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17th April 2009, 09:17 AM #1Senior Member
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spindle aid
I had a request for some tall, slender candle holders about 350mm high with 8mm dia stems. I decided to try to build a support for the tailstock end that might provide enough support to eliminate the need for a wheel or string steady. The attached is what I came up with and it actually worked well. I now have some improvements planned to make it more useful over a range of cup sizes and generally clean up the design but he basic concept will remain---- I think
Sketching is not great but I not an artist or draftsman (person?)
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17th April 2009, 12:22 PM #2
Good solution
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Ed
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17th April 2009, 08:41 PM #3
If the tailstock live center has a removable center point, remove it before mounting the nose cone, so that the aid can be removed by the drift rod. I made something like this, but made the fit really snug over the barrel of the live center; learned the lesson the hard way.
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18th April 2009, 09:13 AM #4Senior Member
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Thanks Joe. I recognized that possibility but I wanted the center for better support so I removed the set screw that holds the center in. Failed to mention that in my comments. I have already moved to a quite different design which requires a new live center and therefore some "management consultation" with the bean counter
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19th April 2009, 12:58 AM #5
Here's my solution to supporting the hollowed end of a slender turning. Make your own live centre. All you need is a bearing of some sort, even the ones from inline skates will do and some nice hardwood.
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Shorty
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19th April 2009, 08:39 AM #6Senior Member
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Fixer. That looks like a good solution but I cannot see the right hand end well enough to see the (I assume?) taper??
I might go that way , thanks.
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19th April 2009, 10:12 PM #7
Here you go Phred. No2 morse taper to fit my tailstock. Not to hard to achieve once you get the hang of it.
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20th April 2009, 12:47 AM #8
I did something very similar with the tailspur that came with my one of my MC-900s, which looks much like the one in the orig. sketch.
I was turning spheres at the time and wanted to change it from a centre-spur to a cup type fitting.
The "cover" slipped off the bearing quite easily so I could slip the wooden cup over instead, but when it came time to swap the two back over again... Major hassles! The metal one would push back on again, but would also trap air inside and as soon as I let go it'd "pop" halfway off again.
Rather than muck around with it, I've left it as my "special" MT & bearing, for custom centres. And still use it quite a bit, even though I now also have a commercial modular system.
- Andy Mc
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20th April 2009, 07:28 PM #9
Have similar to The Fixers
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