On Monday 10 October 2016 09:58:16 John Kasunich wrote: > On Mon, Oct 10, 2016, at 09:39 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > The problem slippage is because these Chinese TTS holders > > can't be tightened in by the drawbar bolt, tight enough to stop the > > TTS from turning in the R8 when I am tightening the nut on the TTS. > > IMO these should have been keyed into the R8, but wasn't. > > > > I need a longer, 100 mm's doesn't give me enough leverage, square > > box end, not open end, wrench for the drawbar bolt. > > Are you talking about tightening the ER collet nut on the collet > chuck? > > If so, you should be using two wrenches _on the collet chuck_ > There are wrench flats on the body of the collet chuck for exactly > that purpose. > > The required torque for ER collets is surprisingly high, don't have > the number at my fingertips but its going to be hard to get proper > torque with only one wrench and relying on the spindle brake and > R8 collet.
You are no doubt correct and I'll see if I can find another wrench (I have bunches in both standards) to slide off the chip tray when the cutting gets noisy. I get my exercise picking stuff up off the floor. My back doesn't need it. :( Thanks John. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
