I'd like to build a vertical milling slide for the Hercus 9" using the plans in TMBR2 page 61
Need to cut a 9" long 1/4"( maybe bigger ) keyway in approx 2" diameter cylinder for the main vertical upright.
Could I "plane" it by putting an appropriate tool in the toolpost and advancing it a zillionth of an inch then using the autofeed on its slowest setting to travel the tool down the length of the workpiece ? Like a primitive shaper ?
Or is that a silly idea and likely to damage something and I havent thought about it properly ? ...........in which case I need to either build a "pump handle" planing attachment or wind it back and forth by hand ?
Would the best way to do it be to put a milling bit in the headstock and run the cylinder past it but in order to do that I need to have a milling slide which is what I am building.I suppose I could build a temporary rough as guts one off jig to hold it, but am interested in understanding the other process.
Found this whilst googling - thought it was interesting. (lotsa googling at the moment confined to house cos am crook)
http://ift.tt/1r7szfT
A small milling machine is in the future somewhere, but until then it'd be nice to have some limited capability.
Bill
Need to cut a 9" long 1/4"( maybe bigger ) keyway in approx 2" diameter cylinder for the main vertical upright.
Could I "plane" it by putting an appropriate tool in the toolpost and advancing it a zillionth of an inch then using the autofeed on its slowest setting to travel the tool down the length of the workpiece ? Like a primitive shaper ?
Or is that a silly idea and likely to damage something and I havent thought about it properly ? ...........in which case I need to either build a "pump handle" planing attachment or wind it back and forth by hand ?
Would the best way to do it be to put a milling bit in the headstock and run the cylinder past it but in order to do that I need to have a milling slide which is what I am building.I suppose I could build a temporary rough as guts one off jig to hold it, but am interested in understanding the other process.
Found this whilst googling - thought it was interesting. (lotsa googling at the moment confined to house cos am crook)
http://ift.tt/1r7szfT
A small milling machine is in the future somewhere, but until then it'd be nice to have some limited capability.
Bill
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