[kevincnc]

Wow. Well planned, nicely executed.
What's the big whammy bar on the far left ?

Thanks, that's a 5C collet closer. Some day I'll make a pneumatic one and add a bar puller. Right now I still need to cut the drawbar tube shorter and re-thread it for collets, so only have the chuck to work with for now.

I'm currently working on a toolholder block with 1/2", 5/8", and 3/4" holes for boring bars, taps, drills, reamers, etc. Once that's done, I'll be able to hold all the tools at once to face, bore, and tread the drawbar tube.



I spent a LOT of time on sealing up the enclosure and protecting the linear guides and ballscrews, and I hope to put thru-tool high pressure coolant on it. I came across a 1000PSI, 3GPM pump that I hope to use for that.

One of the pictures below shows the machine with the doors removed. Coolant that drips off of the left door when it's opened drains through the trough back into the enclosure. There is a cover plate for the cutout over the chip bin (garbage can) below.

Kevin