Aluminium Kress Spindle Holder

[Lee Roberts]

Yes i noticed that as well john, i'm redesigning a mount today in the right sizes. can you help me with any formulations and/or mathmatics that i should be using to make a spindle mount.

I was hoping to use 16mm Thick ali, 6082T6 grade. i will post up some art once i get started, what i'm concerned about is how much matrial i should leave for the area around the part that clamps to the spigot on the spindle.

also john would you be ok posting your design for our review, would be nice to see how you have gone about designing yours.

Thanks,
Lee

[John S]

As long as you are working on the right size hole, 43mm, the the shape doesn't matter as it has to deform only very slightly to grip the Kress.

My ' design' is based on a piece of 20mm thick 100mm wide alloy split thru into the hole at the front and a clamp screw fitted.
Even though this is very substantial it still grips the Kress hard, if it was 1mm oversize then I don't think it would deform enough to hold it securely hence getting it right to start with.

My design will not suit many as it's purposely over length as it has to reach on the OEM machine.
It also doesn't bolt onto the Z axis but fits on a quick release mounting so the original machine has a choice of three spindle alternatives.