The pictures brought back memories of my machine shop days. I ran a 120" VTM, a 5" Horizontal mill, 10' tracer lath, and a host of othe machines. At the Rexnord/Nordberg plant where I worked they had a 26' VTM. Always loved seeing the massive parts being machined on that HUGE machine. Then I went into welding, and that was my most fun job!
On Mon, Aug 5, 2019, 1:22 PM <bulke...@mmnet.com.au> wrote: > Mac I would too but that was many years ago and I lost any photos in the > house fire but here is a similar one about the same size you can get the > idea also shavings from a cut and here is a video of a little one turned on > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmsP-1GMjz8 > > > > And also some pictures of lake hume water valves with one of the 4 working > I made them its not the biggest I made but definitely up there > > > > Bill > > > > *From:* legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com < > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> *On Behalf Of *MWF > *Sent:* Tuesday, 6 August 2019 1:38 AM > *To:* legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* RE: 2 Morse Taper > > > > Hi Bill, > > Since Curtis is on vacation, and will not see your email for another week > or two, I'll go ahead and respond for him: > > "We would all LOVE to see photos of that machine." > > (Curtis always asks for photos. I, for one, appreciate him asking for > them - and folks providing them.) > > Thanks - we look forward to seeing photos of the vertical boring machine. > I realize that was so long ago that the photos may be of the "tintype" > variety - but they will be better than none. ;-) > > Mac > ------------------------------ > ------------------------------ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bulke...@mmnet.com.au > Sent: Aug 5, 2019 1:18 AM > To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: 2 Morse Taper > > > My biggest machine was a vertical borer it had a 26ft chuck, among jobs I > machined was big valves off some of our biggest lakes operating the machine > one story off the ground watching all that mass revolving around below you, > it did feel like controlling the world you could drive a truck through the > middle of it ,man that was so long ago now I couldnāt even clime up on the > machine to work it lololš it sure sux to get old. > > > > Bill > > > > *From:* legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com < > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> *On Behalf Of *Tim Krause > *Sent:* Monday, 5 August 2019 2:15 PM > *To:* Legacy Ornamental Mills <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > *Subject:* RE: 2 Morse Taper > > > > So off topic, but my favorite is an old Clausing lathe and an old no brand > T-lathe off of a battle ship! That monster could swing around 4 or 5 feet > diameter. Scariest machine I ran but you felt like you controlled the word! > > Back to the legacy topics please. > > On Aug 4, 2019, at 4:10 AM, bulke...@mmnet.com.au wrote: > > VDF lathe I remember them really good lathe I worked on one making pump > shafts and impellers for a while in my engineering days > > > > Bill > > > > *From:* legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com < > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> *On Behalf Of *Richard Ellis > *Sent:* Sunday, 4 August 2019 7:24 PM > *To:* Legacy Ornamental Mills <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > *Subject:* Re: 2 Morse Taper > > > > Thanks Tim > > I have the single locking collar for the chuck, have tried that with the > chuck and all is o.k. I am well aware of morse tapers having bought and > sold quite a few metal working lathes. The best one of all of them was a > VDF German made lathe See http://www.lathes.co.uk/ > > Cheers > > Richard > > On Sunday, August 4, 2019 at 6:11:43 AM UTC+1, Tim wrote: > > No one mentioned to NOT hammer it in like you would a lathe. In fact I > would recommend that you take it out frequently. You remove the knob > from the end of the spindle and use the 1/4" Allen wrench to tap it out. > > If you don't follow this advice, you will find the drive gets stuck inside > the socket and heavier means are necessary. > > If you really don't take this advice, the two metals will become one and > they are seriously not for woodworkers to attempt getting them apart! > > So some of this was said tongue in check, but the double locking collar is > the definitive way to go. Last I checked, legacy still had then in stock. > They are just two locking collars welded together. One has a smooth 1" bore > that tightens on the drive an the other collar I threaded 1-8 that tightens > on the spindle > > If you choose to use a chuck or a face plate you will need a smooth bore > split collar to make the accessories turn true. > > Hope that helps > > On Aug 3, 2019, at 2:41 AM, Richard Ellis <rchrd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have just put together my shortened 900 However I am not to impressed > with the head stock 2 morse. Will there be a chance of it slipping if the > tailstock dead center loosens and the pressure on the 2 morse eases . 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