[Potatohead908]

I am not to be trusted with "self limiting". I will be watching you progress.

[photomankc]

I was thinking the same thing a few years back. The headstock on the X2 is pretty much the same as the 7" lathe so it would make sense. I would unfortunately be saddled with an R8 spindle instead of an MT so not ideal but should be useful for engraving, indexing, and light milling.

[abfa9358]

Well a bit more progress. The part I made the other night now fits nicely on the spindle. I cut the keyway using a purpose made tool mounted in the CNC miller, and then wrote a simple loop to shave off 0.001" per pass.

I then made a start on the housing which involved cutting a 100mm dia steel bar - a job for the new bandsaw!. I got it at Xmas during a Machine Mart vat free day, after changing the blade to a bi-metal M42 blade from Tuff Saws - Tuff Saws, Quality Bandsaw Blades the saw cuts an absolute treat - I advise anyone getting one of these saws to change the blade to a quality part prior to performing complex "tune-ups". I did extend the vice and added a screw jack at the far end, I also junked the "stand" and built a wooden wheeled trolley out of an old kitchen work surface.

I mounted the steel bar in the lathe and started to rough machine the outer body. As this proceeded it struck me that a NEMA23 motor rather than the size 34 motor would result in a much neater design solution and would allow me to create all the flanges / mountings from the 100mm dia steel stock.

Back to TurboCAD...and here are the results, much better than the first attempt.


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