It looks reasonable in fairness - well finished etc. Perhaps I didn't nip it up tight enough - but with a clarkson not so essential - it tightens as it goes. Just lack of cheap cutters is the main drawback.
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It looks reasonable in fairness - well finished etc. Perhaps I didn't nip it up tight enough - but with a clarkson not so essential - it tightens as it goes. Just lack of cheap cutters is the main drawback.
slim_boy_fat
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From reading, the mill would originally have come with a set of 4 x Imperial sizes. The Seller offered me a full set [inc afaik a very rare one, have identified them all yet] of Metric collets for £20 & I took him up on them.
WorkshopChris
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Do you have imperial or metric Clarkson collects, as MSC (J&L) often have a promotion on screwed shank cutters.
8ob
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Today I acquired another 40` s̶p̶a̶c̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶t̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶j̶u̶n̶k̶ shipping container.
30 nice big steel stacking bins.
At set of Siegen spanners for the truck which I decanted into a canvas tool roll.
Quite a nice budget spanner
Out of sight is out of mind, with a bit of luck my guys wont spot these
30 nice big steel stacking bins.
At set of Siegen spanners for the truck which I decanted into a canvas tool roll.
Quite a nice budget spanner
Out of sight is out of mind, with a bit of luck my guys wont spot these
eLuSiVeMiTe
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I believe I have a fair few screwed cutters knocking around in the drawer.
Il pull them out over the weekend.
Il pull them out over the weekend.
Seadog
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Under a heavy cut, you could find a cutter pulling out of an ER collet. That is impossible with the Clarkson chuck because the rotation of the cutter screws it back against the centre.
Olderisbetter
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Free in a local paper some old car radio bits and a nice speaker and radio housing for one of my old bangers.
Seadog
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<TYA>
Today I acquired, via Gumtree, some 'lathe tools.'
A Southbend 9" cross slide, an interesting indexing toolpost, which I assume also is Southbend, and a couple of home made toolposts.
Also this
Which I believe is a Myford faceplate.
And this
Whicht I believe is a Dore-Westbury milling attachment.
The man wanted £120. I gave him £140. Why?
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Because, also included was
Yes! A Boxford boring table, worth the money alone. No gib strip though and I seem to have lost one of the T-bolts
But wait, it gets better.
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There was this too...
The 'very rare' Boxford three-axis milling slide. Oh, deep joy
</TYA>
Today I acquired, via Gumtree, some 'lathe tools.'
A Southbend 9" cross slide, an interesting indexing toolpost, which I assume also is Southbend, and a couple of home made toolposts.
Also this
Which I believe is a Myford faceplate.
And this
Whicht I believe is a Dore-Westbury milling attachment.
The man wanted £120. I gave him £140. Why?
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.
.
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.
.
.
Because, also included was
Yes! A Boxford boring table, worth the money alone. No gib strip though and I seem to have lost one of the T-bolts
But wait, it gets better.
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There was this too...
The 'very rare' Boxford three-axis milling slide. Oh, deep joy
</TYA>
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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<TYA>
Today I acquired, via Gumtree, some 'lathe tools.'
View attachment 158075
A Southbend 9" cross slide, an interesting indexing toolpost, which I assume also is Southbend, and a couple of home made toolposts.
Also this
View attachment 158079
Which I believe is a Myford faceplate.
And this
View attachment 158077
Whicht I believe is a Dore-Westbury milling attachment.
The man wanted £120. I gave him £140. Why?
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.
.
.
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.
.
.
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Because, also included was
View attachment 158078
Yes! A Boxford boring table, worth the money alone. No gib strip though and I seem to have lost one of the T-bolts
But wait, it gets better.
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There was this too...
View attachment 158080
The 'very rare' Boxford three-axis milling slide. Oh, deep joy
</TYA>
A good haul.
eLuSiVeMiTe
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Excellent haul<TYA>
Today I acquired, via Gumtree, some 'lathe tools.'
View attachment 158075
A Southbend 9" cross slide, an interesting indexing toolpost, which I assume also is Southbend, and a couple of home made toolposts.
Also this
View attachment 158079
Which I believe is a Myford faceplate.
And this
View attachment 158077
Whicht I believe is a Dore-Westbury milling attachment.
The man wanted £120. I gave him £140. Why?
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Because, also included was
View attachment 158078
Yes! A Boxford boring table, worth the money alone. No gib strip though and I seem to have lost one of the T-bolts
But wait, it gets better.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
There was this too...
View attachment 158080
The 'very rare' Boxford three-axis milling slide. Oh, deep joy
</TYA>
Seadog
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God mode restorations
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Nice. Especially the Westbury attachment.<TYA>
Today I acquired, via Gumtree, some 'lathe tools.'
View attachment 158075
A Southbend 9" cross slide, an interesting indexing toolpost, which I assume also is Southbend, and a couple of home made toolposts.
Also this
View attachment 158079
Which I believe is a Myford faceplate.
And this
View attachment 158077
Whicht I believe is a Dore-Westbury milling attachment.
The man wanted £120. I gave him £140. Why?
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Because, also included was
View attachment 158078
Yes! A Boxford boring table, worth the money alone. No gib strip though and I seem to have lost one of the T-bolts
But wait, it gets better.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
There was this too...
View attachment 158080
The 'very rare' Boxford three-axis milling slide. Oh, deep joy
</TYA>
Farside
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MattF
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Are those eight track tapes & a player?
Olderisbetter
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Yes untested as of yet but if it works i have a few other 8 track tapes i have never tested.
indy4x
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Happened to me, Vertex so not cheap crap just me being a plonker
Hood
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In what way?
indy4x
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There were no flats on the collet chuck to hold while you tighten the clamping nut and no spindle lock on the mill so it simply wasn't tight enough
Chuck now has 2 flats machined on it so I can hold it with a spanner while tightening the clamping nut
Hood
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So not really a fault of the ER system.
I have never had a cutter pull out of an ER collet yet and I take some serious cuts at times.
I am not knocking the Clarkson style, they are good for threaded HSS cutters but that seriously limits their use.
