Machining
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Contents
1. Mill Attachments
2. Projects that Illustrate Technique
3. Measurement Instruments and Technique
4. Mill Technique
5. Horizontal/Vertical Band Saw
6. Lathe Attachments
7. Lathe Technique
8. Bench Work
9. Software Tools
10.Shaper
11.Welding
12.Alibre Computer Aided Design Software
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A Light Duty Parallelogram T Nut, version 3 (errata: length is 1.414B + A)
Making Cam Action Clamps for Milling
Mill Vise Soft Jaws, version 6.
Mill Vise Tune-up
An Ultra Simple Ultra Fine Feed for a RF30 Mill/Drill, version 2
A Tap Wrench to fit a RF30 mill/drill.
A Drawbar with Integrated Spindle Lock for a RF30 mill/drill.
A Universal Motor Controller with Indirect RPM Regulation. It powers a table drive for a RF30 mill but has other applications.
An Ettco N. 22 Tapping Head, version 2
The Basics of a Rotary Table with Cross Slide mounted on a Mill Table
Mounting a 3 Jaw Chuck on a Rotary Table with a Face Plate
Centering a Rotary Table Using the Centerline function of a DRO
Making a Few VERY Minor Improvements to my Hold-down Set **
A "C-nut" for a Mill
Making an "Omega-nut" for a Mill **
Making a T-nut" for a Mill **
Variable Frequency Drive Frequency versus Cutter Diameter Spreadsheet (in inches with 60 Hz line frequency)
Variable Frequency Drive Frequency versus Cutter Diameter Spreadsheet (in mm with 50 Hz mains)
A Variable Frequency Drive plus Three Phase Motor on a RF30 Mill/Drill
Want to Go Fast? Put in the Stops **
Basic Digital Read-Out Functionality on a Mill **
A Low Cost and Easily Made Counterbore (by Steve-S'pore as told to R.G. Sparber) **
Softjaw with Pad Separation
A Low Cost Mill Mounted Spotlight **
Replacement Table Feed Motor Drive
Casting and Machining Parts for the Updated Gingery Metal Shaper
Gingery
Drill Press
Moving a small mill in parts. **
A Thrown Together Sheet Metal Finger Brake
An Example of Using a Rotary Table to Machine a Beam for a Steam Engine
Drilling a Hole that is larger in the Middle than At the Ends
Repeatability and Accuracy of the Harbor Freight® Caliper; version 3.
Discussion Related to Caliper Accuracy
Precision Machining: the control point and surface.
Total Indicated Runout Explained
Tune In for Better Electronic Edge Finder Accuracy.
Finger type Dial Test Indicators. Theory and practice.
Seeing With a Dial Test Indicator, Torque Wrench, and Excel Spreadsheet
How Accurate is Your Micrometer?
The Intersection of Art and Precision (Using a Caliper)
Scales on my RF30 Mill/Drill
A Possible Means of Measuring a Thread’s Pitch Diameter
Yet Another Way to Hold Thread Wires to a Mic
A Low Cost "Digital" Angle Gage
The Excel Spreadsheet for the "Digital" Angle Gage
The Theory and Practice of a Sine Bar
An Automatic Centerline Scribe **
Why doesn't my RF30 Mill/Drill Cut Straight?
Endmill Effective Diameter (version 2).
Precision Z-axis Milling on a RF30 Mill./Drill (07/24/2008)
Chasing accuracy on a RF30 mill/drill with Shumatech DRO.
How to cut a block square on a mill.
Why is one parallel always loose in my mill vise? **
Accurate bedding of a part in the mill vise is an essential skill.
