On Saturday 16 May 2015 11:33:40 John Thornton wrote: > I use nothing but a 4 jaw chuck and find it fast to get accurate > centering of a part. I mount a dial indicator on a tool holder and put > in my BXA holder. Real fast to use. I can take a photo of my set up if > you want to see it. > > JT
My solution is to mount it on the back of the compound with a 70lb mag base. But that only works if the post is turned to get the locking tommy bar out of the way, or if I unscrew the bar. I've also been known to stick it to the rear mounted x motor, but its a long reach to the back of the workpiece from there. I don't have any indicators that are short enough to fit in a tool holder, not enough backaway room. The 2" dialed, 1" travel plunger version is wwaaaaayyyyy to long. Its also only a .001" dial. And its mounting facilities were designed by the Marquis de Sade I think, very difficult to get it properly aligned. Needs a dovetailed back which would be 100x easier to use. Changing chucks is a major PIMA, nothing in it can be called quick change. So I have a 5" 4 jaw on it that hasn't been moved since I installed it. That mass cuts down on the chatter. > On 5/16/2015 9:11 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > But I fear that my 4 jaw, independent, is not the chuck to use > > unless I want to trust the DRO, so I can mount the indicator on the > > cross slide, and back it out of the way of a passing jaw as I'm > > playing with the tensions for that final bit of eccentricity > > removal. That sort of thing needs a 6 jaw scroller, and they need a > > BIG red wagon load of rolled quarters to put a quality one on my > > property. :-( Cheers, Gene Heskett > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- One dashboard for servers and applications across > Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with > 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you > Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing > using APM Insight. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users 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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
