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Truing up chuck jaws
I just got a 3-jaw chuck fo my Taig lathe. It comes with two Tommy (?) bars,
a hex key, a washer and a set of instructions. The jaws are aluminium and unfinished, the instructions tell you how to turn the jaws true. Before I started I measured the runout using a 1/2" drill rod. It came to 0.006". I did as the instructions told me. I used the washer provided, chucked it up at the back of the jaws, made sure it was nice and flat and carefully turned 0.002" off the jaws. The I filed down the little nubbins at the back of the jaws where the washer was being held during the procedure. I re-measured the runout: This time it was 0.004". I inspected the jaws: There was evidence of "clean-up" on all three, the filing seemed satisfactory (I touched up one of the jaws just to make sure). I was puzzled by this poor result. I could not think of an explanation. Then I measured the washer and it turns out to be out of round by 0.004". I have a number of questions: 1) Is 0.004" TIR satisfactory for a small 3-jaw chuck? I suspect that far from it but I do not want to be unreasonable. 2) Is the washer the most likely culprit? 3) How to rescue the situation? The obvious solution (assuming the washer is the culprit) is to find something tthat is perfectly round, chuck it up again and repeat the procedure. Presumably the object will have to be thicker than the filed-down portion of the jaws so it is held by the turned down portion but I may be wrong. 4) What object to use for that purpose? The best I can think right now is to get a piece of aluminium bar and turn and face it in my 4-jaw chuck and then part it off at the correct thickness. 5) If one used an object that is too thick or repeated the procedure a few times the turned down (and hopefully true) portion of the jaws will become smaller and smaller. What is the minimum size of the gripping portion of the jaws to provide secure workholding? Thanks, -- Michael Koblic Campbell River, BC |
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:11:32 -0700, "Michael Koblic"
wrote: I was puzzled by this poor result. I could not think of an explanation. Then I measured the washer and it turns out to be out of round by 0.004". 2) Is the washer the most likely culprit? Even though the washer is out of round, any three points on its outer edge define a (perfect) circle. So, unless the washer is so wonky that one of the jaws wasn't touching it, I don't see how it would make any difference. -- Ned Simmons |
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On Jun 27, 2:11*am, "Michael Koblic" wrote:
1) Is 0.004" TIR satisfactory for a small 3-jaw chuck? I suspect that far from it but I do not want to be unreasonable. 2) Is the washer the most likely culprit? 3) How to rescue the situation? The obvious solution (assuming the washer is the culprit) is to find something tthat is perfectly round, chuck it up again and repeat the procedure. Presumably the object will have to be thicker than the filed-down portion of the jaws so it is held by the turned down portion but I may be wrong. 4) What object to use for that purpose? The best I can think right now is to get a piece of aluminium bar and turn and face it in my 4-jaw chuck and then part it off at the correct thickness. 5) If one used an object that is too thick or repeated the procedure a few times the turned down (and hopefully true) portion of the jaws will become smaller and smaller. What is the minimum size of the gripping portion of the jaws to provide secure workholding? Thanks, -- Michael Koblic Campbell River, BC Most of the time .004 TIR is much better than what is needed. Consider if you hold something by your four jaw chuck and deliberately have it not centered by say .100. Now without removing the work from the chuck, you machine the piece until part of it is .500 dia and another part is .250. And you part it off. The part you machined is round and the fact that it was not centered exactly when you started did not make any difference. Of course if you have to remove the part and then grip it say from the other end, well that is a different story. Now you have to mark the part and one jaw so you can put it back so the TIR does not matter. I think the washer is the culprit. Although the three points that touch the washer are three points on a circle, the center of that circle is not on the axis of rotation. Note that you can turn something perfectly round whether or not it started out as round or square and this can be done in either a 4 jaw or your three jaw chuck. So you can make your own washer. Or use a bolt and a couple of nuts to hold the washer and turn it to be round. You can make a washer with a large hole, and hold it with your three jaw chuck touching the hole, not the outside. Then use a boring bar on the inside of the jaws. That way you do not have to file the little nibs off. Then check to see what the TIR is. If it is not as good as you want, then use the washer again and file the little nibs off. I personally would not try to get the TIR lower, until you try checking what the TIR is with different sized round things. The TIR can be perfect at one diameter and off at another if the scroll in the three jaw chuck is not perfect. Dan |
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"Michael Koblic" wrote in message ... I just got a 3-jaw chuck fo my Taig lathe. It comes with two Tommy (?) bars, a hex key, a washer and a set of instructions. The jaws are aluminium and unfinished, the instructions tell you how to turn the jaws true. Before I started I measured the runout using a 1/2" drill rod. It came to 0.006". I did as the instructions told me. I used the washer provided, chucked it up at the back of the jaws, made sure it was nice and flat and carefully turned 0.002" off the jaws. The I filed down the little nubbins at the back of the jaws where the washer was being held during the procedure. I re-measured the runout: This time it was 0.004". I inspected the jaws: There was evidence of "clean-up" on all three, the filing seemed satisfactory (I touched up one of the jaws just to make sure). I was puzzled by this poor result. I could not think of an explanation. Then I measured the washer and it turns out to be out of round by 0.004". I have a number of questions: 1) Is 0.004" TIR satisfactory for a small 3-jaw chuck? I suspect that far from it but I do not want to be unreasonable. 2) Is the washer the most likely culprit? 3) How to rescue the situation? The obvious solution (assuming the washer is the culprit) is to find something tthat is perfectly round, chuck it up again and repeat the procedure. Presumably the object will have to be thicker than the filed-down portion of the jaws so it is held by the turned down portion but I may be wrong. 4) What object to use for that purpose? The best I can think right now is to get a piece of aluminium bar and turn and face it in my 4-jaw chuck and then part it off at the correct thickness. 5) If one used an object that is too thick or repeated the procedure a few times the turned down (and hopefully true) portion of the jaws will become smaller and smaller. What is the minimum size of the gripping portion of the jaws to provide secure workholding? Thanks, -- Michael Koblic Campbell River, BC Check runout before removing the washer, should be dead nuts on. Open and close jaws back on the washer, recheck. The washer has nothing to do with your runout. The three contact points is true, (as someone else said) no matter how much runout you have before cutting. When all three jaws are trimmed, should be .000 runout. |
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On 2009-06-27, Michael Koblic wrote:
I just got a 3-jaw chuck fo my Taig lathe. It comes with two Tommy (?) bars, a hex key, a washer and a set of instructions. The jaws are aluminium and unfinished, the instructions tell you how to turn the jaws true. Before I started I measured the runout using a 1/2" drill rod. It came to 0.006". O.K. Did you tighten the screws holding the jaws as you installed them? Did you press each jaw outward as you tightened the screws? (Otherwise, they are likely to shift a bit under load.) The two-piece jaws for larger chucks have both a groove along the length to keep the top jaws parallel to the master jaws, and a projection from the master at right angles to the jaws and a matching cross groove on the underside of the top jaws so they always have the same length projection -- no depending on the fit of the screws as the Taig chuck does. (For this reason, on the Taig, I mount the jaws, turn them to dimension and use them without ever removing them.) I did as the instructions told me. I used the washer provided, chucked it up at the back of the jaws, made sure it was nice and flat and carefully turned 0.002" off the jaws. The I filed down the little nubbins at the back of the jaws where the washer was being held during the procedure. Hmm ... IIRC, the washer contacts only the hard jaws below the top (soft) jaws, not the soft jaws so there are no "nubbins" left -- unless you are turning a step to both hold and support a disk-shaped workpiece. I re-measured the runout: This time it was 0.004". I inspected the jaws: There was evidence of "clean-up" on all three, the filing seemed satisfactory (I touched up one of the jaws just to make sure). I was puzzled by this poor result. I could not think of an explanation. Then I measured the washer and it turns out to be out of round by 0.004". Not too bad -- depending on the age and quality of the chuck. I would expect 0.001" or better on a brand new quality chuck (like the Austrian made chucks for my Compact-5). But those have only one-piece jaws -- either hardened jaws with steps already made, or soft jaws which go all the way down to the scroll plate as one piece. I have a number of questions: 1) Is 0.004" TIR satisfactory for a small 3-jaw chuck? I suspect that far from it but I do not want to be unreasonable. First thing is whether there are multiple holes for the tommy bars. If so, try with each one (using only the master jaws to clamp with at first) and see which one gives the best concentricity. Then *mark* that tommy-bar hole in the body so you can always use it for the final tightening. (In the case of chucks which tighten with keys, if there are three sockets, one should be marked with a "-0-" or something similar by the manufacturer. Some have only one socket so there is never any question. Mine (an older one) only has tommy bar holes on the scroll plate, none on the body, so I usually put a Crescent wrench around the jaws close to the body to hold it from turning when I use the Tommy bar on the scroll pate. But once you have bored the jaws to the proper size for the current workpiece, you should get well under 0.001". It is only when you move the jaws to grip a different diameter that you can get significant change in runout -- especially if the scroll plate is not truly concentric -- or is loose on the projection of the body so it can shift from side to side as you tighten. 2) Is the washer the most likely culprit? It could have been a contributing factor -- as could shifting of the jaws between the truing and the clamping of the test workpiece. 3) How to rescue the situation? The obvious solution (assuming the washer is the culprit) is to find something tthat is perfectly round, chuck it up again and repeat the procedure. Presumably the object will have to be thicker than the filed-down portion of the jaws so it is held by the turned down portion but I may be wrong. 4) What object to use for that purpose? The best I can think right now is to get a piece of aluminium bar and turn and face it in my 4-jaw chuck and then part it off at the correct thickness. Make it so it will fit behind the soft jaws in contact only with the master jaws. You may have to unscrew the chuck from the spindle to get it into place properly. 5) If one used an object that is too thick or repeated the procedure a few times the turned down (and hopefully true) portion of the jaws will become smaller and smaller. Huh? You mean the contact *length* along the faces of the jaws? Not if you do the clamping only with the master jaws and turn the full length of the soft jaws. For most things, you *want* the full length of the soft jaws in contact with the workpiece. The exception is when you are making soft jaws to hold a disc, so you turn it true only for a short distance (a little less than the intended final thickness of the workpiece, so you can face both sides in the chuck. And you should have multiple sets of soft jaws. Either buy more, or machine some aluminum in your small mill (which should be large enough for this task) to make extra jaws. Make one set for general purpose -- a stepped set for standard ID gripping, and a reverse stepped set for larger OD griping. Depending on the precision you need, you can often get away with turning the existing jaws end-for-end. Whenever you make a set of jaws, use a number stamp set to mark the jaws for position 1, 2, or 3, so when you put them back on, they will be on the same master jaws. What is the minimum size of the gripping portion of the jaws to provide secure workholding? That depends on a lot of things, including the material of the jaws (aluminum in this case, but hardened steel for hardened top jaws for larger chucks, or mild steel for soft top jaws for similar sized chucks. Softer jaws, or softer workpieces need larger contact areas. And when you are holding a long workpiece and turning some distance from the chuck jaws, you need the full length of the soft jaws' faces to minimize tilt in the jaws. There are other ways to hold the jaws preloaded for turning. Do web searches and find them. Good Luck, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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Michael Koblic wrote:
