Space efficient modular vise + thread milling
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Very space efficient modular vise allows 4 parts to be machined at a time or can be used as a 6", 2 station vise - on a Tormach 440!
Also shows thread milling and using an electronic tool setter (ETS) in process to check for tool breakage.
The Fusion 360 post processor for PathPilot/LinuxCNC is at xoomspeed.com/C... and the same functionality is available for Mach 3 on request.
The threadmill used can be found at www.aliexpress...
By popular request, the Fusion model for the vise parts may be viewed and downloaded from a360.co/2uU1HIn - Наука та технологія
Man David! I know you have your hands full, but I'm sure there are many people that would be interested in buying that chuck setup! Very nice! I could see how the design is simple, but I wouldn't even know where to start. Nice work as usual.
Its a copy of the smw mod vise, you want one.
Should be able to download from a360.co/2uU1HIn
@@daleksw the link does not work anymore, can you reupload this please?
Thanks
@@LukasKupec Sorry, moved my stuff to a Fusion team instead of my original personal account. I think this link should work. Let me know.
a360.co/3v997qj
This works, thanks!
THANK YOU!!!!! FOR SHARING!!! Something more people on UA-cam need to do... Very Grateful!
Very impressed by the kit you have developed, I was looking for a value lathe and C&C machine but the Tormach is out of my price range! all that control theory experience show.
Lost your Dundee address
All the best
Paul Harries
You still in Lexington?
Good video, I am about to make something similair myself. Looking around for some inspiration. Thank your for sharing.
From your accent, I presume that you are from europe. Not to many tormachs around here. Did you order a brand New, or
Did you manage to find a used one? Would be intresting to know how much the shipping was in case u ordered a new one.
Subscribed. :)
I bought the machine new. Tormach basically delivered it to the factory door then I had it picked up and shipped via Montreal, Canada and Southampton, UK, then 500 miles north by road. Accent is west central Scotland (think Billy Connolly). To get the machine to the UK cost £560 in shipping fees, then £1250 in tax/duty. Shipping weight was 260kg.
@@daleksw Yeah, I suspected Scottland. Was in Fort William working for a week. Fantastic country.
Had one English seminair that was Called "the importence off not being brittish", since then I try not to guess were People are from. Even Though I am pretty shure :)
Shipping was much more resionable than I expected, thank you for your reply. :)
Very nice... quick and functional. I have only done a couple of thread milking operations. I’m not familiar with the term “spring pass”?? Maybe you could explain? Thanks again for sharing.
Fusion 360 has the option to 'repeat final pass'. This is intended to remove stock left because of tool deflection. Single point thread mills like this one are inevitably quite long and thin and you're cutting with just the very end, so it's worth doing this to get consistent results.
The name derives from a very low pressure final finish pass where the tool doesn't deflect (i.e. "springs back") compared to the aggressive cutting paths which definitely flexes the shaft of the end mill. Even big tools deflect some (all a matter of how precise you want your surface to be)
Hi David, I'm a fellow Tormach user based in Manchester, I was wondering where you got the mighty bite parts from. Great videos, very interesting, I've just bought a Micro arc 4 so looking forward to learning how to use it over the winter.
Good to hear of another one in the UK!
Mitee bite stuff in the UK is from www.wixroyd.com/en/page/mitee-bite-clamping-products-from-wixroyd It's good kit, but very expensive.
Hey David. Love this vise setup and would like to make one for my Cinatti Arrow 750. You keen on sharing any plans or designs?
Should be downloadable from a360.co/2uU1HIn
Nice design that is more flexible than the Saunders vice. It is not evident how you clamp with the design. I am guessing an excentric screw design is what you use. Could you elaborate on the design and function? Are the rails from Mitee Bite or of your own design?
Those are Mitee Bite talon grips. The 0.5" size.
The centre part is fixed, but the clamping is provided from the two outer parts in much the same way as the SMW. The bolts that hold the top part down are M10 countersunk and the 'holes' they go into are slotted, so that as the countersink tightens down, it pushes the vise jaw forward. Not a bad idea and works fine for 1st op with the talon grips.
Clamping isn't as strong as a traditional vise though, so a bit marginal when used with flat, non-marking jaws for 2nd op.
Big advantage over the SMW is mounting direct tot he table, so saving the need for a fixture plate that costs money and z-height!
This is still my favourite way of clamping large parts that won't go in my Tormach 4" vise. For smaller work, I now tend to use one - or 2 - of these fluxworkholding.com/.
Can please share the model again? Thanks for this information
No problem.
a360.co/3v997qj
The original link must have stopped working when I moved everything to Fusion Teams.
What coolant are you using? I'm looking at moving away from the blue Kool Mist because it leaves a film on things when it dries. Is the white stuff Mobile Cut 100?
Rocol Multisol is the only one I've ever tried. seems to work fine for me.
Where did you get the tool setter
I found that on eBay. There are dozens of setters like it and they all seem to be really very good indeed.
Did you make the mod vise? Available plans?
Yes, I made the vise. I've been looking for ages to find a way of mounting several small parts on the table at once and eventually designed my own. I still need to spend some time using it to see if it's any good or not, but I may release the plans in future. It's not that difficult to be honest.
David Loomes how are you finding the vice. Has it performed as you wanted and did you ever share the plans.
@@daleksw Hay man, coming back to it later, you got the plans by any chance ? Thnx