Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] re: Lathe work on a mill

At 03:11 PM 2/26/03 -0700, you wrote:

>Many years ago (okay,9 years) , we used to do large quantities of low-bid

parts for the Department of Defense. We ran short of lathes so we automated
a big old Van Norman horiz./vert. mill. We used a #50 taper adapter and
welded it to a blank slightly larger than the backplate on a chuck.

I once made a faceplate about 18" in dia which went directly on spindle
nose of a Cincinnati hor #50 mill; it piloted on the spindle OD, bolted up
on four holes that were in end of the spindle, and drove thru the same
keys as drove the tool holders. I used it to handle work up to 24" square
and 10" thick. The mill was quite happy to be used as a big lathe, but the
other machinists had strokes.

Regards, Hoyt McKagen


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