[modeleng] Re: Taper Turning Attachment

  • From: "Ken Strauss" <ken.strauss@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 12:45:13 -0400

I'll second that request. Perhaps the drawings could be on a website so that
we could all benefit? The Yahoo MyMyford group has ample storage space
available. Failing that, I'd appreciate a copy to ken.strauss@xxxxxxxxx if
it is not too much trouble.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Roger Mason
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 12:41 PM
> To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Taper Turning Attachment
> 
> Hi Chris,
> 
>     I was interested to hear of your ideas about a taper turning
> attachment for a Myford.
> 
>     I am mulling ideas around for just such a thing.
> 
>     Is there any way that you could send me sketches (or even proper
> drawings) to me,  so that I don't have to re-invent the wheel!
> 
> 
>        Cheers,
> 
> 
>           Roger Mason,  in a St. Agnes that has had rain,  sleet,
> hail,  snow and sunshine in the last 24 hours.
> 
> 
> 
> Chris Crosskey wrote:
> 
> >Hi Shep,
> >I've got a kit built (well, part built) similar one that I'm planning on
> >fitting to my Myford once it's been bodged a bit more.... The idea is
> >that you can have a taper turning attachment that covers the full length
> >of the bed without needing either an enormous fixture covering the whole
> >bed or needing to remove and refit a smaller fixture (like the standard
> >Myford one).... I want to put screw vernier adjusters on mine, though
> >it's possible looking at the way that mine is made that the upper piece
> >can be made easily removeable in which case mine will have the screw
> >vernier and a couple of patterns made, one for 2MT and one for 1 3/8
> >non-stick (so I can knock out bits for my mill)
> >
> >Also I've seen one on a Harrison at college that had a copying
> >attachment that ran off the parallel bedway.... It even had a repetition
> >capstan and stops on it.....
> >
> >chrisc
> >
> >
> >
> 
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