I just got a 3-jaw chuck fo my Taig lathe. It comes with two Tommy (?) bars, a hex key, a washer and a set of instructions. The jaws are aluminium and unfinished, the instructions tell you how to turn the jaws true. Before I started I measured the runout using a 1/2" drill rod. It came to 0.006". I did as the instructions told me. I used the washer provided, chucked it up at the back of the jaws, made sure it was nice and flat and carefully turned 0.002" off the jaws. The I filed down the little nubbins at the back of the jaws where the washer was being held during the procedure. I re-measured the runout: This time it was 0.004". I inspected the jaws: There was evidence of "clean-up" on all three, the filing seemed satisfactory (I touched up one of the jaws just to make sure). I was puzzled by this poor result. I could not think of an explanation. Then I measured the washer and it turns out to be out of round by 0.004". I have a number of questions: 1) Is 0.004" TIR satisfactory for a small 3-jaw chuck? I suspect that far from it but I do not want to be unreasonable. 2) Is the washer the most likely culprit? 3) How to rescue the situation? The obvious solution (assuming the washer is the culprit) is to find something tthat is perfectly round, chuck it up again and repeat the procedure. Presumably the object will have to be thicker than the filed-down portion of the jaws so it is held by the turned down portion but I may be wrong. 4) What object to use for that purpose? The best I can think right now is to get a piece of aluminium bar and turn and face it in my 4-jaw chuck and then part it off at the correct thickness. 5) If one used an object that is too thick or repeated the procedure a few times the turned down (and hopefully true) portion of the jaws will become smaller and smaller. What is the minimum size of the gripping portion of the jaws to provide secure workholding? Thanks, Unless the shaft you are chucking is the same diameter as the washer you used to cut the jaws, you will get an error caused by the scroll that moves the jaws in and out. John |
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On Jun 27, 2:36*pm, john wrote:
Michael Koblic wrote: Unless the shaft you are chucking is the same diameter as the washer you used to cut the jaws, you will get an error caused by the scroll that moves the jaws in and out. John You could stuff the test bar in so it contacts only as much as the washer did. Personally the way I use a 3-jaw, all that matters is that the jaws are parallel when tightened, so the work doesn't wobble. And if it does anyway, like the stamped head of a bolt, I'll support the end with the tailstock. You've probably achieved parallelism already unless the jaws tilted. They shouldn't have if the washer was back near the scroll. Plan the job so you can make the finish cuts on all surfaces without loosening the chuck. It doesn't matter for roughing as long as you leave an allowance larger than the runout. I doubt you will ever get the 3-jaw to run true enough that you can reverse the work and make the cuts from both ends meet invisibly. That's difficult even with a Set-Tru, 4-jaw or collets, and a good reason to turn between centers. You could make a gnomon with extra metal in the ends for the center holes and then part them off later in the 3-jaw. Or turn to a step or groove from both ends, a little runout won't show across it. jsw |
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DoN. Nichols wrote:
O.K. Did you tighten the screws holding the jaws as you installed them? Did you press each jaw outward as you tightened the screws? (Otherwise, they are likely to shift a bit under load.) They were tight already. [...] Hmm ... IIRC, the washer contacts only the hard jaws below the top (soft) jaws, not the soft jaws so there are no "nubbins" left -- unless you are turning a step to both hold and support a disk-shaped workpiece. No. The soft jaws cover the whole thing. There are nubbins... I was puzzled by this poor result. I could not think of an explanation. Then I measured the washer and it turns out to be out of round by 0.004". Not too bad -- depending on the age and quality of the chuck. I would expect 0.001" or better on a brand new quality chuck (like the Austrian made chucks for my Compact-5). But those have only one-piece jaws -- either hardened jaws with steps already made, or soft jaws which go all the way down to the scroll plate as one piece. This a is a US-made new Taig chuck. First thing is whether there are multiple holes for the tommy bars. If so, try with each one (using only the master jaws to clamp with at first) and see which one gives the best concentricity. Then *mark* that tommy-bar hole in the body so you can always use it for the final tightening. (In the case of chucks which tighten with keys, if there are three sockets, one should be marked with a "-0-" or something similar by the manufacturer. Some have only one socket so there is never any question. There are three pairs of holes. I did play with them but it did not seem to make any difference. But once you have bored the jaws to the proper size for the current workpiece, you should get well under 0.001". It is only when you move the jaws to grip a different diameter that you can get significant change in runout -- especially if the scroll plate is not truly concentric -- or is loose on the projection of the body so it can shift from side to side as you tighten. This is seems to be the recurring motif. I did not appreciate that this is a feature of scroll chucks. 4) What object to use for that purpose? The best I can think right now is to get a piece of aluminium bar and turn and face it in my 4-jaw chuck and then part it off at the correct thickness. Make it so it will fit behind the soft jaws in contact only with the master jaws. You may have to unscrew the chuck from the spindle to get it into place properly. Not possible. See above. 5) If one used an object that is too thick or repeated the procedure a few times the turned down (and hopefully true) portion of the jaws will become smaller and smaller. Huh? You mean the contact *length* along the faces of the jaws? Not if you do the clamping only with the master jaws and turn the full length of the soft jaws. For most things, you *want* the full length of the soft jaws in contact with the workpiece. Again, not possible. And you should have multiple sets of soft jaws. Either buy more, or machine some aluminum in your small mill (which should be large enough for this task) to make extra jaws. Make one set for general purpose -- a stepped set for standard ID gripping, and a reverse stepped set for larger OD griping. Depending on the precision you need, you can often get away with turning the existing jaws end-for-end. Done that. Mainly on account of being sure that I would roger the first set of jaws and would need the spare. I was not going to touch anything though until I understood the current problem. Whenever you make a set of jaws, use a number stamp set to mark the jaws for position 1, 2, or 3, so when you put them back on, they will be on the same master jaws. Right. What is the minimum size of the gripping portion of the jaws to provide secure workholding? That depends on a lot of things, including the material of the jaws (aluminum in this case, but hardened steel for hardened top jaws for larger chucks, or mild steel for soft top jaws for similar sized chucks. Softer jaws, or softer workpieces need larger contact areas. And when you are holding a long workpiece and turning some distance from the chuck jaws, you need the full length of the soft jaws' faces to minimize tilt in the jaws. OK. Bigger is better. There are other ways to hold the jaws preloaded for turning. Do web searches and find them. Not too sure that I understand what that means. I shall hit the books. Thanks, -- Michael Koblic Campbell River, BC |
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Jim Wilkins wrote:
On Jun 27, 2:36 pm, john wrote: Michael Koblic wrote: Unless the shaft you are chucking is the same diameter as the washer you used to cut the jaws, you will get an error caused by the scroll that moves the jaws in and out. John You could stuff the test bar in so it contacts only as much as the washer did. Personally the way I use a 3-jaw, all that matters is that the jaws are parallel when tightened, so the work doesn't wobble. And if it does anyway, like the stamped head of a bolt, I'll support the end with the tailstock. You've probably achieved parallelism already unless the jaws tilted. They shouldn't have if the washer was back near the scroll. Plan the job so you can make the finish cuts on all surfaces without loosening the chuck. It doesn't matter for roughing as long as you leave an allowance larger than the runout. I doubt you will ever get the 3-jaw to run true enough that you can reverse the work and make the cuts from both ends meet invisibly. That's difficult even with a Set-Tru, 4-jaw or collets, and a good reason to turn between centers. You could make a gnomon with extra metal in the ends for the center holes and then part them off later in the 3-jaw. Or turn to a step or groove from both ends, a little runout won't show across it. Thank you and all the others. The critical bit of information seems to be that 3-jaw scroll chucks do not necessarily hold true at all diameters thus trying to improve on the 4 thou of runout would probably put me on the flat portion of the diminishing return curve. I am not set up for turning between centres yet - that comes next and will invove cobbling some sort of centre for the headstock and a dog (apparently the cognoscenti like a hose clip for this). This will invove turning things to a point so a compound slide will be in order. Another issue is facing off longish cylinders (the inner diameter of the spindle is only 5/16") and I shall be needing a steady rest. But all of that had to be put on hold as I have not had a decent arrangement to grind lathe bits. I finally finished it today. This is worse than having a baby. I wonder at what point one returns to some semblance of productive work rather just continue making tools for tools...:-) It has become a running joke in the family. -- Michael Koblic Campbell River, BC |
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Michael Koblic wrote:
I just got a 3-jaw chuck fo my Taig lathe. It comes with two Tommy (?) bars, a hex key, a washer and a set of instructions. The jaws are aluminium and unfinished, the instructions tell you how to turn the jaws true. Before I started I measured the runout using a 1/2" drill rod. It came to 0.006". I did as the instructions told me. I used the washer provided, chucked it up at the back of the jaws, made sure it was nice and flat and carefully turned 0.002" off the jaws. The I filed down the little nubbins at the back of the jaws where the washer was being held during the procedure. I re-measured the runout: This time it was 0.004". I inspected the jaws: There was evidence of "clean-up" on all three, the filing seemed satisfactory (I touched up one of the jaws just to make sure). I was puzzled by this poor result. I could not think of an explanation. Then I measured the washer and it turns out to be out of round by 0.004". I have a number of questions: 1) Is 0.004" TIR satisfactory for a small 3-jaw chuck? I suspect that far from it but I do not want to be unreasonable. 2) Is the washer the most likely culprit? 3) How to rescue the situation? The obvious solution (assuming the washer is the culprit) is to find something tthat is perfectly round, chuck it up again and repeat the procedure. Presumably the object will have to be thicker than the filed-down portion of the jaws so it is held by the turned down portion but I may be wrong. 4) What object to use for that purpose? The best I can think right now is to get a piece of aluminium bar and turn and face it in my 4-jaw chuck and then part it off at the correct thickness. 5) If one used an object that is too thick or repeated the procedure a few times the turned down (and hopefully true) portion of the jaws will become smaller and smaller. What is the minimum size of the gripping portion of the jaws to provide secure workholding? Thanks, Not sure about the construction of the TAIG chuck and how it operates given the mention of a tommy bar and looking at the TAIG site but all the 3 jaw self centering chucks I have are marked with a master pinion which gives the least run-out when used. The chucks I have all have 3 pinions which operate the scroll and one produces the least run-out. As the TAIG is a scroll chuck, from what I read, then if you have more than one hole for the tommy bar to tighten the chuck, then maybe you want to mark and always use the same hole to ensure consistancy, that may improve you run-out. Maybe also tighten using different tommy bar holes and see which produce the least run-out. |
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On 2009-06-28, Michael Koblic wrote:
DoN. Nichols wrote: O.K. Did you tighten the screws holding the jaws as you installed them? Did you press each jaw outward as you tightened the screws? (Otherwise, they are likely to shift a bit under load.) They were tight already. Tight -- but perhaps not preloaded when tightening. There is some slop in the screws fit into the soft jaws which can allow them to shift if you don't pre-load the jaws towards the outer diameter while you (or the factory) are tightening the screws. [...] Hmm ... IIRC, the washer contacts only the hard jaws below the top (soft) jaws, not the soft jaws so there are no "nubbins" left -- unless you are turning a step to both hold and support a disk-shaped workpiece. No. The soft jaws cover the whole thing. There are nubbins... O.K. Take the chuck off the lathe. Adjust the jaws to the point where the hard "master" jaws are level with the OD of the chuck body. The soft jaws will stick out beyond that point. Now -- using a small flashlight, look in through the threaded aperture in the back which screws onto the lathe's spindle. You should see the ends of the master jaws sticking out about 1/16" or a bit more. Past those you will see the soft jaws closing to about the right size to hold a 1/16" diameter workpiece (minus what you have removed in truing the jaws). Now -- turn something (a plug) which will just barely slip in past the threads, and about the length of the master jaws. Close the *master* jaws tightly onto that, and re-mount the chuck on the lathe spindle. Now -- use a drill bit to slightly enlarge the hole in the center where the soft jaws almost meet -- and then use a boring tool to reach down through there and enlarge the hole a little. If you intend to hold something of a known diameter, drill a little undersized for that and then bore to barely fit that. Then loosen the jaws, remove the plug which held the jaws pre-loaded, and tighten the jaws onto your workpiece. If you are going to hold a disk instead of a shaft which will fit through, bore to leave about 1/2" of the jaws near the body (which should clear the screws which mount the jaws), and to the diameter of the disk to be held. I was puzzled by this poor result. I could not think of an explanation. Then I measured the washer and it turns out to be out of round by 0.004". Not too bad -- depending on the age and quality of the chuck. I would expect 0.001" or better on a brand new quality chuck (like the Austrian made chucks for my Compact-5). But those have only one-piece jaws -- either hardened jaws with steps already made, or soft jaws which go all the way down to the scroll plate as one piece. This a is a US-made new Taig chuck. I thought so, but I was writing for more than just you. Note that I covered "quality" above as well -- The Austrian chucks for my Compact-5 sold for more than your Taig cost complete with both chucks. Each