VMC Tooling Advice Needed!

[cncJim]

Hi Jim
Congrats on your new purchase you have a good selection of kit with it and i couldn't see you needing much more, only disadvantage of using ER32 is the posibility of the tool coming loose and marring the collet, the Clarkson tightens the cutter hard into the rear centre so is not an issue, but i am not fortunate enough to have anything so exotic and it seems to work for Neale.
Happy metal munching
Mike

Cheers Mike - I am really eager to start cutting something but I am holding off until I understand how to operate the machine and tooling properly! The mill needs a good clean and I want to make sure everything that needs lubrication has it. Also it has not been levelled yet, just dumped in the garage! I got it as part of a home workshop clear out and there are still boxes I haven't checked out yet.....

This is the latest find - a boring head and a number of different types of homemade looking boring tools (I think!). I guess the longer ones would be more useful on the lathe?

Not sure about the hole in the side. Might have been for some kind of switch box? Access to internal wiring? My machine has a removable panel on the back. The Warco version actually has a couple of 1" or so holes at that point, one each side, so that you can stick a bar through to take lifting strops.

DRO appears to be Newall - decent make, hope you can find a manual for it. It has the 1/2 button for finding mid-lines, so you're in luck there!

Hmmm it is odd - There is a control box on the other side. I will investigate to see if its hiding a matching hole behind it. I think I will make a plate to cover it, maybe attach a flexible light to it.

Dead easy to find the manual for the DRO - Good spot on the 1/2 button!
http://www.newall.com/upload/content..._MANUAL_en.pdf

Jim