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Let me start by giving credit to davidpbest for giving me the inspiration to start this project.
See his thread here http://www.hobby-machinist.com/thre...camlock-collet-chuck-build.61759/#post-509211
Unlike David I was too cheap to purchase a D1-4 mounting plate and had originally thought about making one until I remembered the 10" mounting plate that came with my lathe. I had never used it in the year and a half since I bought the lathe so why not use it instead of buying a backing plate. If I need the backing plate for a job I can easily remove the adapter and since the adapter is adjustable putting it back on true would not be an issue.
I recently bought a set of ER-32 collets in metric sized from 2mm to 20mm in 1mm increments so that's what I will use.
I started by drilling and taping three holes in the face plate.
I cut a 2" long piece off a 5" diameter piece of aluminum I had. Trued up both ends and mounted in the mill.
Found the center and using the bolt circle program drilled 3 holes to match the mounting plate. These holes were then counter bored to 0.750 diameter and to a depth of 1 1/2".
Everything lined up well and a success for today.
More tomorrow
Thanks for looking
Ray
See his thread here http://www.hobby-machinist.com/thre...camlock-collet-chuck-build.61759/#post-509211
Unlike David I was too cheap to purchase a D1-4 mounting plate and had originally thought about making one until I remembered the 10" mounting plate that came with my lathe. I had never used it in the year and a half since I bought the lathe so why not use it instead of buying a backing plate. If I need the backing plate for a job I can easily remove the adapter and since the adapter is adjustable putting it back on true would not be an issue.
I recently bought a set of ER-32 collets in metric sized from 2mm to 20mm in 1mm increments so that's what I will use.
I started by drilling and taping three holes in the face plate.
I cut a 2" long piece off a 5" diameter piece of aluminum I had. Trued up both ends and mounted in the mill.
Found the center and using the bolt circle program drilled 3 holes to match the mounting plate. These holes were then counter bored to 0.750 diameter and to a depth of 1 1/2".
Everything lined up well and a success for today.
More tomorrow
Thanks for looking
Ray