Richard Hardcastle | 25/05/2016 14:04:39 |
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Hi. When I bought my lathe a few months ago it came with various odds and sods most of which were easily identified. However there is what I think is a milling attachment but it looks incomplete. Can anybody tell me what is missing from it please. If it matters the lathe is an ML2. Edited By Richard Hardcastle on 25/05/2016 14:04:54 Edited By Richard Hardcastle on 25/05/2016 14:07:34 Edited By Richard Hardcastle on 25/05/2016 14:08:21 |
Neil Wyatt | 25/05/2016 14:21:39 |
![]() 19226 forum posts 749 photos 86 articles | It looks like a homebrew vertical slide which would be mounted with the handwheel on top. I suspect the top slide can be mounted on it using the curved slots , or perhaps a machine vice. It all looks rather over-size for the ML2. Neil
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Hopper | 25/05/2016 14:35:38 |
![]() 7881 forum posts 397 photos | Yes it looks like a rather nicely homemade vertical slide. The T bolts would fit in the T slots on the cross slide, once the topslide was removed. Whatever was used to hold teh work would bolt on the other round flange with the two curved bolt slots in it. Possibly a three or four jaw chuck of some sort. Or a small vice with two hold-down bolts which could then be swivelled from a vertical to horizontal position. Or even a Myffrod dividing head looks like it could bolt on there, it used two hold down bolts and attached to the standard Myfrod vertical slide. Is there anything in the box of bits you have that looks like it has two bolts or bolt holes that might line up with those two curved slots? |
Richard Hardcastle | 25/05/2016 19:40:58 |
![]() 13 forum posts 17 photos | So it's homemade...that'll be why I've never been able to find anything similar on google lol. I'll have a look tomorrow to see if there's anything that might bolt to it but as far as I can remember the lathe came with a 3 jaw and 4 jaw self centreing chucks, a 4 jaw independant chuck and a 6-7 inch back plate but I'll make sure there isn't anything else I've overlooked. |
Neil Wyatt | 25/05/2016 21:14:34 |
![]() 19226 forum posts 749 photos 86 articles | I seriously think it's a match for the top slide, but I can't think why that would be useful. |
Michael Gilligan | 25/05/2016 22:23:56 |
![]() 23121 forum posts 1360 photos | Posted by Neil Wyatt on 25/05/2016 21:14:34:
I seriously think it's a match for the top slide, but I can't think why that would be useful. . Maybe if there was a toopost-mounted drilling/milling or grinding spindle, and a watchmaker's style overhead drive ? MichaelG. . P.S. ... I would recommend re-engineering those raising blocks !! |
Martin Newbold | 28/05/2016 15:33:02 |
415 forum posts 240 photos | Looks jolly interesting and missing a part to me as it looks likes something rotated on the side of it . I would imaging its made to go on your saddle have you tried removing tool holder to see if it fits? Martin |
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