one comes with a certificate of accuracy -- when brand new, and my examples were more accurate than the certificate promised. First thing is whether there are multiple holes for the tommy bars. If so, try with each one (using only the master jaws to clamp with at first) and see which one gives the best concentricity. Then *mark* that tommy-bar hole in the body so you can always use it for the final tightening. (In the case of chucks which tighten with keys, if there are three sockets, one should be marked with a "-0-" or something similar by the manufacturer. Some have only one socket so there is never any question. There are three pairs of holes. I did play with them but it did not seem to make any difference. Hmm ... you don't really want to call them pairs, since depending on the size of the workpiece, any one of the scroll plate holes may be used with any one of the body holes. And the hole which matters is the body hole (which mine does not have), not the scroll plate hole. You use the scroll plate hole which is the closest upstream from the preferred body hole as the jaws just start to touch. But once you have bored the jaws to the proper size for the current workpiece, you should get well under 0.001". It is only when you move the jaws to grip a different diameter that you can get significant change in runout -- especially if the scroll plate is not truly concentric -- or is loose on the projection of the body so it can shift from side to side as you tighten. This is seems to be the recurring motif. I did not appreciate that this is a feature of scroll chucks. A scroll-backed (universal) chuck is mostly for quick setup where the concentricity is not too critical -- e.g. when you are going to turn all the features in one setup and then part off from what is held in the chuck. If you want *precision*, you take the time with an independent 4-jaw chuck to do the setup with a sensitive dial runout indicator. But another use for a 3-jaw is with either reversed jaws (assuming one-piece chuck jaws), or with soft jaws turned to make reversed steps to hold a larger diameter disk shaped object. If you want to handle even larger, make a set of extra-long soft jaws for the 3-jaw you have and bore them to a close fit so you can clamp the jaws onto the workpiece with very little motion of the scroll plate. You don't really need precision centering for this, because you will be using it to face the workpiece not to turn the OD. You can also reverse the jaws on your 4-jaw chuck, so the jaws look somewhat like this (use a fixed-pitch font like Courier to avoid *serious* distortion of the image): +--------+ +--------+ | | | | | | | | +---------+ +---------+ | | | | | | | | | | Jaw #1 +---------+ +---------+ Jaw #3 | | | | | | | | |____________________________| |____________________________| +---------------------------------+ +---------------------------------+ | Chuck Body | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.......~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ so you can grip larger diameter stock -- though not as large as you can with the 3-jaw with custom soft jaws. Just be careful that the custom soft jaws are not so long that they will hit the bed. 4) What object to use for that purpose? The best I can think right now is to get a piece of aluminium bar and turn and face it in my 4-jaw chuck and then part it off at the correct thickness. Make it so it will fit behind the soft jaws in contact only with the master jaws. You may have to unscrew the chuck from the spindle to get it into place properly. Not possible. See above. See description above. The preload filler contacts the hard master jaws, not the soft jaws which you are turning to true them up. (Preload because it holds the master jaws in contact with the scroll plate the way they will be in normal use.) Note that the advice which you got in one of the other followups yesterday, which suggested a large ring and backing the jaws out against that is not good for when you are trying to true the jaws for normal gripping, as it preloads against the wrong face of the scroll and the jaws' matching teeth. However, it is *good* advice if you are turning the OD of the jaws, or turning steps on the jaws to grip the ID of a workpiece, since in this case the jaws and the scroll plate will be preloaded in the direction in which they will be used. Note that if you want real repeatable precision, you want collets, and the good collets for a Taig spindle (not the standard one, but the special one) are the WW style drawbar collets, which are size limited -- 3/16" max for pass-through, and 1/4" for short gripped stock. The standard collets which come with the lathe will handle larger workpieces, but are not as precise. If you want precision for anything larger than 1/4" with this lathe, you will have to use the 4-jaw and a good dial runout indicator. Hmm .... I wonder whether they make an ER-16 or ER-25 collet nosepiece for this machine? 5) If one used an object that is too thick or repeated the procedure a few times the turned down (and hopefully true) portion of the jaws will become smaller and smaller. Huh? You mean the contact *length* along the faces of the jaws? Not if you do the clamping only with the master jaws and turn the full length of the soft jaws. For most things, you *want* the full length of the soft jaws in contact with the workpiece. Again, not possible. Yes -- it *is* possible -- if you follow my suggestion at the top of this for a plug for preloading the *master* jaws while you are turning the soft jaws. And you should have multiple sets of soft jaws. Either buy more, or machine some aluminum in your small mill (which should be large enough for this task) to make extra jaws. Make one set for general purpose -- a stepped set for standard ID gripping, and a reverse stepped set for larger OD griping. Depending on the precision you need, you can often get away with turning the existing jaws end-for-end. Done that. Mainly on account of being sure that I would roger the first set of jaws and would need the spare. I was not going to touch anything though until I understood the current problem. :-) Remember that you can also *make* new soft jaws -- use an unmodified set as a pattern -- and you can make them over-long to grip larger diameter disk workpieces. Whenever you make a set of jaws, use a number stamp set to mark the jaws for position 1, 2, or 3, so when you put them back on, they will be on the same master jaws. Right. And if there are no markings beside the jaws on the chuck body (there are none on mine) use the same number stamps to mark the jaw ways, starting with a randomly picked jaw as 1, and increasing as you move in the direction that you turn the scroll plate to tighten the jaws. Note that you will not be able to stamp the master jaws -- they are too hard. But at least my chuck won't turn far enough to take the master jaws out -- you need to remove the circlip on the back and withdraw the scroll plate to do this -- and you should not need to do so. O.K. Now there *are* markings -- I went down to do that while verifying the capacity of the WW series collets. I used 1/16" number stamps which are a bit small, but are certain to fit on a part of the side of the soft jaw which is not likely to be turned off. What is the minimum size of the gripping portion of the jaws to provide secure workholding? That depends on a lot of things, including the material of the jaws (aluminum in this case, but hardened steel for hardened top jaws for larger chucks, or mild steel for soft top jaws for similar sized chucks. Softer jaws, or softer workpieces need larger contact areas. And when you are holding a long workpiece and turning some distance from the chuck jaws, you need the full length of the soft jaws' faces to minimize tilt in the jaws. OK. Bigger is better. There are other ways to hold the jaws preloaded for turning. Do web searches and find them. Not too sure that I understand what that means. I shall hit the books. Instead of tightening the jaws -- or the master jaws as I have suggested above -- onto a washer or a plug, you can do other things: 1) Put three pieces of the same thickness between the angled faces of the jaws as you close it. I would suggest 3/16" or 1/4" HSS tool bits, as they tend to be rather precise in dimensions. 2) Drill three holes to form an equilateral triangle around a large center hole, tap for screws (say #10 or maybe 1/4") and place those screws so they project into the holes for the heads of the screws which hold the soft jaws to the master jaws. Place these into the holes and tighten the jaws. You may want to make it with several sets of screw holes for different jaw positions. You bore the jaws through the center hole. 3) Three larger holes in a triangle with a center hole bored to intersect the three so the tips of the jaws stick through for turning while the holes' walls press on the angled faces of the jaws while you are turning. I hope that this helps. DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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On 2009-06-28, Michael Koblic wrote:
Jim Wilkins wrote: [ ... ] Plan the job so you can make the finish cuts on all surfaces without loosening the chuck. It doesn't matter for roughing as long as you leave an allowance larger than the runout. Very good advice. I doubt you will ever get the 3-jaw to run true enough that you can reverse the work and make the cuts from both ends meet invisibly. That's difficult even with a Set-Tru, 4-jaw or collets, and a good reason to turn between centers. You could make a gnomon with extra metal in the ends for the center holes and then part them off later in the 3-jaw. Or turn to a step or groove from both ends, a little runout won't show across it. Thank you and all the others. The critical bit of information seems to be that 3-jaw scroll chucks do not necessarily hold true at all diameters thus trying to improve on the 4 thou of runout would probably put me on the flat portion of the diminishing return curve. Yes. How close to 0.001" you get is a function of how much you spend for the chuck -- and the precision of the lathe spindle setup too. The Taig is likely to shift a bit every time you remove and replace the chuck. Try it with a piece chucked up and see what happens. I am not set up for turning between centres yet - that comes next and will invove cobbling some sort of centre for the headstock and a dog (apparently the cognoscenti like a hose clip for this). Interesting -- but I guess that it will work. For the Taig, I use a small dog which came with my Unimat SL-1000. This will invove turning things to a point so a compound slide will be in order. Also -- ideally, you will want a live (ball bearing) center for the tailstock end. That way you don't have to keep lubricating the center. Another issue is facing off longish cylinders (the inner diameter of the spindle is only 5/16") and I shall be needing a steady rest. Yes -- you will. But all of that had to be put on hold as I have not had a decent arrangement to grind lathe bits. I finally finished it today. :-) This is worse than having a baby. :-) I wonder at what point one returns to some semblance of productive work rather just continue making tools for tools...:-) It has become a running joke in the family. The primary purpose of *any* home shop is to make tools for the tools. Any actual products other than this are a matter of luck -- or testing the tools which you made. :-) Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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On 2009-06-28, David Billington wrote:
Michael Koblic wrote: I just got a 3-jaw chuck fo my Taig lathe. It comes with two Tommy (?) bars, a hex key, a washer and a set of instructions. The jaws are aluminium and unfinished, the instructions tell you how to turn the jaws true. [ ... ] Not sure about the construction of the TAIG chuck and how it operates given the mention of a tommy bar and looking at the TAIG site but all the 3 jaw self centering chucks I have are marked with a master pinion which gives the least run-out when used. No pinions on the Taig 3-jaw. The scroll plate is bare on the back of the chuck, with three holes for Tommy bars drilled in its edge for tommy bars. The chuck body (thin compared to one for pinions) may also have three holes for Tommy bars. (Mine is an old one, and does not have the holes in the body, so I have to grip the jaws. :-) The chucks I have all have 3 pinions which operate the scroll and one produces the least run-out. As the TAIG is a scroll chuck, from what I read, then if you have more than one hole for the tommy bar to tighten the chuck, then maybe you want to mark and always use the same hole to ensure consistancy, that may improve you run-out. Actually -- the closest approximation of the "same pinion" in the Taig is the same hole in the chuck body. The scroll plate should use the nearest hole approaching the master hole in the body to maintain an approximation of the same pinion effect. The chuck has two-piece jaws, with the master jaws being hardened, and captive unless you remove the snap-ring and scroll plate (which should be avoided unless necessary). The top jaws are aluminum, with a groove to maintain alignment with the master jaws, but without a cross-groove to maintain the position of the soft jaws along the master. They depend on the fit of the screws which secure the top jaws and nothing else. Maybe also tighten using different tommy bar holes and see which produce the least run-out. Yes -- pay particular attention to which tommy bar hole in the body gives the most consistent runout. It will be more sensitive to that than to the tommy-bar hole in the scroll plate. Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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On 2009-06-29, DoN. Nichols wrote:
