Buying mill/lathe tools.

[Frak]

I'm not sure if they allow pickup, but seeing that their in Adelaide, I'll shoot them an email. Otherwise just have to get off fleabay.

[Sam-Q]

well here is how I did it:




I know it's crude but it should work well.

Now I need to make an adjustable panel that will hold this readout, my VSD controller and anything else I want, probably a dedicated light instead of a portable light hanging off the conduit overhead like I have now.

[Frak]

Sweet job, definately will be getting one!

[takai]

Yah, very nice job.
Ozmestore definately allow pickup, their warehouse is up in Port Adel. Only between 10-3 though, which is a bit of a pain. Nice guys too.

[Frak]

Went into General Tools today, picked up a few bits and pieces, they were very helpful.

[Mr Awsome]

sam that place you got that DRO from has some whicked shit, well priced to.

[Sam-Q]

yeah they have been around for a while, another really good one is this:





"transfer punch set", lets you punch the middle of a hole every time. I find that having it imperial doesnt matter so much because there is such a large range, I can usually find something close enough.

[takai]

Yeah, im picking up a heap of gear from them tomorrow. New boring bars and indexable cutters and a new set of those transfer punches, as my last set are at least 40 years old.

[Frak]

Sam the have a 2 axis dro for about $179....I think I'll go with that

[Sam-Q]

yeah I saw that later on, it's new and I will probably go with that.

Something that I have found since using it a bit that you might like to know is that even though it would of looked weird I maybe should of sat it even further away from my bed. It does get in the way a little in the fact when I want to spray some lube on a part I am boring I don't want to get it over the electronics. Also I think I need to make a nice dust cover as I do a bit of brass machining and it comes off with some pretty fine particles which go everywhere.

You know I was thinking the el-cheapo dro type scales are seriously cheap, I am thinking if they might be good for other uses, like making my own toe adjustment machine or something like that. I guess I could just bolt something to the ends of a vernier for each side of that though.

Edit: hey Frak use a gluegun on the plug into the scale unit, its not the most secure connection