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Thanks. That should work fine, for me. It's not going to be a very rigid set-up so, I'll only be taking very light cuts. If it takes all morning to cut the rebate, that's ok! I'll do plenty of experimentation first.

I've never used indexable cutters but I don't see why not. 25mm dia. is fine and with integral 2MT....... I hadn't spotted those on the Arc website. Thanks old mart.

I need a 1" dia. cutter for the end radius. I could get one with a 1/2" shank and use a MT2 collet to mount it as high as possible in the spindle. Was thinking of this cutter

Edited By Miles Hellon on 14/10/2021 19:55:18

Thanks again for your suggestions old mart. 15 months later and I've been wondering if it might be better to take the machine to the workpiece......... The sawbench I'm modifying has a sliding table. It would be possible to mount the ram of my Dore Westbury to the sliding table in order to mill the slot in the main section of the table.

In the picture the cut is highlighted in red.

Edited By Miles Hellon on 14/10/2021 20:07:59

Thanks old mart. Counterbalancing with weight is a good idea. I'm not too happy working at the limit of longitudinal travel either. Jobs like this are a good case for having a head which rotates around the axis of the column....

Looks like it will be a day's preparation for 1/2 hour machining

Miles

No progress on the Light Vertical itself but I need to use it to do some modifications to a Wadkin sawbench that I'm restoring.... I'd appreciate some feedback on this...

I have to cut a rebate into the edge of the saw's table. This is my plan to support the table on the mill, using the existing fixing system and two 50mm x 20mm bars. Does it look ok? I could put a jack where the ribbing reduces? The table weighs about 45kg......

Miles

Steve collecting and delivering my Myford 254. As others have said, someone you can depend on.

Edited By Miles Hellon on 13/06/2020 19:45:33

Steve delivering my Tom Senior LV

Tried heating up the chuck's collar with my soldering iron, in an attempt to free it. No luck with that.

Anyway, managed to extract the chuck with the wedges, using this setup:

Thanks again for the help.

Thanks Steve

I found this thread: **LINK**

Thanks Jason,

This is to remove a collet chuck from the machine. I could turn the head horizontally and support the wedge on a machine vice on the bed?

Miles

I've already soaked mine in penetrating oil and hit the drawbar as hard as I feel comfortable doing. I was worried about damaging the bearings. Will try with the wedge set and a clamp.

Miles

Hi Steve,

Timely bump. Just about to start working on mine again.

Just received the No. 6 chuck removal wedge set which I ordered from the U.S. on Monday!

Any one have advice on using these to extract a very tight MT2 arbor?

Miles

Hi David,

Thanks. Good idea, I'll try that.

Kind regards,

Miles

Les, Emgee,

The light runs on 24V. There is a 12.5V/25V transformer in the light switch box. With the present wiring, the light does work, but only when the machine is running!

Regards,

Miles

Edited By Miles Hellon on 15/02/2019 08:23:23

Edited By Miles Hellon on 15/02/2019 08:23:45

Edited By Miles Hellon on 15/02/2019 08:27:56

Emgee,

Haven't tried the light yet. No bulb for it. But I know what to do if it doesn't work

Thanks,

Miles

Thanks Emgee, that was indeed the key...... In fact there were/are two faults! The first was that when I swapped the converter outputs to change motor rotation direction I connected either L1 or L3 to the L2 input terminal in the NVR switch. The second fault is that the start button only works if it's pressed in a certain way! You need to press on the right side of the button. If you press on the left or middle of the button, nothing happens! It was this combination of needing specific phase connections and behaviour of the start button that was so confusing!

Thanks to you all for your help with this.

Regards,

Miles