What Did You Buy Today?

Got an AXA Wedge Type Quick Change Tool Post Set 250-111 from Amazon... should be here tomorrow... I think that will be it in terms of buying stuff for the 9"x20" used lathe that I just got... Anything else, I will give it a try making it myself...

EDIT: Wife confirmed that I am done buying stuff for anything... so yeah... done for now :D. I will miss posting in the thread. Don't you hate it when the wife comes in the middle of making a post??
 
Last edited:
wachuko said:
Got an AXA Wedge Type Quick Change Tool Post Set 250-111 from Amazon... should be here tomorrow... I think that will be it in terms of buying stuff for the 9"x20" used lathe that I just got... Anything else, I will give it a try making it myself...

EDIT: Wife confirmed that I am done buying stuff for anything... so yeah... done for now :D. I will miss posting in the thread. Don't you hate it when the wife comes in in the middle of making a post??
Click to expand...
Oh, I know what you mean. :) Was trawling for some inserts on evilbay just now. While waiting for an evilbay carbide boring bar to arrive today.
The bar has arrived: QCBI-500-8-5R and 9 TPCH-2205-CG5 inserts 0.007" radius.
PXL_20210915_205542866.jpg
Make do with what you have. It's actually a great exercise, it forces you to be creative, and often results in some good ideas!
 
Last edited:
Today I picked up a Spin Index fixture for 5c collets. Seems to be in very good shape, came with a shop made "quick release" system, pretty cool. It came also with a 6mm collet. While I was there I asked what else he had and we worked a deal on some new do-all solid carbide end mills. All in all a good Kajiji find.

20210915_210408.jpg
 
Doug Gray said:
I picked up a Spin Index fixture for 5c collets.
Click to expand...
They can be handy for several things. There are a lot of videos on modifying them. First thing I did was mill the sides & bottom of the base true to the bore so I could put in my vice. Makes it much quicker to use. I also reversed the spindle to get the indexing plate out of the way for small tooling on short or small diameter parts.
 
jwmelvin said:
How did you fixture it for machininG
Click to expand...
As Larry says once the bottom and sides of the base have been machined true, you can use it in a vice.

I like your spindel reversing idea larry. I have never used one of these but now that you mention it I can see how close work around the indexing plate could be tough.
 
Doug Gray said:
As Larry says once the bottom and sides of the base have been machined true, you can use it in a vice.
Click to expand...

My question is about holding the spindexer to machine its base. I can imagine a cylinder held in a collet block in the vise and also by the spindexer. But that’s not the only or best way.
 
jwmelvin said:
How did you fixture it for machining?
Click to expand...
To tell the truth I no longer remember. I know I used a piece of ground shafting in a collet as my reference.
Doug Gray said:
I like your spindel reversing idea larry.
Click to expand...
Not my idea. There are several people showing how they did it on YT.
I've considered making a tailstock for it to do longer fluting.
Considering how cheap it was it has excellent fits.
I ground a D bit to match a plastic gear and made it with the spin indexer. The catch is the # of teeth has to be evenly divisible into 360. 24 teeth works, 25 doesn't.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top