On 2009-06-28, Michael Koblic wrote: DoN. Nichols wrote: [ ... ] A scroll-backed (universal) chuck is mostly for quick setup where the concentricity is not too critical -- e.g. when you are going to turn all the features in one setup and then part off from what is held in the chuck. If you want *precision*, you take the time with an independent 4-jaw chuck to do the setup with a sensitive dial runout indicator. But another use for a 3-jaw is with either reversed jaws (assuming one-piece chuck jaws), or with soft jaws turned to make reversed steps to hold a larger diameter disk shaped object. If you want to handle even larger, make a set of extra-long soft jaws for the 3-jaw you have and bore them to a close fit so you can clamp the jaws onto the workpiece with very little motion of the scroll plate. You don't really need precision centering for this, because you will be using it to face the workpiece not to turn the OD. I saw this today, and bookmarked it to post as relevant to this part of this thread: http://www.frets.com/HomeShopTech/Projects/Bison/bison.html scroll (way) down to where you see: ================================================== ==================== Part Two - Extra Long Soft Jaws ================================================== ==================== (It looks like it is about 2/3 to 3/4 of the way down the web page.) Anyway -- this is what I was talking about for making the long soft jaws. You can also see the difference in the way the jaws are made by comparing the first photo with your jaw. It has more features to assure alignment. By the end of the page, you can see it being used to make a disc like what you would use for your sundials. Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message ... I saw this today, and bookmarked it to post as relevant to this part of this thread: http://www.frets.com/HomeShopTech/Projects/Bison/bison.html scroll (way) down to where you see: ================================================== ==================== Part Two - Extra Long Soft Jaws ================================================== ==================== (It looks like it is about 2/3 to 3/4 of the way down the web page.) Anyway -- this is what I was talking about for making the long soft jaws. You can also see the difference in the way the jaws are made by comparing the first photo with your jaw. It has more features to assure alignment. By the end of the page, you can see it being used to make a disc like what you would use for your sundials. This is good stuff! Duly bookmarked, thanks. -- Michael Koblic Campbell River, BC |
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DoN. Nichols wrote:
[...] O.K. Take the chuck off the lathe. Adjust the jaws to the point where the hard "master" jaws are level with the OD of the chuck body. The soft jaws will stick out beyond that point. Now -- using a small flashlight, look in through the threaded aperture in the back which screws onto the lathe's spindle. You should see the ends of the master jaws sticking out about 1/16" or a bit more. Past those you will see the soft jaws closing to about the right size to hold a 1/16" diameter workpiece (minus what you have removed in truing the jaws). Now -- turn something (a plug) which will just barely slip in past the threads, and about the length of the master jaws. Close the *master* jaws tightly onto that, and re-mount the chuck on the lathe spindle. Now -- use a drill bit to slightly enlarge the hole in the center where the soft jaws almost meet -- and then use a boring tool to reach down through there and enlarge the hole a little. If you intend to hold something of a known diameter, drill a little undersized for that and then bore to barely fit that. Then loosen the jaws, remove the plug which held the jaws pre-loaded, and tighten the jaws onto your workpiece. If you are going to hold a disk instead of a shaft which will fit through, bore to leave about 1/2" of the jaws near the body (which should clear the screws which mount the jaws), and to the diameter of the disk to be held. OK, I understand the procedure. Clearly this could have been done neither as per the factory instruction nor using the kit provided. I am still not clear about the purpose of doing it this way. I understand the purpose of pre-loading the jaws (as per the info I have found so far) is to prevent the cant of the jaws outwards at the tips if the workpiece is inserted only part way. Let us assume that the soft jaws are loose on the screws attaching them to the master jaws. If one pre-loads the master jaws as you outlined and then tries to turn the soft jaws they will not be supported and the cut will be made in a way that will leave the surfaces in no relationship to what they would be eventually when tightened on a workpiece. If, however, one follows the procedure as outlined in the OP, the base of the soft jaws is tight against the washer. This pressure will push the jaws tight against the screws and transmit the pressure further to the master jaws which should thus become pr-loaded in a manner identical to yours. Thus everyhting should be nice and tight and identical to a workiece with a diameter identical to the diameter of the washer being held in the jaws. The jaws are fixed and turning will remove the material form the right places. [...] Hmm ... you don't really want to call them pairs, since depending on the size of the workpiece, any one of the scroll plate holes may be used with any one of the body holes. And the hole which matters is the body hole (which mine does not have), not the scroll plate hole. You use the scroll plate hole which is the closest upstream from the preferred body hole as the jaws just start to touch. I went back to this coincidentally this afternoon before reading your post and quickly realized that this is the case. The reason I did not get any helpful result before is that I did not appreciate the difference between the holes. In fact after correcting for this I could get the run out as little as 0.001" using a specific hole on the body which is now clearly marked. Problem solved! [...] If you want *precision*, you take the time with an independent 4-jaw chuck to do the setup with a sensitive dial runout indicator. You also feel the death approaching that much more quickly... But another use for a 3-jaw is with either reversed jaws (assuming one-piece chuck jaws), or with soft jaws turned to make reversed steps to hold a larger diameter disk shaped object. If you want to handle even larger, make a set of extra-long soft jaws for the 3-jaw you have and bore them to a close fit so you can clamp the jaws onto the workpiece with very little motion of the scroll plate. You don't really need precision centering for this, because you will be using it to face the workpiece not to turn the OD. Holding large objects is one thing, turning them is another. I do not care for the noise the little fella makes when I order him to do this. You can also reverse the jaws on your 4-jaw chuck, [...] I did that and then turned and faced a 4.5" washer. The bottom cleared the ways by about 1/8" and getting to the side of the disk was a little tricky. Not to mention doing it at 575 rpm... [...] See description above. The preload filler contacts the hard master jaws, not the soft jaws which you are turning to true them up. (Preload because it holds the master jaws in contact with the scroll plate the way they will be in normal use.) Note that the advice which you got in one of the other followups yesterday, which suggested a large ring and backing the jaws out against that is not good for when you are trying to true the jaws for normal gripping, as it preloads against the wrong face of the scroll and the jaws' matching teeth. However, it is *good* advice if you are turning the OD of the jaws, or turning steps on the jaws to grip the ID of a workpiece, since in this case the jaws and the scroll plate will be preloaded in the direction in which they will be used. I started up on that. Inadvertently. The first parting tool I made just did not cut it. It spun the toolpost and shaved the jaws before I realized what was going on. But the advice on turning the OD jaws is noted. I also found some good stuff he http://www.ctemag.com/pdf/2002/0203-topchoices.pdf related to what the shape of the jaws should be etc. [...] And if there are no markings beside the jaws on the chuck body (there are none on mine) use the same number stamps to mark the jaw ways, starting with a randomly picked jaw as 1, and increasing as you move in the direction that you turn the scroll plate to tighten the jaws. Note that you will not be able to stamp the master jaws -- they are too hard. But at least my chuck won't turn far enough to take the master jaws out -- you need to remove the circlip on the back and withdraw the scroll plate to do this -- and you should not need to do so. Scratching has worked well so far. Engraving also a possibility. [...] 1) Put three pieces of the same thickness between the angled faces of the jaws as you close it. I would suggest 3/16" or 1/4" HSS tool bits, as they tend to be rather precise in dimensions. 2) Drill three holes to form an equilateral triangle around a large center hole, tap for screws (say #10 or maybe 1/4") and place those screws so they project into the holes for the heads of the screws which hold the soft jaws to the master jaws. Place these into the holes and tighten the jaws. You may want to make it with several sets of screw holes for different jaw positions. You bore the jaws through the center hole. 3) Three larger holes in a triangle with a center hole bored to intersect the three so the tips of the jaws stick through for turning while the holes' walls press on the angled faces of the jaws while you are turning. I hope that this helps. No. My head just exploded. OTOH the second (re-worked) parting tool works just fine. Once you get past the squealing and screeching of the bigger OD down to about 3/8" :-) Gotta stay positive... -- Michael Koblic Campbell River, BC |
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DoN. Nichols wrote:
[...] This will invove turning things to a point so a compound slide will be in order. Also -- ideally, you will want a live (ball bearing) center for the tailstock end. That way you don't have to keep lubricating the center. Did I not mention it? It is on my Lee Valley wish list... Another issue is facing off longish cylinders (the inner diameter of the spindle is only 5/16") and I shall be needing a steady rest. Yes -- you will. But all of that had to be put on hold as I have not had a decent arrangement to grind lathe bits. I finally finished it today. It nearly burned down today. See my other post. [...] The primary purpose of *any* home shop is to make tools for the tools. Any actual products other than this are a matter of luck -- or testing the tools which you made. :-) When I look at the list of things that are needed and compare it with the work rate so far it is clear that this year will be written off unless I start throwing money at the various issues. OTOH that would be nowhere near as educational... -- Michael Koblic Campbell River, BC |
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On 2009-06-30, Michael Koblic wrote:
DoN. Nichols wrote: [...] O.K. Take the chuck off the lathe. Adjust the jaws to the point where the hard "master" jaws are level with the OD of the chuck body. The soft jaws will stick out beyond that point. Now -- using a small flashlight, look in through the threaded aperture in the back which screws onto the lathe's spindle. You should see the ends of the master jaws sticking out about 1/16" or a bit more. Past those you will see the soft jaws closing to about the right size to hold a 1/16" diameter workpiece (minus what you have removed in truing the jaws). Now -- turn something (a plug) which will just barely slip in past the threads, and about the length of the master jaws. Close the *master* jaws tightly onto that, and re-mount the chuck on the lathe spindle. Now -- use a drill bit to slightly enlarge the hole in the center where the soft jaws almost meet -- and then use a boring tool to reach down through there and enlarge the hole a little. If you intend to hold something of a known diameter, drill a little undersized for that and then bore to barely fit that. Then loosen the jaws, remove the plug which held the jaws pre-loaded, and tighten the jaws onto your workpiece. If you are going to hold a disk instead of a shaft which will fit through, bore to leave about 1/2" of the jaws near the body (which should clear the screws which mount the jaws), and to the diameter of the disk to be held. OK, I understand the procedure. Clearly this could have been done neither as per the factory instruction nor using the kit provided. Well ... it would have been possible to put the washer in there behind the soft jaws and in contact with the master jaws. I am still not clear about the purpose of doing it this way. I understand the purpose of pre-loading the jaws (as per the info I have found so far) is to prevent the cant of the jaws outwards at the tips if the workpiece is inserted only part way. That depend in part on the rigidity of the chuck and the jaws. Your top jaws are aluminum, so they will give more with given force than the steel ones will. Let us assume that the soft jaws are loose on the screws attaching them to the master jaws. Then first tighten them somewhat onto a cylindrical part, and then tighten the screws mostly. Then tighten a bit harder onto the cylindrical part, and firmly tighten down the screws the rest of the way. (I guess that I should suggest a torque limit, but do you have a torque wrench which measures in inch pounds anyway?) I typically go by the spring of the Allen key's handle as an indication of torque. If one pre-loads the master jaws as you outlined and then tries to turn the soft jaws they will not be supported and the cut will be made in a way that will leave the surfaces in no relationship to what they would be eventually when tightened on a workpiece. Right -- which is why the first step is to make sure the jaw's screws are tightened while the jaws are preloaded as above. If, however, one follows the procedure as outlined in the OP, the base of the soft jaws is tight against the washer. This pressure will push the jaws tight against the screws and transmit the pressure further to the master jaws which should thus become pr-loaded in a manner identical to yours. Thus everyhting should be nice and tight and identical to a workiece with a diameter identical to the diameter of the washer being held in the jaws. The jaws are fixed and turning will remove the material form the right places. Ans as soon as you loosen the chuck to remove the washer, you also let the jaws shift, because you did not take pains to tighten the jaws' screws under preload first. :-) [ ... ] Hmm ... you don't really want to call them pairs, since depending on the size of the workpiece, any one of the scroll plate holes may be used with any one of the body holes. And the hole which matters is the body hole (which mine does not have), not the scroll plate hole. You use the scroll plate hole which is the closest upstream from the preferred body hole as the jaws just start to touch. I went back to this coincidentally this afternoon before reading your post and quickly realized that this is the case. Good! The reason I did not get any helpful result before is that I did not appreciate the difference between the holes. In fact after correcting for this I could get the run out as little as 0.001" using a specific hole on the body which is now clearly marked. Problem solved! Great! [...] If you want *precision*, you take the time with an independent 4-jaw chuck to do the setup with a sensitive dial runout indicator. You also feel the death approaching that much more quickly... Nope -- you are too busy setting things up to notice that. :-) But another use for a 3-jaw is with either reversed jaws (assuming one-piece chuck jaws), or with soft jaws turned to make reversed steps to hold a larger diameter disk shaped object. If you want to handle even larger, make a set of extra-long soft jaws for the 3-jaw you have and bore them to a close fit so you can clamp the jaws onto the workpiece with very little motion of the scroll plate. You don't really need precision centering for this, because you will be using it to face the workpiece not to turn the OD. Holding large objects is one thing, turning them is another. I do not care for the noise the little fella makes when I order him to do this. Keep the extension of everything you can as short as possible. You can also reverse the jaws on your 4-jaw chuck, [...] I did that and then turned and faced a 4.5" washer. The bottom cleared the ways by about 1/8" and getting to the side of the disk was a little tricky. That is what the soft jaws are for. If the washer (or other disc) is thinner than the steps of the jaws on the 4-jaw, you take a new set of soft jaws for the 3-jaw, and turn them (after preloading) to a step just deep enough to allow facing both sides. You can actually make it a little deeper, and just expect to machine off a bit of the height of the soft jaws as you do the first workpiece. Remember -- the parts of the soft jaws are expendable. :-) Not to mention doing it at 575 rpm... I would swear that mine will go slower than that. How many belt steps are on your pulleys? And you could replace the motor with a three phase or a DC motor and connect an appropriate controller to it to get speeds perhaps 1/6th your current speed. That would take you down to 100 RPM or a bit slower. My 12" Clausing will go down to 210 RPM in direct drive, and if I engage the back gear, it will go down to 35 RPM. The corresponding highest speeds are 1600 RPM and 270 RPM. Having a variable speed motor would be somewhat the equivalent of having a back gear -- except that it would not boost the torque the way a back gear does. [...] See description above. The preload filler contacts the hard master jaws, not the soft jaws which you are turning to true them up. (Preload because it holds the master jaws in contact with the scroll plate the way they will be in normal use.) Note that the advice which you got in one of the other followups yesterday, which suggested a large ring and backing the jaws out against that is not good for when you are trying to true the jaws for normal gripping, as it preloads against the wrong face of the scroll and the jaws' matching teeth. However, it is *good* advice if you are turning the OD of the jaws, or turning steps on the jaws to grip the ID of a workpiece, since in this case the jaws and the scroll plate will be preloaded in the direction in which they will be used. I started up on that. Inadvertently. The first parting tool I made just did not cut it. It spun the toolpost and shaved the jaws before I realized what was going on. Clamp some heavy paper between the toolpost and the table or compound and it will increase the holding power by fitting into But the advice on turning the OD jaws is noted. I also found some good stuff he http://www.ctemag.com/pdf/2002/0203-topchoices.pdf related to what the shape of the jaws should be etc. Of course, this is written from the perspective of someone who is after 0.0001" runout -- and is working with a machine capable of that. :-) But it does have good information -- including the ring and pins in the jaws' mounting holes which is shown in the first photograph. It looks as though the pins are a permanent part -- under the heads of the outer bolts holding the top (soft) jaws to the master jaws. [...] And if there are no markings beside the jaws on the chuck body (there are none on mine) use the same number stamps to mark the jaw ways, starting with a randomly picked jaw as 1, and increasing as you move in the direction that you turn the scroll plate to tighten the jaws. Note that you will not be able to stamp the master jaws -- they are too hard. But at least my chuck won't turn far enough to take the master jaws out -- you need to remove the circlip on the back and withdraw the scroll plate to do this -- and you should not need to do so. Scratching has worked well so far. Engraving also a possibility. O.K. Be sure to use surfaces which are not critical -- perhaps the outer ends of the master jaws. A carbide-tipped vibrating engraver (Burgess Vibrograver or equivalent) will probably do. [...] 1) Put three pieces of the same thickness between the angled faces of the jaws as you close it. I would suggest 3/16" or 1/4" HSS tool bits, as they tend to be rather precise in dimensions. 2) Drill three holes to form an equilateral triangle around a large center hole, tap for screws (say #10 or maybe 1/4") and place those screws so they project into the holes for the heads of the screws which hold the soft jaws to the master jaws. Place these into the holes and tighten the jaws. You may want to make it with several sets of screw holes for different jaw positions. You bore the jaws through the center hole. 3) Three larger holes in a triangle with a center hole bored to intersect the three so the tips of the jaws stick through for turning while the holes' walls press on the angled faces of the jaws while you are turning. I hope that this helps. No. My head just exploded. Those are not all used at the same time. They are three different ways to preload the jaws without getting in the way of the boring operation. It helps to find the web pages illustrating the techniques. I've seen (1) and (3) above illustrated in web pages. OTOH the second (re-worked) parting tool works just fine. Once you get past the squealing and screeching of the bigger OD down to about 3/8" :-) Keeping the amount or projection down to a minimum helps a lot. Making sure that the sides of the parting tool are parallel and perpendicular to the axis of the workpiece helps. Having the parting happening as close to the chuck's jaws as possible helps. Getting lubricant to the bottom of the groove helps. And ideally, not having a compound as part of the stackup will help minimize the flex of the system. Gotta stay positive... Yep! Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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On 2009-06-30, Michael Koblic wrote:
DoN. Nichols wrote: [...] This will invove turning things to a point so a compound slide will be in order. Also -- ideally, you will want a live (ball bearing) center for the tailstock end. That way you don't have to keep lubricating the center. Did I not mention it? It is on my Lee Valley wish list... :-) Another issue is facing off longish cylinders (the inner diameter of the spindle is only 5/16") and I shall be needing a steady rest. Yes -- you will. But all of that had to be put on hold as I have not had a decent arrangement to grind lathe bits. I finally finished it today. It nearly burned down today. See my other post. Ouch! I'll look for that. But it is rather late tonight, so I might not see it until later today. (It is now approaching 1:30 AM. :-) [...] The primary purpose of *any* home shop is to make tools for the tools. Any actual products other than this are a matter of luck -- or testing the tools which you made. :-) When I look at the list of things that are needed and compare it with the work rate so far it is clear that this year will be written off unless I start throwing money at the various issues. OTOH that would be nowhere near as educational... :-) And the more you learn, the less damage you will do to purchased tools. :-) Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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[...] OK, I understand the procedure. Clearly this could have been done neither as per the factory instruction nor using the kit provided. Well ... it would have been possible to put the washer in there behind the soft jaws and in contact with the master jaws. I did not think I could get it in there - too big. [...] I did that and then turned and faced a 4.5" washer. The bottom cleared the ways by about 1/8" and getting to the side of the disk was a little tricky. That is what the soft jaws are for. If the washer (or other disc) is thinner than the steps of the jaws on the 4-jaw, you take a new set of soft jaws for the 3-jaw, and turn them (after preloading) to a step just deep enough to allow facing both sides. You can actually make it a little deeper, and just expect to machine off a bit of the height of the soft jaws as you do the first workpiece. Remember -- the parts of the soft jaws are expendable. :-) Yes. Just as well. I have already started expending them! With the 4-jaw I just shimmed the workpiece. Not to mention doing it at 575 rpm... I would swear that mine will go slower than that. How many belt steps are on your pulleys? 6. The biggest ratio is about 3, the motor runs at 1725. The figure is also quoted by the Taig manufacturer. And you could replace the motor with a three phase or a DC motor and connect an appropriate controller to it to get speeds perhaps 1/6th your current speed. That would take you down to 100 RPM or a bit slower. My 12" Clausing will go down to 210 RPM in direct drive, and if I engage the back gear, it will go down to 35 RPM. The corresponding highest speeds are 1600 RPM and 270 RPM. Having a variable speed motor would be somewhat the equivalent of having a back gear -- except that it would not boost the torque the way a back gear does. Or I could make a counter-shaft. Or spend $588 on a 7x8 and tweak the controller - apparently one can get it from minimum 200 rpm down to 75. Or (drum roll!!) I could use my RedNeck lathe which goes down to 80 (once I got it on a stand and sorted out the tooling arrangement - no more than 3 years from now...). [...] I started up on that. Inadvertently. The first parting tool I made just did not cut it. It spun the toolpost and shaved the jaws before I realized what was going on. Clamp some heavy paper between the toolpost and the table or compound and it will increase the holding power by fitting into OK. Presumably there is a trade-off between the paper thickness and the need to adjust the tool height. But with my little post that should not be an issue. But the advice on turning the OD jaws is noted. I also found some good stuff he http://www.ctemag.com/pdf/2002/0203-topchoices.pdf related to what the shape of the jaws should be etc. Of course, this is written from the perspective of someone who is after 0.0001" runout -- and is working with a machine capable of that. :-) Isn't everybody? [...] OTOH the second (re-worked) parting tool works just fine. Once you get past the squealing and screeching of the bigger OD down to about 3/8" :-) Keeping the amount or projection down to a minimum helps a lot. Making sure that the sides of the parting tool are parallel and perpendicular to the axis of the workpiece helps. Having the parting happening as close to the chuck's jaws as possible helps. Getting lubricant to the bottom of the groove helps. And ideally, not having a compound as part of the stackup will help minimize the flex of the system. Done all of the above. Still squeals like a banshee. But it is better than it was with the original grind. Still have to keep backing out and clearing out the chips before the tool digs in and stops the spindle - even when it reaches the small diameter. -- Michael Koblic Campbell River, BC |
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On 2009-07-02, Michael Koblic wrote:
DoN. Nichols wrote: [...] OK, I understand the procedure. Clearly this could have been done neither as per the factory instruction nor using the kit provided. Well ... it would have been possible to put the washer in there behind the soft jaws and in contact with the master jaws. I did not think I could get it in there - too big. The washer was larger in diameter than the minor diameter of the threaded hole in the chuck back? Then mount it on a bolt and turn it down a bit until it does fit. If it will fit the bore through the chuck, that is small enough. [ ... ] Remember -- the parts of the soft jaws are expendable. :-) Yes. Just as well. I have already started expending them! With the 4-jaw I just shimmed the workpiece. Shimming the workpiece has two disadvantages, depending on how you do it all. 1) If they are kept behind the workpiece while turning, they are likely to fling out at high speed. 2) If they are tapped out after the jaws are tightened, the workpiece is likely to work its way in towards the chuck body as you turn. You *could* make the shims in the form of turned rings which go around the last jaw step so there is nowhere for them to go even if the workpiece is no longer firmly gripping them. Not to mention doing it at 575 rpm... I would swear that mine will go slower than that. How many belt steps are on your pulleys? 