sneebot
Stainless
- Joined
- May 14, 2001
- Location
- Massachusetts
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Nice! Enjoyed the ‘parallels’ in third pic of first group.
L7
A variety of stuff I had on hand- SGS, Imco and Helical.Excellent!
What cutting tools are you using?
By far the best table clamps I have ever used. Easy and fast to set up, super fast in use. TheNice to see Kopal clamps in action.
It's crappy. Makes everything filthy, me included.How do you deal with cast iron swarf in the coolant?
Matt, that's nice work, thank you for posting this. Are you going to spot and scrape the mating surfaces? Cheers, Bruce
How thick is that area on the part you made and for what gain/loss both in rigidity/weight ?
It's my gut feeling that most of the forces are actually handled by the external portion of the T-nut slot on those flanges. I don't know on the old FP4, but on smaller tables like the 2038 and the 2231, the bolt in the central pivot doesn't get through the flange and isn't attached to the x carriage (wich is a design flaw imho).
So the holding strengh of the central portion of the flange is probably reduced to the limited amount of stock left under the T-slot and actually rather limited.
A second question I have is what's the purpose of the bore in the central lower portion of the flange ?
Is it like on smaller tables, where the nut for the side-tilting screw attaches ?
I haven't checked it on the surface plate but I believe the two faces are quite flat and parallel after facing.
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By far the best table clamps I have ever used. Easy and fast to set up, super fast in use. The
biggest plus, in my opinion, is the fact there are no parts to keep in alignment, steps to line
up etc.
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It's my gut feeling that most of the forces are actually handled by the external portion of the T-nut slot on those flanges. I don't know on the old FP4, but on smaller tables like the 2038 and the 2231, the bolt in the central pivot doesn't get through the flange and isn't attached to the x carriage (wich is a design flaw imho).
2011 Hardinge GX710. Travels are ~27x16. Material was 25.5x15.5; so it just fit with room to profile (and not set-up multiple times). I still need to add a number of edge holes which I'll do on the FP4.What is the VMC?
~790 delivered.Can you tell us the real cost of the material with shipping?
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