Chesterman 369 height gauge

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Thanks Steve

MichaelG.

Steve, you are a gentleman!

Yes, I can see them, excellent photos - and now having seen them I think I will start again and make something a bit better than my current attempt

Looks like the end of the clamp screw pushes a sprung plate, the same as the other clamp which is a lot better than having the screw marking the 'finger' so I am going to do the same.

I have been busy the last week or two installing electrical ducting around the walls of my 'batcave' so it will be nice to get back to doing something a bit more interesting - I have put up a couple of images of this (in Odds and Sods) if you are interested...)

This is in anticipation of a bit of re-arrangement to make room for the new milling machine...

Best wishes

Chris

Edited By Chris Parsons on 05/08/2013 15:40:58

Chris , the "wierd system" refers to the photograph uploading not to Chesterman products. The clamp requires very little screw movement as it is a push fit on the finger. How big the miller ? will it dim the lights on start-up ?

SteveB

The motor on the mill (Sieg SX3) is the same as the one on my lathe (Sieg SC4) which are both 1000w brushless - they run off a standard ring main (13 amp plug - I am in the UK, 240v supply)

The ring main and lights are not on the same circuit, the sockets in the 'batcave' are on a 32 amp circuit breaker, and I have never had it trip (so far!) This is a standard circuit in the UK - the same type of socket you would plug your television into, nothing special. If you go for an industrial milling machine (like a Bridgeport) I believe these run off a 3 phase supply and have special supply requirements but I certainly do not have the space for something like this...

It's not very likely I'll have the mill and lathe working hard at the same time - but to put it in perspective an electric radiant heater is 2.5 KW (2,500 watt) and you can run these off a 13 amp socket apparently

All the cabling is up to spec (I studied electrical engineering in college many years ago)

I am more worried about hot metal chips going down my overalls

Be lucky

Chris

Edited By Chris Parsons on 05/08/2013 21:13:06