Tom Senior Light Vertical rebuild

[squazy84]

my little myford could use a very light grind on the bed ,i was asking my local machinist,who has a grinder but with only 17'' travel its not able to do it in one pass so wouldn't be accurate I think,i may ask renn engineering in galway,their as good as you will get in the west anyway

 

[ronan]

my little myford could use a very light grind on the bed ,i was asking my local machinist,who has a grinder but with only 17'' travel its not able to do it in one pass so wouldn't be accurate I think,i may ask renn engineering in galway,their as good as you will get in the west anyway

You'd probably have to strip the lathe right down, pallet it and get it done in the uk.

 

[clueless77]

Tom Senior slotting head on E-blag at the moment on a buy it now or best offer if any of you Senior owners interested (not mine, info only)

 

[Shox Dr]

Coming together nicely now.

All though I'm selling this machine, I still wanted to fit the DRO, and I dont want it to get in the way, or to look an afterthought.

The x axis is the hardest to fit, if it goes on the rear of the table it reduces the y axis movement, if it goes on the front it looks bulky and cant use the stops. So it needs to go somewhere else? Underneath is the answer. Problem then is a glass encodrr will on fit... but a 1micron magnetic encoder will

So I milled a flat on the underside of the table, using the Major,

 

[Shox Dr]

Magnetic strip in place and out the way.

Next was a mounting block for the encoder

 

[Shox Dr]

Fitted and in place, really pleased with the outcome.

 

[Robotstar5]

Fitted and in place, really pleased with the outcome.

That's a nice, neat installation stainless button heads on the next one?

 

[Shox Dr]

That's a nice, neat installation stainless button heads on the next one?

Thank you, I hate cables n crap.

Z and Y axis fitted with 5 micron glass scales.

 

[squazy84]

Ill be borrowing a few of them ideas myself when the time comes!!

 

[Shox Dr]

Got a bit more done.

Cleaned up the z axis encoder bracket, and tidied up the cabling.

I managed to reuse all but 2 of the holes to p-clip the side. Deciding to use adhesive pads for the rear, so as not to pepper the column with anymore holes than necessary.
Next up was the suds pump, converted to 240v single phase using a small cap. Metal clad switch fitted to the underneath of the vfd, I also found a home for the cap in the btm corner of the inverter. Powered from the inverter supply.

 

[Shox Dr]

Suds pump fused [2amp] switched wired up, link to cap protected with shrink tube that has heat activated glue inside, kipped closed with a pair of pliers

 

[Shox Dr]

Got the lock fitted to the door I cut in the base, to make a storage cabinet.

Loads of useful storage The wood floor is 2" thick beachwood block,

I'll protect the z axis screw with a length of waste pipe.

Almost ready for a new owner

 

[Shox Dr]

Ive replaced all the oiling points with high pressure mirco grease nipples [as used on MTB forks] as they are so small a carrier has been machined out of brass

Along with a brand new gun

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Very neat & tidy installation there!

 

[Wedg1e]

I have one of those oil guns... bought it from someone on a forum years ago

 

[Shox Dr]

I have one of those oil guns... bought it from someone on a forum years ago

What you need is the milling machine to go with it now​

 

[caveman]

What you need is the milling machine to go with it now​

I am interested in the Tom pls pal if still a available

 

[RichardM]

Where did you get the grease nipples from?

 

[Shox Dr]

I am interested in the Tom pls pal if still a available

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Where did you get the grease nipples from?

Used for greasing MTB fork legs. Not sure where you could get them, no doubt someone will know. I've not many left now, so they get used sparingly .

 

[Shox Dr]

I thought I'd posted the finished mill. I'll take some tomorrow.