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setting up a vertical head

This topic has 10 replies, 5 voices, and was last updated 12 December 2012 at 23:34 by Phil P.

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11 December 2012 at 21:58 #30422
tony bastick
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11 December 2012 at 21:58 #106007
tony bastick
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I have a Senior M1 milling mc with a std vertical head and when set up to the markinge scribed on the mc it does not cut square to the table but is about 1/2 a degree out of plum. Does anyone know of a quick way to set up a vertical head accuratly?
11 December 2012 at 22:01 #106008
Phil P
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You could do a lot worse than get one of these.

http://www.machine-dro.co.uk/edge-technology-pro-tram-system.html

Look up "tramming" to tell you a few other methods.

Phil
11 December 2012 at 22:46 #106011
Nobby
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Hi Tony
Put an accurate square on the quill from the Machine bed for a start Slapped wrist. !!!!
Nobby

Edited By Nobby on 11/12/2012 22:48:40
11 December 2012 at 23:15 #106013
Harold Hall 1
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Even with suitable test equipment Tony, making the very minute adjustments necessary can be very tedious. The method shown in photograph 5 here enables very small adjustments to be made easily. In simple terms, the table's traverse is used to push, or pull, the head sideways by very small amounts and with the dial indicator showing the results as it is being done . The text explains it in detail.

Harold
11 December 2012 at 23:23 #106015
Harold Hall 1
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I should have added that the machine standards state that the departure from perpendicular should be no more than 0.025mm over 300mm amounting to a maximum angle of 0.005°. Hence my comments about minute adjustments. Again this is explained in the text.

Harold
12 December 2012 at 13:15 #106057
Phil P
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This the set up I currently use on my Alexander Mill

Phil

Edited By Phil P on 12/12/2012 13:18:24
12 December 2012 at 17:39 #106070
Sub Mandrel
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HI Phil,

I like that My 'sheet of plate glass' approach is very vulnerable to wee bits of swarf on the mill table.

Neil
12 December 2012 at 22:22 #106093
tony bastick
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Thanks all for your helpfull tips, but Nobby the Senior Mill has no quill or machined surface on the head.Thony
12 December 2012 at 22:32 #106098
Nobby
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Hi Tony
Another slapped wriist . When I clocked (Tramming) the Bridgeport etc using a similar set up as Phil but used a slip to run the dti over.
I did notice the Nut & split on the head can it be wound down ?
Happy Tramming & Xmas
Nobby
12 December 2012 at 23:34 #106109
Phil P
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Neil

The reason my tramming device is stood on three legs, is so it can sit on the mill table spanning the vice. The three legs are simply adjusted to the same length using a micrometer, that ensures the surface is truly parallel to the table.

I cannot claim any design rights on this tool, I saw this and realised I could make one in about half an hour.

http://www.eztram.com/what.asp

Nobby

The vertical head does have just over two inches of quill movement.

It is an Alexander Master Toolmaker, the UK equivalent of a Deckel FP1

http://www.lathes.co.uk/alexander/index.html

Phil
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