Alexander_Master
Plastic
- Joined
- Jun 14, 2017
Dear all,
I recently purchased an Alexander Master toolmaker. I thought I would share a few photos and the ideas I have to get it up and running. As I understand it, the Alexander is a very close copy of the Deckel FP1 (change gear model) but with a different pressure angle on all gears. Its needs a fair bit of work so I was hoping I may pick up a bit of advice from the forum.
The vertical head has been stripped down, the previous own was going to replace the bearings so I have the new ones ready to go in. The only thing that I can see is missing from this is the aluminium cover that goes around the drive gear. I think this is to direct oil on the gear but I’m not sure.
There is only one change gear so I am in the process of machining a new one. I measured the one I have and I believe it is mod 1.5 so I bought a 27T gear to match. If this works out, I will buy some better quality (ground) gears and make a full set. If anyone has spare gears I am interested. . I have already made and fitted a new key for the vertical feed shaft so now the shear pin is rotating when I engage the feed.
I didn’t have an overarm and arbor support so I purchased a deckle one from Germany. This seams ok but now I am trying to source an arbor for it. I have a large selection of horizontal cutters with 1” bore so I need a Morse taper 4 arbor with 1” shaft and a 17mm diameter end for the journal. I may be asking a bit much here so I already started thinking about making an arbor from EN19 steel.
I received a 2.2Kw star / delta motor with it so I plan to run this from my lathe invertor. I’ll set up some contact breakers to switch the VFD output between Lathe and Milling machine. I think I may be able to switch the motor settings through a digital line, this will save me time.
My backlash values are 0.45mm in X, 0.23mm in Y and 0.1mm in Z. I didn't think these were too bad but let me know what you think. My brother has challenged me to do some climb milling with it!
I paid £312 for the machine, please let me know what you think.
Here are the photos:
I recently purchased an Alexander Master toolmaker. I thought I would share a few photos and the ideas I have to get it up and running. As I understand it, the Alexander is a very close copy of the Deckel FP1 (change gear model) but with a different pressure angle on all gears. Its needs a fair bit of work so I was hoping I may pick up a bit of advice from the forum.
The vertical head has been stripped down, the previous own was going to replace the bearings so I have the new ones ready to go in. The only thing that I can see is missing from this is the aluminium cover that goes around the drive gear. I think this is to direct oil on the gear but I’m not sure.
There is only one change gear so I am in the process of machining a new one. I measured the one I have and I believe it is mod 1.5 so I bought a 27T gear to match. If this works out, I will buy some better quality (ground) gears and make a full set. If anyone has spare gears I am interested. . I have already made and fitted a new key for the vertical feed shaft so now the shear pin is rotating when I engage the feed.
I didn’t have an overarm and arbor support so I purchased a deckle one from Germany. This seams ok but now I am trying to source an arbor for it. I have a large selection of horizontal cutters with 1” bore so I need a Morse taper 4 arbor with 1” shaft and a 17mm diameter end for the journal. I may be asking a bit much here so I already started thinking about making an arbor from EN19 steel.
I received a 2.2Kw star / delta motor with it so I plan to run this from my lathe invertor. I’ll set up some contact breakers to switch the VFD output between Lathe and Milling machine. I think I may be able to switch the motor settings through a digital line, this will save me time.
My backlash values are 0.45mm in X, 0.23mm in Y and 0.1mm in Z. I didn't think these were too bad but let me know what you think. My brother has challenged me to do some climb milling with it!
I paid £312 for the machine, please let me know what you think.
Here are the photos: