Good going Joe. I think your slots are the weak points on your tail stock, as well as the cause of your twisting.adding a plate over most of your open spaces would be a good call. (you can always paint it latter.) ;-p Joe have you figured out how you are going to deal with you gear train yet? I personalty like the idea of bridging the gap with gears and chain and keeping your original set-up the same.... (but I would like to know how you are going to handle this ... Expansion ?) Keep up the good work Joe! C.A.G.
----- Original Message ----- From: "'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills" <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 4:56:57 PM Subject: Re: enlarging turning capacity of a legacy ok, down and dirty for today...photos show all three pieces in the jig...head stock, spindle drive head stock and tail stock...tail stock welded together, no paint(sorry, curtis!)...again used the double morse taper between the tail stock and the spindle drive...used the coupling for the spindle drive to align it with the first head stock...all level and aligned on all planes...bit of a bear to get it all straight...i think the heat from welding the tail stock may have twisted it a bit, but a little bit of heat while all was lined up straightened out that problem...i believe those slots in the tail stock weakens it a bit...i'll probably add some metal in spots to reinforce the tail stock a bit, but still allowing access to the screws on the ends...did not have any issues with any other pieces twisting or warping...so i'll assume it's the slots that caused the problem...should button this up tomorrow...then it's on to the gear train!...and back to a functioning machine!...oh yeah, right after i mess with the "Y" axis carriage a bit...but that is fairly simplistic...joe...p.s. to michelle...you've got some beard for a chick! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