A Single Iteration Mill Vise Alignment Procedure.
cutting a helix on a vertical mill
X or Y Axis Zero Set on a Mill, Version 2
Thoughts on Tramming the head of a mill/drill, Version 2
Tramming a Mill/Drill, version 4
Milling Tapered Spokes for a Flywheel designed by Elmer Verburg
John Walker's Spreadsheet for Milling Tapered Spokes for a Flywheel designed by Elmer Verburg
Milling Straight and Arced Paths, version 3
An Alternative to Locking Head Rotation on a Round Column Mill/Drill
Aligning to an Axis
Milling An Angle Bracket **
Drill, Tap, and Counterbore **
A Few Basic Tests to Perform on your Mill **
What to do when you get a New Mill **
Making Soft Jaws for a Bison 3 Jaw Lathe Chuck **
Designing and Milling a Slot **
Horizontal/Vertical Band Saw Vise Jaw Extender
A 45° Jaw Set for a Horizontal/Vertical Bandsaw
A Low Cost Longitudinal Axis DRO For my Lathe
A Low Cost Cross Slide DRO For my Lathe
(See "The Home Shop Machinist", March/April 2011, pages 30 - 36 for full details)
Installing a Phase II Quickchange Toolpost on an Atlas Craftsman 12" x 24" lathe **
Comparing a Wimberley Toolholder with a Diamond Tool Holder
A Toolpost Attachment for a High Speed Rotary Tool **
Atlas – Craftsman Lathe Tailstock Lock Modification **
Speed Table for Atlas-Craftsman 12” Lathe **
Excel Spreadsheet for above article **
A Modified Knurling Tool
A Replacement Wrench for my Atlas-Craftsman Lathe **
True Enough (Lathe Accuracy) **
Using A Taper To set the Compound on a Lathe **
Setting the Compound to Match a Taper, Round 2 **
Suggested Ways to Cut a Taper
Setting the Height of a Lathe Cutter **
Making A Limited Range Jacobs Flex Collet® **
Turning a Precision Washer **
An Easy way to Single Point Thread **
Making a 7/16-10 Acme Left Hand Tap
A Close Look at Single Point Threading**
Reducing Total Indicated Runout on a 3 Jaw Chuck**
Excel Spreadsheet that goes with "Reducing Total Indicated Runout on a 3 Jaw Chuck"**
Making a Knurled Knob for a Socket Head Cap Screw **
Knurling **
A Simple Way to Accurately Stamp Text on a Metal Block, Version 3
First Draft of Etching Aluminum Using Laser Printed Artwork
Making it Dead Flat and Square **
Truing Up a Square with a Known True Square **
Hockey Puck V Bench Block **
A Different Kind of Screw Vise
Balancing the Wheels on a Bench Grinder **
Laser Printing to Clean, Smooth Surfaces **
An Improved Tool Support for a Harbor Freight® ToolGrinder
Those Wonderful Spacer Blocks **
A Beveling Tool
Another Bevel Fixture **
Rod Clamp **
Storage of Materials **
The Lowly Bench Block **
Making a Zamak Repair by Lance Eggleston as told to R. G. Sparber
A Drill Size Look-up Table **
A decimal inch Drill Size Look-up Table **
A decimal inch and metric Drill Size Look-up Table **
Rod Clamp (second time around) **
A Non-Spill Oil Cup and Brush **
A program that calculates the best set of 4 gears to achieve a given overall ratio.
Excel® to Walgreens®: Making Small Reference Cards **
Assessment of My Gingery Shaper’s Accuracy
Sniffing Out Static Error on a Gingery Shaper
The Start of an Idea for a Shaper Vise
How a Lock-down Vise Works, and Doesn’t **
A Lock-down Vise
Gingery Shaper Surface Finish
A Tiny Shear Grind Bit
Gingery Shaper Surface Tests
Rebuilding the Ram Ways on my Gingery Shaper
Ideal Surface Ripple on a Metal Shaper
Metal Shaper Accuracy
Metal Shaper Accuracy Spreadsheet
A Replacement Handle for a Harbor Freight® MIG Welder
A $10 Upgrade to my Harbor Freight® 90 Amp Flux Wire Welder
The Basic Mental Model of Alibre CAD
Two Ways to Skin a Cat: Dan’s Plate
Thinking About the Fillet Tool
Brian's Puzzle
Knurling
The Helical Boss and Helical Cut
Match Drilling
Changing your View
The Triad Tool
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