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Bob Swinney
"Bill Schwab" wrote in message
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Congrats on the new tool

Thanks!


I have a RF45 clone and I disassemble it completly and cleaned it
after uncrateing it.

Got *lots* of grit n grime out of the nooks n crannies that the
factory includes--- at no extra charge.

. In regards to losing the register some have suggested using a small
inexpensive laser mounted on the head to relocate after moving the
head. Not sure if its accurate enough..

With a long enough travel (perhaps involving mirrors) it could be very
accurate provided the "stationary parts" are indeed stationary.



The only modification I plan on is to replace the 1ph motor with a
3ph and a VFD for better speed selection.

Interesting. I don't mind the belts except for one thing. I have it set
up just below the point that requires me to tweak both belts to get more
speed.



I chose a power feed over a dro for a option but will add a dro
later.

I bought the feed with it. The longitudinal travel is a bit long to be
without it. Two small gripes: it needs to come off to reach the oil port
on the left side (seems they could have drilled a hole for that???) and
manual operation is a little uncomfortable with it present, even off and
in neutral. Am I missing something on the latter?


The tooling requirements seem to be nearly endless.
I have an equal amount of $ in tooling as I spent on the basic
machine.

That sounds about right.


BTW I really enjoy mine and it does very nice work.
If I upgrade to a bigger mill it will be a horizontal..

I'll bite: why? I learned (if you want to call it that) on a vertical so
I might simply be biased.


There is a yahoo milldrill group that might be a source of info..

It appears to be, but every time I try to join a Yahoo group, I get
static. As an aside I belong to one Yahoo group, and my spam when up by
orders of magnitude shortly after taking that step.

Bill


--
Wilhelm K. Schwab, Ph.D.