Hello Joe. Nice job on that indexer. If you like I have a machine shop/supply house where I but #2 mt shafts, thay sell three different styles Here is the link. (http://kittstools.securesites.net/store/drill_chuck_arbors.html ( and this is the link to the chuck adaptors. ) For a few bucks and a couple tack weilds you can have it all Again. ;-) Please let us know how well your indexer works out for you. C.A.G.
----- Original Message ----- completed the indexer...not too many surprises in the process...total investment was $300, give or take...labor took about 12 hours...there are 24 indents built into the grizzly indexer( item # H7592)...press the spring loaded lever a bit and you can index to any 15 degree indent(total of 24)...use the locking lever if you want, but the spring in the lever is strong enough to keep the degree setting without worry of it slipping out...or do the math for any of the odd divisions(5,7,9,11, etc.) and use the chuck locking lever...there is a 360 degree wheel around the base of the chuck to make this problem free(so long as you are good at math and have a good memory!...LOL!)...the three jaw chuck is very well machined and has excellent tolerances...certainly good enough for woodworking...cut off the #2 mortise end of the legacy drive center and used the remaining hub to lock into the chuck so i can still use the legacy drive plates...there is a shaft collar lock at the end of the faceplate to lock the piece to the legacy headstock nose...but you still screw the unit onto the legacy 1"-8 thread(the face plate is threaded, a local purchase), then lock it down...we drilled and tapped 4, 1/4"-20 holes into the back of the chuck/indexer that were in alignment with the holes in the faceplate...we also trimmed as much metal from the indexer as we could to reduce the overall weight, which comes in at 14 lbs....you loose the #2 morse taper in the legacy headstock with the indexer in place, but i can live with that(the hole through the indexer is 19/32")...indexer will add about 5" to the length of the headstock nose, no issues on my machine,LOL...overall, very pleased with the piece and what it can do and how it can simplify indexing tasks when doing spiral work...comments and suggestions are welcome...onto the next mod!...joe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
