On Sunday 16 July 2017 10:55:53 John Kasunich wrote: > On Sun, Jul 16, 2017, at 02:51 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > (snip) > > > Some of this I should be > > doing between centers, driving the workpiece with a dog, but I don't > > have a 5C to MT2 adaptor. I might see if I can find one tomorrow. My > > bed is calling me now. > > If you are referring to the headstock end, you don't need an adapter. > Just chuck a piece of scrap steel in your 3-jaw and turn a 60 degree > point on it. Doesn't matter how bad the 3-jaw is. If you turn the > point in place and don't remove it until you are done with the job it > WILL be centered.
If I turn the jaws around on this chuck, that might let a dog engage a jaw to drive the mandrel I'm making, which in turn is holding the workpiece. That might be just what Dr. Gene needs. Thanks for the idea, John. > For the next job, stick it back in the chuck and just take enough of a > skim cut to make sure it is centered again. That would work well too. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
