember what that was  :scratch:


Cheers Rob