The frame of the Heavy 10L is cast so the front guard/cover and the lower brace are all one piece. Essential it's a hole for the front 1/2 of the belt to pass through up to the pulley. The belt must b

The Heavy 10L also requires the belt to be split. John

Very interesting. John

The general consensus on the CNC groups is that a compound slide is useless and tends to exacerbate chatter. That it's better to remove the compound and mount the QC tool post onto a riser block for o

Hi Bill, Way back in 1967 the Grade 8 Shop class taught printing, pottery, wood working, plastic vacuum forming and metal working. As part of the general all around education for boys (girls were not

Hi all, I agree that sometimes we tend to forget that we can build a solution rather than buy. As an example, http://www.autoartisans.com/mill/SpindleControl/CustomBolts.pdf With the end result being

I'll second that. Always been a bit confused by that. John

Nice job!!!

I did this crappy video many years ago now. Should really redo it with my better camera. Shows my ELS touching up the tool bit automatically feeding the Z axis in on each pass. It's just a matter of h

Thanks. I meant to say Far East. I've discovered a really high quality stepper and servo motor company called Bergerda in China. Reasonable prices and much better than Stepperonline. No whine from the

Sorry Steve, You're right of course. I've been up to my elbows on some changes to my mill and my fingers just typed X where I should have said Z is the only axis powered and I don't have a control on

Hi Andrei, The E-Leadscrew@groups.io is the better forum to discuss the merits of the various Electronic Gearing E299 Euros == $352US verses Electronic Lead Screw $180US systems. I guess also depends

Or my ELS. I've been using this on my Heavy 10L with only the X axis. All threads, boring to depth accurately and an inexpensive 1 PPR sensor for the spindle. Haven't needed the taper and therefore X

Thank you for posting that story. Very educational. John Dammeyer

While I'm in the middle of something it usually looks like a bomb hit the place. But I have also been trying to be more organized. For example a short while ago I was cleaning the wood working area an

Here's the photo. Excuse the mess. Wasn't expecting company in the shop. I've put it here rather than attaching it because this way I can give you much higher resolution so that you can zoom in to see

When I get back I'll take a photo. Sent from my Samsung S10

Since my collet rack was still off from taking those pictures I checked with a tape measure and from the top of the V way on the bed to the top of the post is 10" on mine. John Dammeyer

Here's what mine looks like. Two set screws to hold it to the post. John Dammeyer Sent from my Samsung S10

My 10L stock collet rack came out at 28.5 degrees tipped down from horizontal. John