Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Renishaw, digitizers

Hi Alan:
Do you have a buddy with a Sherline lathe?
If you do, it's just a matter of pulling the headstock off the mill and
mounting it on the lathe.

Cheers

Marcus
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Marconett KM6VV <KM6VV@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com>
Date: Saturday, January 13, 2001 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Renishaw, digitizers

>Hi Marcus,
>
>Yeah, I've got that reaction before from saying that! It's an old mill,
>Probably better to replace the whole mill, as the Y travel is smaller
>also! How do you recut the threads in situ? I guess if I had the
>Sherline lathe with thread cutting attachments, that could do it! I
>have a end mill holder that I was using as a gauge, I helped it some.
>
>Alan KM6VV
>
>Marcus & Eva wrote:
>>
>> Hi Alan:
>> I'm horrified to hear that you want to clean up your Sherline spindle
>> nose with a Die!!!.
>> Don't do it if you want to preserve any semblance of concentricity.
>> I would do one of two options here:
>> 1) Send the headstock back to Sherline for evaluation and replacement if
>> necessary.
>> 2) Blue the threads on the spindle and recut them in situ with a single
>> point threading tool.
>> Use your 3 and 4 jaw chuck threads as your gage.
>> Cheers
>>
>> Marcus
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