6. The biggest ratio is about 3, the motor runs at 1725. The figure is also quoted by the Taig manufacturer. O.K. I went down and checked (it was early enough this evening for me to find the mechanical tach and dig out the Taig to where I could run it.) Here are the speeds which I get - run by a 1/10 HP motor whose "nameplate" (a sticky label) claims 1550 RPM. The speeds which I measured a 1) 580 RPM 2) 905 RPM 3) 1430 RPM 4) 3260 RPM 5) 5150 RPM Total of five belt steps with that little tiny belt. :-) So -- it does run faster than I thought, and my impression that it runs slower is probably because I seldom use it for anything large. I've got other lathes more suited for that, and use these for really small workpieces. And you could replace the motor with a three phase or a DC motor and connect an appropriate controller to it to get speeds perhaps 1/6th your current speed. That would take you down to 100 RPM or a bit slower. A DC motor, a Variac, and a rectifier would do a nice job there. If you really care about spindle speed precision, a servo motor and servo amplifier would be guilding the lilly. :-) My 12" Clausing will go down to 210 RPM in direct drive, and if I engage the back gear, it will go down to 35 RPM. The corresponding highest speeds are 1600 RPM and 270 RPM. Having a variable speed motor would be somewhat the equivalent of having a back gear -- except that it would not boost the torque the way a back gear does. Or I could make a counter-shaft. Or spend $588 on a 7x8 and tweak the controller - apparently one can get it from minimum 200 rpm down to 75. Or (drum roll!!) I could use my RedNeck lathe which goes down to 80 (once I got it on a stand and sorted out the tooling arrangement - no more than 3 years from now...). :-) The countershaft might be a good idea. Two pulley steps (made on the Taig) -- one for about 1:1 ratio, and the other for about 6:1 ratio. Or -- if you could pick up a slower motor, make the pulleys identical, so they step up as much as they step down. A ratio of 2.45:1 (5:2 would be close enough) and a motor whose speed is about 600 RPM would be nice (though 900 RPM is going to be easier to find, I think. And bear in mind that the speeds I give above are with no slip. It will be slower with normal slip. Fore example, the 1650 RPM motor would be 1800 RPM with no slip. (900 with no slip becomes something like 825 RPM with slip, and 600 with no slip becomes 550 RPM with slip.) That 550 RPM would get you down to 316 RPM with your existing gearing. But a DC motor a Variac, and a rectifier would be more flexible, giving you a much wider range of speeds, and the ability to change the speed in mid cut without having to stop the motor and change the belts. [...] I started up on that. Inadvertently. The first parting tool I made just did not cut it. It spun the toolpost and shaved the jaws before I realized what was going on. Clamp some heavy paper between the toolpost and the table or compound and it will increase the holding power by fitting into OK. Presumably there is a trade-off between the paper thickness and the need to adjust the tool height. But with my little post that should not be an issue. Not much -- you can take out one shim about half the thickness of the paper (it will compress that much when you tighten the bolt holding the toolpost in place.) But the advice on turning the OD jaws is noted. I also found some good stuff he http://www.ctemag.com/pdf/2002/0203-topchoices.pdf related to what the shape of the jaws should be etc. Of course, this is written from the perspective of someone who is after 0.0001" runout -- and is working with a machine capable of that. :-) Isn't everybody? :-) [...] OTOH the second (re-worked) parting tool works just fine. Once you get past the squealing and screeching of the bigger OD down to about 3/8" :-) Keeping the amount or projection down to a minimum helps a lot. Making sure that the sides of the parting tool are parallel and perpendicular to the axis of the workpiece helps. Having the parting happening as close to the chuck's jaws as possible helps. Getting lubricant to the bottom of the groove helps. And ideally, not having a compound as part of the stackup will help minimize the flex of the system. Done all of the above. Still squeals like a banshee. Interesting. I get rather quiet parting even with 3" diameter stock -- but I'll probably be running at about 210 RPM. But it is better than it was with the original grind. Still have to keep backing out and clearing out the chips before the tool digs in and stops the spindle - even when it reaches the small diameter. That is another reason to consider the rear-mounted parting tool. Instead of digging in, it disengages a little when things flex. Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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On Jul 2, 5:22*am, "DoN. Nichols" wrote:
* * * * A DC motor, a Variac, and a rectifier would do a nice job there. If you really care about spindle speed precision, a servo motor and servo amplifier would be guilding the lilly. :-) * * * * But a DC motor a Variac, and a rectifier would be more flexible, giving you a much wider range of speeds, and the ability to change the speed in mid cut without having to stop the motor and change the belts. [...] * * * * Enjoy, * * * * * * * * DoN. Start looking at Craigslist or Freecycle for a treadmill. Most of them have a DC motor and controler, but I did find one with a AC motor and a varible speed pulley. Look under Free and be patient. Or look in Ebay for a small VFD and then locally for a small 3 phase motor. I just got a 56 frame three phase motor for $5 at a garage sale. Dan Dan |
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On Jul 3, 3:02*am, "DoN. Nichols" wrote:
* * * * Are you complaining about them mostly being DC motors, or about the one AC and the VS pulley assembly? *Both would be interesting to me Or did you get one assuming a DC motor, and when you got it home you discovered the VS pulley? Not complaining. Just commenting. I acquired several treadmill motors and found that one of them had a AC motor and a VS pulley. So if you want a DC motor, check how the speed is controled. Like you I found both interesting. Cheap Variacs are a little hard to find. But a light dimmer or Router speed control will work and I think will give you somewhat better speed control than a Variac. Dan * * * * That would be a good way to go -- though I think that the DC motor would do better at really low speeds. * * * * Of course -- I'm not the one looking for the slow speed motor, just one responding. :-) * * * * Enjoy, * * * * * * * * DoN. -- *Email: * * | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 * * * * (too) near Washington D.C. |http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html * * * * * *--- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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[...] Shimming the workpiece has two disadvantages, depending on how you do it all. 1) If they are kept behind the workpiece while turning, they are likely to fling out at high speed. 2) If they are tapped out after the jaws are tightened, the workpiece is likely to work its way in towards the chuck body as you turn. Ah. Did not think of No.1. You *could* make the shims in the form of turned rings which go around the last jaw step so there is nowhere for them to go even if the workpiece is no longer firmly gripping them. Noted for next time I have to do it with a 4-jaw. [...] And you could replace the motor with a three phase or a DC motor and connect an appropriate controller to it to get speeds perhaps 1/6th your current speed. That would take you down to 100 RPM or a bit slower. A DC motor, a Variac, and a rectifier would do a nice job there. If you really care about spindle speed precision, a servo motor and servo amplifier would be guilding the lilly. :-) I don't, but even the bare bones are not a cheap option as I found out yesterday looking around eBay. [...] The countershaft might be a good idea. Two pulley steps (made on the Taig) -- one for about 1:1 ratio, and the other for about 6:1 ratio. Or -- if you could pick up a slower motor, make the pulleys identical, so they step up as much as they step down. A ratio of 2.45:1 (5:2 would be close enough) and a motor whose speed is about 600 RPM would be nice (though 900 RPM is going to be easier to find, I think. I was thinking of just getting two more Taig pulleys ($24.49) and making *two* countershafts. The lowest speed would be just over 60 rpm. Even with just one pulley the speed would be under 200. And the theoretical maximum speed of 47,250 rpm. I wonder what the 3-jaw chuck sounds like at that speed... The two questions that bother me about the concept of a countershaft a 1) Is the 3M belt big enough withstand the torque at the lowest speeds? Or would one have to go to a completely different transmission for the final step (countershaft 2 to spindle), e.g. timing pulleys and belt? 2) If one were to make a pulley, how critical are the groove dimensions? The only pulley I made was the wooden one (and it works just fine) but the process can hardly be repeated with aluminium (or can it?) And bear in mind that the speeds I give above are with no slip. It will be slower with normal slip. Fore example, the 1650 RPM motor would be 1800 RPM with no slip. (900 with no slip becomes something like 825 RPM with slip, and 600 with no slip becomes 550 RPM with slip.) That 550 RPM would get you down to 316 RPM with your existing gearing. Ah, with slip I can get down to zero, no problem... But a DC motor a Variac, and a rectifier would be more flexible, giving you a much wider range of speeds, and the ability to change the speed in mid cut without having to stop the motor and change the belts. That is clearly the preferred option but the prices I have seen so far really make it uneconomical. [...] OTOH the second (re-worked) parting tool works just fine. Once you get past the squealing and screeching of the bigger OD down to about 3/8" :-) Keeping the amount or projection down to a minimum helps a lot. Making sure that the sides of the parting tool are parallel and perpendicular to the axis of the workpiece helps. Having the parting happening as close to the chuck's jaws as possible helps. Getting lubricant to the bottom of the groove helps. And ideally, not having a compound as part of the stackup will help minimize the flex of the system. Done all of the above. Still squeals like a banshee. Interesting. I get rather quiet parting even with 3" diameter stock -- but I'll probably be running at about 210 RPM. Maybe I should reduce speed...:-) That is another reason to consider the rear-mounted parting tool. Instead of digging in, it disengages a little when things flex. Would it then get rid of the chatter by allowing an increased feed rate? At $5 that is the truly cheapest solution. -- Michael Koblic Campbell River, BC |
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On Jul 2, 10:44*pm, "Michael Koblic" wrote:
... The two questions that bother me about the concept of a countershaft a 1) Is the 3M belt big enough withstand the torque at the lowest speeds? Or would one have to go to a completely different transmission for the final step (countershaft 2 to spindle), e.g. timing pulleys and belt? 2) If one were to make a pulley, how critical are the groove dimensions? The only pulley I made was the wooden one (and it works just fine) but the process can hardly be repeated with aluminium (or can it?) Michael Koblic Campbell River, BC I usually set the belt on my larger lathe to slip with nearly maximum hand pressure, on the little one to slip fairly easily. The leather belt changes length with humidity so I have to readjust it anyway. The motor and countershaft are on a swinging frame with a tension adjustment screw in series with a toggle linkage. Here's an adjustable cam tensioner that's easy to make: http://picasaweb.google.com/KB1DAL/H...33137678036386 The bolt through the disk is 0.05" off center to pull or release the forged eyebolt in the slot. You could put it 1/4" off for a 1/2" throw to tighten or move the belt. Rotate the handle for fine adjustment, flip it to quickly tighten or loosen it. Machinery's Handbook 23 gives the following groove geometry for a 4L vee belt: OD Angle Width 2.65 30 0.485 2.65 - 3.24 32 0.490 3.25 - 5.65 34 0.494 5.65 38 0.504 We discussed this here once, IIRC some posters used 35 degrees and 0.5" width for all diameters. You could try it and change the groove angle if the belt appears to be wearing quickly, but I suspect you can't drive a Taig hard enough to harm a belt. The heavily loaded pump drive vee belt on my tractor ran for 3 years and still looked OK when it failed with a broken cord. It ran on home-made pulleys. jsw |
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On 2009-07-03, wrote:
On Jul 3, 3:02*am, "DoN. Nichols" wrote: * * * * Are you complaining about them mostly being DC motors, or about the one AC and the VS pulley assembly? *Both would be interesting to me Or did you get one assuming a DC motor, and when you got it home you discovered the VS pulley? Not complaining. Just commenting. I acquired several treadmill motors and found that one of them had a AC motor and a VS pulley. So if you want a DC motor, check how the speed is controled. Like you I found both interesting. O.K. Cheap Variacs are a little hard to find. Granted. I collected mine long ago -- many from hamfests. But a light dimmer or Router speed control will work and I think will give you somewhat better speed control than a Variac. Not sure that the speed control is going to be better. In particular, at the lowest speeds the behavior tends to be speed pulses with those. Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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On 2009-07-03, Michael Koblic wrote:
DoN. Nichols wrote: [...] Shimming the workpiece has two disadvantages, depending on how you do it all. 1) If they are kept behind the workpiece while turning, they are likely to fling out at high speed. 2) If they are tapped out after the jaws are tightened, the workpiece is likely to work its way in towards the chuck body as you turn. Ah. Did not think of No.1. You should *always* consider what might fly out when you could be in the path. You *could* make the shims in the form of turned rings which go around the last jaw step so there is nowhere for them to go even if the workpiece is no longer firmly gripping them. Noted for next time I have to do it with a 4-jaw. Note that I have never tried that design -- just thought of it as a possibility -- and one which does not require different size rings for each size of workpiece, since they are trapped by going around the jaw ends. [...] And you could replace the motor with a three phase or a DC motor and connect an appropriate controller to it to get speeds perhaps 1/6th your current speed. That would take you down to 100 RPM or a bit slower. A DC motor, a Variac, and a rectifier would do a nice job there. If you really care about spindle speed precision, a servo motor and servo amplifier would be guilding the lily. :-) I don't, but even the bare bones are not a cheap option as I found out yesterday looking around eBay. Someone else suggested a light dimmer which is typically quite inexpensive -- and as for motors -- a cheap hand held electric drill could be clamped onto a shaft in bearings to drive at a lower speed. Or -- you could salvage a motor out of a vacuum cleaner or a kitchen blender or anything else with a DC/universal motor. (Just look for brush holders to verify that it is not AC only -- and the holders may be hidden inside, as is common in cheap hand held electric drills.) [...] The countershaft might be a good idea. Two pulley steps (made on the Taig) -- one for about 1:1 ratio, and the other for about 6:1 ratio. Or -- if you could pick up a slower motor, make the pulleys identical, so they step up as much as they step down. A ratio of 2.45:1 (5:2 would be close enough) and a motor whose speed is about 600 RPM would be nice (though 900 RPM is going to be easier to find, I think. I was thinking of just getting two more Taig pulleys ($24.49) and making *two* countershafts. Two extra pulleys (and an extra belt) would make *one* countershaft, not two. The lowest speed would be just over 60 rpm. Even with just one pulley the speed would be under 200. And the theoretical maximum speed of 47,250 rpm. I wonder what the 3-jaw chuck sounds like at that speed... Hmm ... what *is* the sound of a 3-jaw chuck flying into pieces. That speed (if the motor could put out the needed torque) would certainly explode the chuck. A 12" chuck is considered dangerous at a bit over 3000 RPM IIRC. The two questions that bother me