[General] the milling machine

[Jacob Chancery]

Here's a good thread discussing a homemade backlash adjustment mechanism.
 Also some pictures and discussion of tramming.  Also new X and Y drive
nuts are $175.

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-history/index-model-40-drill-chuck-182725/

-Jacob Chancery


On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:04 PM, Erik Arendall <earendall at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was unsure if you could tram the head. If I would have looked at the
> pictures, that would have answered my questions. a DTI and a stem is all
> you need. I think you can get them at HF. It will also help to have a 123
> block for tramming in the head.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 7:57 PM, Stephan Henning <shenning at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Should be pretty easy to make a tramming bar with some stock and two HF
>> dial indicators. They aren't the best things in the world, but reasonably
>> cheap if you can't find anything used at a decent price.
>>
>> I would assume it has adjustments for it. I think one of those links from
>> earlier in the thread may have had a manual for the machine.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 7:21 PM, Erik Arendall <earendall at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Can you even tram that mill?
>>> On Feb 26, 2014 7:17 PM, "Matt Barron" <mbarronj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does anyone have any old indicators or a tramming bar for that mill? I
>>>> may throw in on some metrology gear for it (pawn shop or craigslist,
>>>> though). That would make it quite useful.
>>>>
>>>> Matt
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 26, 2014, at 5:43 PM, Jacob Chancery <jacob.chancery at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Here's some more info on the milling machine.
>>>> http://www.lathes.co.uk/blankbuxton/
>>>> Looks like it never had a cover on the drive belt and pulleys.
>>>>  Pre-OSHA.
>>>>
>>>> I'm ordering an 11 piece set of #9 B&S collets for it. 1/8" through
>>>> 3/4" by sixteenths.
>>>>
>>>> -Chancery
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Jacob Chancery <
>>>> jacob.chancery at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It's an Index Model 40.
>>>>> h
>>>>> ttp://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-history/index-model-40-40h-pics-239816/
>>>>>
>>>>> It appears to have a #9 Brown & Sharpe<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_taper#Brown_.26_Sharpe>taper.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think these were made in the 1940's.  Wells-Index<http://www.wells-index.com/>is still in business.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Chancery
>>>>>
>>>>
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