Good morning everyone, I immediately realized, when my milling machine arrived, that tightening the ER32 chuck practically requires 3 hands, which nobody has! Because the cutter does not always have a unified diameter and you have to hold it in the collet while closing the nut, or you need more than one chuck with the cutter mounted ready. At this point I tried, with the space available, to install an anti-rotation block, which was both easy to build and robust. I hope you like it! Alberto.
Hi Michel !! Thanks a lot for what you think about my passion, my enemy is the time (you know with a family and 2 small childrens...male and female...cat and dog 😆) found the time to it is always a challenge !!
Excellent feature Alberto. I need one for mine, but don't have a convenient dog to brace against. I'm going to have to make one that engages with a drive gear or something. 👍👍
Ciao Olly, happy to see you ! Thanks for the comment: yes i really don't know why in my milling machine there's no a spindle stop or a no-rotation support ! The support that i made it is strong for what it have to do, maybe you had note that at the end, when i closed the ER32 the ring, the column vibrates a little, this is becasue the original foor support are small iron " C" plate, not strong, that i will modify in future for sure !!
Ciao Alberto. Such an interesting idea to overcome this annoying problem with ER32 collets. So many times I have wished for that 3rd hand. Well done on designing and engineering a clever solution for your Seig milling machine. 👏👏👍😀
Ciao dear Andrew !! Yes it was one, two, three times to say the same word " i will make something to solve that" and at the end i thought about this, not so linear to arrive at the end for many modifications but i finished the block!! Ciao Andrew see you soon !! Alberto😀😀👍
Hi Luc !! You are very kind !! In the beginning i thought at a simple support, but it became more and more difficult to find a solution with the space that i had available !! Happy to arrived at the end !! 😜 And happy that you liked the idea !! Cheers from Italy my friend Luc !!Alberto
Thanks Dave you are always the most simpatic friend that i met !!It will be very nice to have a coffee with you, i'm sure that it would be a fun time !! Yes the knife is sharp a lot !! 🤣🤣 Ciao Dave !! Alberto.
Hi Alberto, this was a great idea and project, I enjoyed following the build thanks. I really like the knob you made and seeing your boring head made us think that we really do need to see if we can find one to use on our mill
Ciao Joseph, yes the UPA3 boring head is a nice addition to your workshop, many and many possibility of works cab be done with it! The only problem is the cost that actually is not cheap !! ATB Joseph, Alberto
Hi Lloyd !! Always thank you for your attention !! Happy that you like the idea, franking speaking i met many difficult things to solve during the project, first the possibility to put the screws inside the block as i did !! Grazie a te !!! Ciao !!! Alberto.
Hi Paul !! Thanks, happy that you liked my idea, it was something to do before or after! And when you decide to do, you discover how many problems you have to solve !! It is 1 month that i am searching here in europe a surface grinder (small !!) but no results until now !! Take care you too Paul !! See you soon, Alberto.
Hi Jack !! I'm happy that you like dmy simple idea, i have to say that it seems simple at the beginning, but after i met many problems to solve, the first the possibility to put the screws inside the block!! Hope to see you again!! A big Ciao from Italy, Alberto
Ciao Mick, thanks for your comment !! It is enough, i have to use other parts of your t-slot covers and i have to find the time to do!! You know Mick, it is 1-2 months that i am searching a surface grinder here in Europe, but until now no results !! Hope is the last to die as we say here! See you soon dear Mick and thanks !! Always !! Alberto.
Thanks for the comment mate, you think "it is a simple block to make" to discover after that it was not like that !! 🤣But i arrived at the end !! Ciao from Italy, Alberto.
Nice idea, too bad the Sieg SX3L sold by others don't have the iso30 taper 😆 They have two holes to slide in a pin spanner. It'll be tricky to make something like this for them. Another option is to pull the spindle out and hard machine it to add something like drive dogs for mt3 / R8 🤷♂️
Hi HM, yes the NT30 taper is wonderful, but the insert/take down is not automatic with the machine in standard configuration, a next step can be to add a device on top that put down the drawbar, i have to think abot it !! Thanks for your kind comment, ATB !! Alberto
@@ab-shop Sieg mills usually have a captive drawbar but the quill needs to be locked in place for that to eject the tool. I tighten the quill real hard and then run the spindle at lowest speed while holding the hex key at the top. Self ejects! I have a video where I made a brass bushing for the drawbar to reduce the friction that helps.
Ciao Marley, My friend tried with something similar to test the milling machine torque: he broked the tooth belt, the electonic doesn't stop the motor. So i don't want to reply that!😅 Thanks for stopping by! A Big ciao from Italy, Alberto
Ciao Alberto Ottimo lavoro - incastrato bene nel poco posto a disposizione - adesso lo integri col tirante pneumatico o meccanico, e fare il cambio utensile è un attimo
Se non l'hai già visto qui si vede come ho fatto io e quanto rende veloce il cambio utensile - se hai dubbi ci possiamo sentire ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G9u8HBaoW44.html Ciao
Cia Mark, yes the Wohlhaupter UPA3 is a great piece of old vintage mechanincs: as you probably know, it is automatic, so if you fin with the bar inside the wood box, the head during rotation, you can face the stuff or you can go advance radially, also if your milling machine has the automatic vertical feed, you can make a a conical hole!!