about the concept of a countershaft a 1) Is the 3M belt big enough withstand the torque at the lowest speeds? Or would one have to go to a completely different transmission for the final step (countershaft 2 to spindle), e.g. timing pulleys and belt? I would suggest that you make a timing pulleys and belt for the step from the countershaft to the spindle to handle the extra torque. Look for pulleys for about a 6:1 ratio which will get you down near 100 RPM or a bit more. 2) If one were to make a pulley, how critical are the groove dimensions? The angle between the walls is critical, and the spacing has to be tight enough so the belt does not touch the bottom. The only pulley I made was the wooden one (and it works just fine) but the process can hardly be repeated with aluminium (or can it?) It could be -- but a lot of careful filing. And it will take a lot longer than doing it on the lathe. You will either need a compound set to make the proper angle for the walls, or a form tool ground to cut both angles at the same time. And I don't think that your machine can handle the amount of metal removal involved in a form tool, even for that small a belt groove. And bear in mind that the speeds I give above are with no slip. It will be slower with normal slip. Fore example, the 1650 RPM motor would be 1800 RPM with no slip. (900 with no slip becomes something like 825 RPM with slip, and 600 with no slip becomes 550 RPM with slip.) That 550 RPM would get you down to 316 RPM with your existing gearing. Ah, with slip I can get down to zero, no problem... Yes -- you can get down to zero -- but between zero and a bit below the nominal speed with slip you will have no torque to work with, so the descent from normal slip to zero will be very sudden. But a DC motor a Variac, and a rectifier would be more flexible, giving you a much wider range of speeds, and the ability to change the speed in mid cut without having to stop the motor and change the belts. That is clearly the preferred option but the prices I have seen so far really make it uneconomical. An electric drill motor (a hand-held electric drill is called a "drill motor") with variable speed hooked to a shaft mounted in pulleys should do it -- until the drill motor burns out. They typically don't handle long run times well. [...] OTOH the second (re-worked) parting tool works just fine. Once you get past the squealing and screeching of the bigger OD down to about 3/8" :-) Keeping the amount or projection down to a minimum helps a lot. Making sure that the sides of the parting tool are parallel and perpendicular to the axis of the workpiece helps. Having the parting happening as close to the chuck's jaws as possible helps. Getting lubricant to the bottom of the groove helps. And ideally, not having a compound as part of the stackup will help minimize the flex of the system. Done all of the above. Still squeals like a banshee. Interesting. I get rather quiet parting even with 3" diameter stock -- but I'll probably be running at about 210 RPM. Maybe I should reduce speed...:-) And increase rigidity too -- which is another feature of my 12" lathe which you don't have. That is another reason to consider the rear-mounted parting tool. Instead of digging in, it disengages a little when things flex. Would it then get rid of the chatter by allowing an increased feed rate? At $5 that is the truly cheapest solution. You would still have chatter -- it just would not be as destructive, and perhaps sound somewhat different. Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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On 2009-07-03, Michael Koblic wrote:
wrote: Start looking at Craigslist or Freecycle for a treadmill. Most of them have a DC motor and controler, but I did find one with a AC motor and a varible speed pulley. Look under Free and be patient. Or look in Ebay for a small VFD and then locally for a small 3 phase motor. I just got a 56 frame three phase motor for $5 at a garage sale. I have been looking for a while at garage sales and local auction. I will expand to Craigs list (where I follow other things). I saw one tread mill motor at the auction here but it was about twice the size of the Taig (2.5HP). I am told scroll saws are another possible source. Typically their motors are rated for about 160 watts but that should do for the Taig (if Don runs his off a 75W one). Note that I don't do large diameter work on mine. I noticed that the hand pressure holding the mechanical tach in the end of the spindle would slow the spindle down a bit at the highest belt setting. Also -- note that I have the WW (watchmaker's collet) spindle on the lathe, which has a smaller pulley, and higher speeds than the normal spindle does, so the speeds would be different on the standard spindle. Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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Jim Wilkins wrote:
On Jul 2, 10:44 pm, "Michael Koblic" wrote: ... The two questions that bother me about the concept of a countershaft a 1) Is the 3M belt big enough withstand the torque at the lowest speeds? Or would one have to go to a completely different transmission for the final step (countershaft 2 to spindle), e.g. timing pulleys and belt? 2) If one were to make a pulley, how critical are the groove dimensions? The only pulley I made was the wooden one (and it works just fine) but the process can hardly be repeated with aluminium (or can it?) Michael Koblic Campbell River, BC I usually set the belt on my larger lathe to slip with nearly maximum hand pressure, on the little one to slip fairly easily. The leather belt changes length with humidity so I have to readjust it anyway. The motor and countershaft are on a swinging frame with a tension adjustment screw in series with a toggle linkage. Here's an adjustable cam tensioner that's easy to make: http://picasaweb.google.com/KB1DAL/H...33137678036386 The bolt through the disk is 0.05" off center to pull or release the forged eyebolt in the slot. You could put it 1/4" off for a 1/2" throw to tighten or move the belt. Rotate the handle for fine adjustment, flip it to quickly tighten or loosen it. Mine is tensioned just by the motor weight which is clearly not enough. I have seen people make some cool arrangements like rails on which the motor slides. Incidentally my redNeck lathe will need something like that, too. Machinery's Handbook 23 gives the following groove geometry for a 4L vee belt: OD Angle Width 2.65 30 0.485 2.65 - 3.24 32 0.490 3.25 - 5.65 34 0.494 5.65 38 0.504 We discussed this here once, IIRC some posters used 35 degrees and 0.5" width for all diameters. You could try it and change the groove angle if the belt appears to be wearing quickly, but I suspect you can't drive a Taig hard enough to harm a belt. The heavily loaded pump drive vee belt on my tractor ran for 3 years and still looked OK when it failed with a broken cord. It ran on home-made pulleys. I am not sure I understand. How is the 4L belt dimension relevant to the Taig? Are you saying I should change the whole drive train to 4L? Isn't it a bit big for the machine? -- Michael Koblic Campbell River, BC |
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DoN. Nichols wrote:
Ah. Did not think of No.1. You should *always* consider what might fly out when you could be in the path. As my old boss used to say: "You can recognize it only if you think of it." Someone else suggested a light dimmer which is typically quite inexpensive -- and as for motors -- a cheap hand held electric drill could be clamped onto a shaft in bearings to drive at a lower speed. Or -- you could salvage a motor out of a vacuum cleaner or a kitchen blender or anything else with a DC/universal motor. (Just look for brush holders to verify that it is not AC only -- and the holders may be hidden inside, as is common in cheap hand held electric drills.) 1) I might be wrong but the DC motor controllers usually have a feed back which will increase the power in response to loading conditions. I do not see a light dimmer doing it. 2) A router speed regulator is a thought, however, typically these motors turn at 30,000 rpm give or take so major gearing would still be required. And I am still not sure about the feedback thing. Some routers have it built in now (EVS). 3) I have a DC motor from an old Sears drill sitting somewhere. As it stands it would also need the whole gear box to get the speed down to something useable. The speed regulation with it is basically the slow start. When it is turning slowly there is hardly any torque which brings me back to (1). 4) It is a thought to make a controller along the lines in (1) for the motor. However, given that the motor is a 12V one I usspect that the current at the lower speeds would be appreciable. [...] I was thinking of just getting two more Taig pulleys ($24.49) and making *two* countershafts. Two extra pulleys (and an extra belt) would make *one* countershaft, not two. How is that? One pulley=motor. Belt to second pulley=countershaft 1 (reduction by factor of 3) Belt to third pulley=counteshaft 2 (reduction by factor of 9). Belt to spindle pulley (reduction by factor of 27). A single coutershaft would require pulley 2 and 3 to be on the same shaft with no reduction of speed between them. The lowest speed would be just over 60 rpm. Even with just one pulley the speed would be under 200. And the theoretical maximum speed of 47,250 rpm. I wonder what the 3-jaw chuck sounds like at that speed... Hmm ... what *is* the sound of a 3-jaw chuck flying into pieces. That speed (if the motor could put out the needed torque) would certainly explode the chuck. A 12" chuck is considered dangerous at a bit over 3000 RPM IIRC. Or 2 rpm if dropped from a second storey window. I know what sound a hockey puck travelling at 80 mph makes. I almost wish I did not... The two questions that bother me about the concept of a countershaft a 1) Is the 3M belt big enough withstand the torque at the lowest speeds? Or would one have to go to a completely different transmission for the final step (countershaft 2 to spindle), e.g. timing pulleys and belt? I would suggest that you make a timing pulleys and belt for the step from the countershaft to the spindle to handle the extra torque. Look for pulleys for about a 6:1 ratio which will get you down near 100 RPM or a bit more. Yes, that appears to be the consensus. 2) If one were to make a pulley, how critical are the groove dimensions? The angle between the walls is critical, and the spacing has to be tight enough so the belt does not touch the bottom. The only pulley I made was the wooden one (and it works just fine) but the process can hardly be repeated with aluminium (or can it?) It could be -- but a lot of careful filing. And it will take a lot longer than doing it on the lathe. You will either need a compound set to make the proper angle for the walls, or a form tool ground to cut both angles at the same time. And I don't think that your machine can handle the amount of metal removal involved in a form tool, even for that small a belt groove. Agree. I have demonstrated it with the first parting tool. In any case your comments above re-timing pulley make this issue probably moot. And bear in mind that the speeds I give above are with no slip. It will be slower with normal slip. Fore example, the 1650 RPM motor would be 1800 RPM with no slip. (900 with no slip becomes something like 825 RPM with slip, and 600 with no slip becomes 550 RPM with slip.) That 550 RPM would get you down to 316 RPM with your existing gearing. Ah, with slip I can get down to zero, no problem... Yes -- you can get down to zero -- but between zero and a bit below the nominal speed with slip you will have no torque to work with, so the descent from normal slip to zero will be very sudden. Also do not forget the smoke... But a DC motor a Variac, and a rectifier would be more flexible, giving you a much wider range of speeds, and the ability to change the speed in mid cut without having to stop the motor and change the belts. That is clearly the preferred option but the prices I have seen so far really make it uneconomical. An electric drill motor (a hand-held electric drill is called a "drill motor") with variable speed hooked to a shaft mounted in pulleys should do it -- until the drill motor burns out. They typically don't handle long run times well. [...] Interesting. I get rather quiet parting even with 3" diameter stock -- but I'll probably be running at about 210 RPM. Maybe I should reduce speed...:-) And increase rigidity too -- which is another feature of my 12" lathe which you don't have. Story of my life... -- Michael Koblic Campbell River, BC |
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On 2009-07-04, Michael Koblic wrote:
