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Hi Chaps,

Not been on for a long while due to work commitments.
I may regret selling this mill as Ive put a mass amount of work into this
as well as money, think Im closing towards £2500 UK...

Nice work mate, can see ur drip feed on the y you mentioned
on my thread same as mine - lovely work...

John

Yeh a New stand it is Eoin - cheers for input

Very good input Tim - A lot of people have stired me away from the bolting to the wall idea - I had it stuck in my mind to do it as Im extending my garage
and the new wall going in was pushing me in...

Heh Poke away - thats what it all about Tim -
And what your explain here is very well thought out and even though Im
originally trained as an engineer myself youve explained better than I could...

Ye still comes to mind about bolting column to wall Mad Welder (Eoin from now on heh ;))

Was thinking around similar method to video below with enlongated holes
so as not to pull the column out...

Nice work - I love homebrew designs like this - can you provide any more info?

Such as what coolant your using and any more detail on the venturi as in the video the venturi is not that clear

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Well done Rob on deciding to jump on board.
Good luck with the build.

Im in the middle of my build which is a slow one but hopefully be as right as I can get it.

Ive not got access to another...

That is spot on Mad Welder - love it

My brother plays guitar and will have to try and do one for him once im up and running - great inspiration mate

Thank you for the thumbs up on what Ive done here,
Keep an eye out here for my updates on this
and for doing the Z axis.

Its good to get such good feedback so thanks again

John

Cheers for the input

Hi Hoss

I hope you dont mind me jumping in here, Im sure many could answer this however I value your opinion, just to add I did buy your DVD even though I know your willing to help anyway.
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Great reply for me Mad Welder.

Material and Speeds:
Alloy will be my main material, Yes I was thinking up in the levels of around 6000 RPM and if Ive got this correct was in my mind a motor with...

Cheers Mate - just looked through your build thread but never seen the plumbing however you have done some nice precision work there mate - very very top notch stuff


John

Cheers Ray for that input, if you could give any motor examples for me to think about for future let us know - you could post on my thread to save highjacking Mad Welders on this one if you see this...

Yeh Im with you there - I just hate that attitude - if they were a new company they would cry out for the business.
Ive not got my couplers yet but if I get stuck its good to know of your offer to...

Your welcome mate.. Yourself and many others on here, have give me great input and advice plus kept my thread alive which is what this site is all about and if I get any chance to "give back" and...

Thanks for the kind words Mad Welder - ye was proud of the result here - realy though it through first trying out different pipe routes.
There is no need at all to add a supporting bracket as the...

Yeh did mention where I got most of the parts from however for reference
all the brass connectors, pipes and brackets was from:

One Shot Lubrication System - Arc Euro Trade

Based in the UK
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Well spotted, was hoping no one did as I realised that the first hole should have beed further out otherwise the oil connector would have hit the z column loosing
a little bit of travel ( not much)...

Some pics chaps of one shot oiler finished on X and Y
Plus motor mount on the Y.

Does the job realy well, you will see an oil connector in the middle of the saddle, this drip feeds the Y Axis...

For future reference mate what motor have you upgraded with:
This is on my mind for future - a lot use treadmill motors such as nordic mortor

Here are some TEC ones ive just spottted:
Electric...

Cheers for that info mate - very welcome

Yeh you see the point
Yeh the nut is too far in to access the grub screw in it for the Y axis
Drill another hole in the mount may allow me to put an allen key through
to tighten the grub

and on...

Well said Mad Welder - Im a rush type of guy too and the best thing Ive done so far is that I havent bought my electrics yet only the machanical gear.

I know for a fact if Id have had my electrics...

Dont worry mate I was loosing myself trying to explain this.

Heres another go maybe:

The mounts come with sealed bearing in and dont use thrust bearing and washers like the stock mill does.
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Spot on reply mate,
Yeh Ive found Alibre very good and a good starting point for me,
So far Ive been able to design the product lines I want for the Camera
market once I get these to market Ill...

I was going to buy from Mcmastercarr in the USA but they binned me off
saying "McMaster-Carr only accepts orders from our established customers overseas."
I replied and asked how they got...

Dont worry mate I was too, however with these parts makes the job
very dooable for a newbie who does not have another mill.

If Im honest I was very apprehensive just to start stripping the Mill...

Yeh TTS is top notch mate.
Not got my oldham couplers yet however you may get the correct sizes in the US - you buy them in 3 parts and mix and match sizes
Id look into this if I was u as if you...