HI guys,
On that Mori MS-850, where I'm rehabbing the brakes. (final details on that when the new brake pistons show up next week...)
The original owner had really tricked it out. One of the things he made...turned out not to be for the Mori at all, but it was still a neat idea.
It was just a 2" cylinder of steel, with a steel rod sticking out the end, and a bit of flat ground stock sticking off the end, like a flag.
The point of it was so that the underside of that ground 'flag' was a certain distance above the flat saddle of the lathe it was made for.
So you could use it to set your tools for center.
I know a lot of guys who use old height gauges for that, and that's what I've done until now, but a purpose built tool has two advantages.
1) nobody's going to nick it to use for something else, and
2) it's not going to get knocked out of adjustment while it lives in a drawer somewhere.
(3) it's smaller and more compact than a height gauge. Better storage.)
This particular unit isn't the right height for this Mori. (He had other machines)
But it's still a neat idea, and having seen it, I want to make one.
So, anybody know off the top of their head what the 'official' height between center and the top of the saddle on an MS-850 should be?
I can measure it, and certainly will, but if anybody knows the 'official' number, that'd be a good reality check.
Thanks,
Brian
On that Mori MS-850, where I'm rehabbing the brakes. (final details on that when the new brake pistons show up next week...)
The original owner had really tricked it out. One of the things he made...turned out not to be for the Mori at all, but it was still a neat idea.
It was just a 2" cylinder of steel, with a steel rod sticking out the end, and a bit of flat ground stock sticking off the end, like a flag.
The point of it was so that the underside of that ground 'flag' was a certain distance above the flat saddle of the lathe it was made for.
So you could use it to set your tools for center.
I know a lot of guys who use old height gauges for that, and that's what I've done until now, but a purpose built tool has two advantages.
1) nobody's going to nick it to use for something else, and
2) it's not going to get knocked out of adjustment while it lives in a drawer somewhere.
(3) it's smaller and more compact than a height gauge. Better storage.)
This particular unit isn't the right height for this Mori. (He had other machines)
But it's still a neat idea, and having seen it, I want to make one.
So, anybody know off the top of their head what the 'official' height between center and the top of the saddle on an MS-850 should be?
I can measure it, and certainly will, but if anybody knows the 'official' number, that'd be a good reality check.
Thanks,
Brian