Make sure that you get it as level as you can. Lathes are very particular about that. Mills less so since you can square up the head on a mill.
Without knowing the actual machine design, check the ways &gib tightness, and backlash on the screws. You can buy replacement Acme screw and nuts from an industrial supply company fairly cheap if they are pretty shot.
Cutters, ways & gibs, etc etc. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] Whatchew talkin' about. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]
I asked my neighbor and shootin' buddy who is a machinist, kind of, where they take apart nucalar fuel rods behind some pretty thick glass. He asked where the "book" was. Yeah, Right!!. This piece of work was built some place in China in March of 1987 [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Cutters? those must be the thingers that go on that square thingamjig with those little black screws that when ya crank a handle it it always goes the other way first. Wonder which way they should point. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]
Really that's about where I am. However, I did chuck up a 5/8ths rod and clean up the end where it was sheared to length. Used a regular ol' file. Sweet. I couldn't get the pillow block bearings to go on an had to dress up the end a bit. I guess now I qualify for one of those light tan shop coats with my name on it. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
All of that aside, I really appreciate your comments and pointers.
Its ad to say Roy but would qualify as a "gunsmith" in these parts simply by owning a mill!!!
Their area few goodbooks out their that will give you enough knowledge to get you into some real trouble [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
the first and a very important book is the Starret book for student machinist , it has alot of usefull info about metals , cutter and cutting speeds and setups. Brownells has it for $12 part number 827-532-180
Darrel Holland made some to they are produced or sponsered by AGI and are pretty informative.
Guns I will never work on! which is a good thing. Accessories? You bet!!
I've had the books for years just waitin' for the opportunity to use them.......
I found it was less expensive to purchase an old clunker milling capability and build from the prototype to final, if there is such a thing in this case, product and learn what I'm talking about than sitting down with the CNC guy and paying for all of the design and setup time for just the prototype.
Besides doing this is a bunch of fun! Everyone has has niche and that's what they should stay with. My preference includes things that attach to a rifle or could be used by an LRHtr to get the job done. Sure as heck beats watchin' TV.
Roy , don't be scared to work on guns , you can't realy appreciat the damage an over zelous guy can do till your realy dick up and action especaily if it ain't yours [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
Just remember , think out your cut , measure it , think it over again then make a very light cut and see if thats what your were thinking was gonna happen
it was easier to sneak up on your depth than to try to put the metal back !!!
I gt your E-mail and I'm rounding some stuff up for ya.
Roy, to become a beginner with a mill, you will automatically become an expert with JB weld. i think i read that on the first page of the machinery's handbook.
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Roy, to become a beginner with a mill, you will automatically become an expert with JB weld. i think i read that on the first page of the machinery's handbook.
My biggest problem, so far, is loosing track of which way what goes when ya turn the little handles. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Especially since one of the screw thingers on the two way vise is backwards. (Made a hell of a deal at Harbor Freight [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img])
So far I've made the same thing 3 times and each one is better than the last. Using wood for practice. First one looks like I trained (poorly) a beaver to chew it out.)
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