Rick Kruger
Aluminum
- Joined
- Aug 24, 2002
- Location
- Halfway, OR
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Relative to the stiffness of 1/2 inch aluminum, I would think the issue would be the bolted attachment to the saddle. Having the bolt that low on a tall part may not prevent the plate from moving left/right. Is there any way you could put on an angle strut attached farther away on the saddle?
I have both a South Bend 9 and 10L as well as my newly completed 10EE, both of which I rebuilt. To make the gear integral with the crossfeed screw will require removing a lot of material as you say. Might be easier to make the gear separately and loctite/pin it on the new screw. Whichever method you decide on if you need I can make you the gear if you can't reuse the gear portion of your existing screw.
Village Press, which publishes HSM, claims to have a back issue of the Nov-Dec 2011 issue in stock, available for $6 plus shipping:I am proceeding down the path of making one. I contacted HSM about getting a copy of Harry's article. They don't offer digital versions, so I cannot even see what he did.
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Village Press, which publishes HSM, claims to have a back issue of the Nov-Dec 2011 issue in stock, available for $6 plus shipping:
HSM Vol. 30 No. 06 Nov-Dec 2011 << Back Issues << The Home Shop Machinist << Metalworking << Storefront << Village Press
Cal
Frank's mini follower rest is very cool!
Thinking out loud, it might be possible to hold the arm that fastens to the tool holder in place using four long SHCS in the holes that clamp the tool. Use screws that have threads that extend above the top of the arm, with nuts and lock washers to clamp the arm down on top of the tool holder (if you can visualize what I'm suggesting). The arm can then be any shape that it needs to be to put the bearings anywhere you want them.
I don't have any experience with using a follower rest that's ahead of the tool, but when the rest is opposite the tool, chips getting carried around and jammed between the finger(s) and the tool can really mess things up by forcing the stock into the tool. Having the support ahead of the tool would minimize that problem.
Cal
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