DoN. Nichols wrote: Ah. Did not think of No.1. You should *always* consider what might fly out when you could be in the path. As my old boss used to say: "You can recognize it only if you think of it." Well ... when anything is not firmly secured (and not just by friction between two pieces which *could* shift) consider what would happen should it slip. The better your imagination, the less likely you will be hurt in reality. Someone else suggested a light dimmer which is typically quite inexpensive -- and as for motors -- a cheap hand held electric drill could be clamped onto a shaft in bearings to drive at a lower speed. Or -- you could salvage a motor out of a vacuum cleaner or a kitchen blender or anything else with a DC/universal motor. (Just look for brush holders to verify that it is not AC only -- and the holders may be hidden inside, as is common in cheap hand held electric drills.) 1) I might be wrong but the DC motor controllers usually have a feed back which will increase the power in response to loading conditions. I do not see a light dimmer doing it. The fancy controllers do -- by various techniques, not all of which are immediately visible like an encoder or tach on the shaft. Some controllers apply power to the motor winding in pulses whose width are varied to change the power to the motor. During the moments between those pulses, the motor is acting as a generator, and the motor can see what the speed is by the voltage generated. But consider things like an old Singer sewing machine motor and controller (such are are on the model 221 portable). It is simply a DC/universal motor and a foot pedal which controls the current to the motor (AC, but DC would work just as well). The foot pedal is simply a stack of blocks of resistance element between two electrodes. The harder you step on the pedal, the harder the blocks are pressed together, and the lower the resistance, so the faster the motor runs. You don't *need* the kind of regulation which the fancy controllers give for this lathe. And you could use a pedal speed control from a Dremel (from before Dremels came with built-in speed controllers). I can't find the Dremel ones on eBay at the moment, but this looks as though it might work as well. It is poorly described, but I expect a controller for a DC/universal motor. Ebay auction # 260291509189 2) A router speed regulator is a thought, however, typically these motors turn at 30,000 rpm give or take so major gearing would still be required. And I am still not sure about the feedback thing. Some routers have it built in now (EVS). The speed regulator is based on the speed a given motor is capable of. It won't make motors not designed for it turn at 30,000 RPM. Find a 120V motor which is closer to 1000-2000 RPM and see what happens. 3) I have a DC motor from an old Sears drill sitting somewhere. As it stands it would also need the whole gear box to get the speed down to something useable. The speed regulation with it is basically the slow start. When it is turning slowly there is hardly any torque which brings me back to (1). This sounds good -- until you mention later that it is a 12V motor, not a 120V motor. 4) It is a thought to make a controller along the lines in (1) for the motor. However, given that the motor is a 12V one I usspect that the current at the lower speeds would be appreciable. You want a drill which plugs directly into the AC line, not one which runs from batteries. [...] I was thinking of just getting two more Taig pulleys ($24.49) and making *two* countershafts. Two extra pulleys (and an extra belt) would make *one* countershaft, not two. How is that? One pulley=motor. Belt to second pulley=countershaft 1 (reduction by factor of 3) Belt to third pulley=counteshaft 2 (reduction by factor of 9). Belt to spindle pulley (reduction by factor of 27). A single coutershaft would require pulley 2 and 3 to be on the same shaft with no reduction of speed between them. Oh -- you are thinking of two belts on each pulley except the end ones. That restricts you to combinations which don't need the same groove for both incoming and outgoing power. And I think the lowest speed with triple reduction would be both too slow for the size of the machine and those tiny belts could not handle the transmission of power over the last two stages. Use timing belt pulleys. Figure the largest diameter which would clear the base when mounted directly on the spindle, and then look for the smallest pulley of the same pitch which will mount on the countershaft. At a guess, you might be able to get a 5" diameter pulley plus the belt on the spindle (make sure that it is available with a hub which matches the OD of the spindle at that end), and assuming 5 teeth per inch of circumference, that would be about 78 teeth. Then a smaller pulley with 12 teeth would give about a 6:1 reduction in a single pass. O.K. Looking in McMaster Carr's web site, I find 1/2" wide belt pulleys with a 0.200" pitch (MXL series). Let's see the largest which will fit within 5" diameter. The range for this size is 60 teeth max and 10 teeth minimum, or 6:1 ratio. OD Teeth Bore Cat No Price 0.87" 10 3/16" 57105K11 $7.40 1.13" 14 1/4" 57105K14 $7.51 3.80" 60 5/16" 57105K33 $17.15 So -- if you need to fit it on a 1/4" shaft, you will need at leat 14 teeth (60:14 ratio, or about 128 RPM for 550 RPM in. If you can turn the end of the shaft down to 3/16", you get a full 6:1 ratio, or 91 RPM. These (and others) are on McMaster Carr's catalog page 1044 via the web. (You'll also need to select a belt to fit including the proper spacing between pulleys.) The pulleys which I have listed are acetal plastic, and I would suggest that you go for the steel ones listed a bit later in the page for stronger gears. And you'll probably need to pin the hubs instead of just use setscrews to get enough strength with the small diameter shafts. [ ... ] And bear in mind that the speeds I give above are with no slip. It will be slower with normal slip. Fore example, the 1650 RPM motor would be 1800 RPM with no slip. (900 with no slip becomes something like 825 RPM with slip, and 600 with no slip becomes 550 RPM with slip.) That 550 RPM would get you down to 316 RPM with your existing gearing. Ah, with slip I can get down to zero, no problem... Yes -- you can get down to zero -- but between zero and a bit below the nominal speed with slip you will have no torque to work with, so the descent from normal slip to zero will be very sudden. Also do not forget the smoke... A lot of smaller motors are "impedance protected", and can sit there stalled forever without letting out the magic smoke. :-) Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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On the DC side, I scored a high torque motor - 4 brushes at 90 degrees -
that is 24V. Came out of a small elderly scooter. Some of these are beginning to come on line in lew of second/third/fourth generation 4 wheeler buggy/chair. Martin Michael Koblic wrote: wrote: Start looking at Craigslist or Freecycle for a treadmill. Most of them have a DC motor and controler, but I did find one with a AC motor and a varible speed pulley. Look under Free and be patient. Or look in Ebay for a small VFD and then locally for a small 3 phase motor. I just got a 56 frame three phase motor for $5 at a garage sale. I have been looking for a while at garage sales and local auction. I will expand to Craigs list (where I follow other things). I saw one tread mill motor at the auction here but it was about twice the size of the Taig (2.5HP). I am told scroll saws are another possible source. Typically their motors are rated for about 160 watts but that should do for the Taig (if Don runs his off a 75W one). |
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Martin H. Eastburn wrote:
On the DC side, I scored a high torque motor - 4 brushes at 90 degrees - that is 24V. Came out of a small elderly scooter. Some of these are beginning to come on line in lew of second/third/fourth generation 4 wheeler buggy/chair. I saw something similar on eBay - 48 V. My neighbour just bought a golf cart...no, that would be wrong! -- Michael Koblic Campbell River, BC |
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DoN. Nichols wrote:
[...] But consider things like an old Singer sewing machine motor and controller (such are are on the model 221 portable). It is simply a DC/universal motor and a foot pedal which controls the current to the motor (AC, but DC would work just as well). The foot pedal is simply a stack of blocks of resistance element between two electrodes. The harder you step on the pedal, the harder the blocks are pressed together, and the lower the resistance, so the faster the motor runs. I cannot imagine that a lot of torque was required of Singer sewing machines. What hapens to torque at the lowest speeds? You don't *need* the kind of regulation which the fancy controllers give for this lathe. And you could use a pedal speed control from a Dremel (from before Dremels came with built-in speed controllers). I can't find the Dremel ones on eBay at the moment, but this looks as though it might work as well. It is poorly described, but I expect a controller for a DC/universal motor. Ebay auction # 260291509189 2) A router speed regulator is a thought, however, typically these motors turn at 30,000 rpm give or take so major gearing would still be required. And I am still not sure about the feedback thing. Some routers have it built in now (EVS). The speed regulator is based on the speed a given motor is capable of. It won't make motors not designed for it turn at 30,000 RPM. Find a 120V motor which is closer to 1000-2000 RPM and see what happens. 3) I have a DC motor from an old Sears drill sitting somewhere. As it stands it would also need the whole gear box to get the speed down to something useable. The speed regulation with it is basically the slow start. When it is turning slowly there is hardly any torque which brings me back to (1). This sounds good -- until you mention later that it is a 12V motor, not a 120V motor. I got one of them drills, too. But again, what happens to the torque at the low speed if using a rheostat? On mine there is a slow start feature which I take to be nothing more than a rheostat. I can stop the chuck by hand at the low speed. 4) It is a thought to make a controller along the lines in (1) for the motor. However, given that the motor is a 12V one I usspect that the current at the lower speeds would be appreciable. You want a drill which plugs directly into the AC line, not one which runs from batteries. I got a 13.6V 20A power supply - that's 1/3HP. [...] Oh -- you are thinking of two belts on each pulley except the end ones. That restricts you to combinations which don't need the same groove for both incoming and outgoing power. And I think the lowest speed with triple reduction would be both too slow for the size of the machine and those tiny belts could not handle the transmission of power over the last two stages. 63 rpm. But I take the point about the torque. Use timing belt pulleys. Figure the largest diameter which would clear the base when mounted directly on the spindle, and then look for the smallest pulley of the same pitch which will mount on the countershaft. At a guess, you might be able to get a 5" diameter pulley plus the belt on the spindle (make sure that it is available with a hub which matches the OD of the spindle at that end), and assuming 5 teeth per inch of circumference, that would be about 78 teeth. Then a smaller pulley with 12 teeth would give about a 6:1 reduction in a single pass. O.K. Looking in McMaster Carr's web site, I find 1/2" wide belt pulleys with a 0.200" pitch (MXL series). Let's see the largest which will fit within 5" diameter. The range for this size is 60 teeth max and 10 teeth minimum, or 6:1 ratio. OD Teeth Bore Cat No Price 0.87" 10 3/16" 57105K11 $7.40 1.13" 14 1/4" 57105K14 $7.51 3.80" 60 5/16" 57105K33 $17.15 So -- if you need to fit it on a 1/4" shaft, you will need at leat 14 teeth (60:14 ratio, or about 128 RPM for 550 RPM in. If you can turn the end of the shaft down to 3/16", you get a full 6:1 ratio, or 91 RPM. These (and others) are on McMaster Carr's catalog page 1044 via the web. (You'll also need to select a belt to fit including the proper spacing between pulleys.) The pulleys which I have listed are acetal plastic, and I would suggest that you go for the steel ones listed a bit later in the page for stronger gears. And you'll probably need to pin the hubs instead of just use setscrews to get enough strength with the small diameter shafts. This would mean turning the spindle shaft down to at least 3/8". I do not think this is possible. AFAIK the spindle is 5/8" with a 5/16" ID. Some of the plain bore pulleys have large enough bores but maximum of 24 teeth or so. It is beginning to feel like trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Some limitations will have to be accepted I think. 12" swing, Increased rigidity, The Holy Grail... -- Michael Koblic Campbell River, BC |
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On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:34:17 -0500, "Martin H. Eastburn"
wrote: On the DC side, I scored a high torque motor - 4 brushes at 90 degrees - that is 24V. Came out of a small elderly scooter. Some of these are beginning to come on line in lew of second/third/fourth generation 4 wheeler buggy/chair. Martin I might have some Omniturn 90vt DC servo motors. Encoders are likely dead, but will run fine. Bout 3" in diameter, about 8" long with a 1/2" shaft about 2" long. Free but for the shipping if I can find em. They are about 1/2 hp IRC. Gunner Michael Koblic wrote: wrote: Start looking at Craigslist or Freecycle for a treadmill. Most of them have a DC motor and controler, but I did find one with a AC motor and a varible speed pulley. Look under Free and be patient. Or look in Ebay for a small VFD and then locally for a small 3 phase motor. I just got a 56 frame three phase motor for $5 at a garage sale. I have been looking for a while at garage sales and local auction. I will expand to Craigs list (where I follow other things). I saw one tread mill motor at the auction here but it was about twice the size of the Taig (2.5HP). I am told scroll saws are another possible source. Typically their motors are rated for about 160 watts but that should do for the Taig (if Don runs his off a 75W one). "Lenin called them "useful idiots," those people living in liberal democracies who by giving moral and material support to a totalitarian ideology in effect were braiding the rope that would hang them. Why people who enjoyed freedom and prosperity worked passionately to destroy both is a fascinating question, one still with us today. Now the useful idiots can be found in the chorus of appeasement, reflexive anti-Americanism, and sentimental idealism trying to inhibit the necessary responses to another freedom-hating ideology, radical Islam" Bruce C. Thornton, a professor of Classics at American University of Cal State Fresno |
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On Jul 3, 8:56*pm, "Michael Koblic" wrote:
Jim Wilkins wrote: ... I am not sure I understand. How is the 4L belt dimension relevant to the Taig? Are you saying I should change the whole drive train to 4L? Isn't it a bit big for the machine? -- Michael Koblic Why would you want to change the rest of the transmission to the Taig style? An oversized motor and belts will cost you a little extra electricity but you can easily make them slip to not overstress the lathe. 1/2" pulleys and 3/4/5L vee belts are the only drive components readily available from hardware stores on weekends, at least around here. And they work well with small electric and gas motors. If you build drives from surplus rather than carefully engineering them, it's very helpful to have very few variations of shaft size and belt type, so you can recycle the growing collection of spares when you move on to air compressors and bandsaws. jsw |
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On Jul 4, 1:36*am, "DoN. Nichols" wrote:
* * * * Someone else suggested a light dimmer which is typically quite inexpensive -- and as for motors -- a cheap hand held electric drill could be clamped onto a shaft in bearings to drive at a lower speed. * Or -- you could salvage a motor out of a vacuum cleaner or a kitchen blender or anything else with a DC/universal motor. *(Just look for brush holders to verify that it is not AC only -- and the holders may be hidden inside, as is common in cheap hand held electric drills.) * * * * Enjoy, * * * * * * * * DoN. That someone was me. Light dimmers work pretty well. They are a stiffer source than a variac, and I believe the back emf from the motor affects when the triac fires. Another source for universal motors is WeedWackers. I bought one at a garage sale recently for $5. Dan |
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