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spoiledbrat
Look at that immaculate workshop...
Have you ever done any work in there?
It's called a shop-vac it takes over!! I could lend it to you,It know's what to do, & does not need any training
RomanLini
That's how all my machines look,The work tables of a machine is very important to keep them in great condition, If you want to hold tight tolerances on the parts you make
That machine is more than 10 years old, It is just a Standard Manual Jet knee Mill, no read-out, no power feed, (Just handles to crank) But I did fit a VFD, I have had servo motors on the X axes, but only for testing different motors
I usually just clean up the area of,(chips swarf oil Etc)before I take the photos, to make them look better
Mactec54
spoiledbrat
Look at that immaculate workshop...
Have you ever done any work in there?
It's called a shop-vac it takes over!! I could lend it to you,It know's what to do, & does not need any training
Mactec54
"It's called a shop-vac it takes over!! I could lend it to you,It know's what to do, & does not need any training "
Probably has too many buttons to safely employ in this shop...
Rob
If my mills were that clean they would feel absolutely NAKED. They actually like having swarf and oil all over them.
CarveOne
CarveOne
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For drilling, tapping, & reaming dowel holes in the ends of the frame rails, a fixture was made to mount on the side of the Mill table
The fixture was milled on the edges & then set up on the Mill table, the Key slot was cut
90deg to the edges of the aluminum plate, the holes were then drill, reamed for dowels & some of the holes were tapped
2 steel Keys were made for the mounting
With the fixture mounted on the Mill, the dowels were fitted down one edge & a stop at the bottom, it then has
2 Mitee-Bite clamps on the other side, to push & hold the parts up against the dowels, The ends were ready to get there holes done
There are 2 reamed holes & 2 tapped holes in each end
CarveOne
My machines would never feel naked, they are always making something,material being cut on them as well as losts of cutting oils Etc, The shop-vac sucks everything up for the photo shoots
Mactec54
Originally Posted by mactec54
We're just teasing. It's a lot of work keeping one that clean. Mine get cleaned also, but fighting rust due to the local humidity is tough.
CarveOne
CarveOne
http://www.carveonecncwoodcraft.com
CarveOne
If you need a lub,anti rust, try this on your machines or anything you want to use it on,Even for cutting/tapping it works quite well, This will solve your humidity problems on your machines, The humidity is not to bad here in TN
INOX Lube: inox-mx3 Multipurpose, Non-Toxic Lubricant
Mactec54
Respectfully teasing, and with a touch of jealousy (from my end anyway).
But that humidity is a machine killer too, I have 60% to 80% humidity here with tropical heat thrown in, that's why I get surface rust. It's got nothing to do with the fact that I don't clean and lube them enough... No no it's the humidity I tell you.
I don't recall seeing that one around here. I usually just get a light film of rust patina and clean it off when I see it, then apply pure carnuba wax. That takes care of it until the next time high humidity and below freezing temps occur again. A severe case happened a couple of weeks ago when I had to raise the garage door during one of those days. Next morning there was a layer of water on all of the cold metal. Painted metal had none on it. The garage door seal strips do a pretty good job of keeping moisture out otherwise.
I'll admit that I'm not fastidious in cleaning mine as you appear to be, but it's clean when I start working with it. From there it just goes down hill until I'm finished with it and it gets another cleaning.
CarveOne
CarveOne
http://www.carveonecncwoodcraft.com
RomanLini
That's high humidity, were in Australia are you,I lived there for a while, You can get the ( Inox ) in Australia it's made there I think, this will protect your machines from the humidity & the rust monster, it's a great product
Main Base Frame support rails are finished machined, The next parts will be the End Frames, These pieces will be attached to End Frame supports
Mactec54
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