Workshop
I shall use this space to document my various tools and processes in my little home workshop.
Warco 918 Metal Turning Lathe
My first real power-tool, and the most used machine in my workshop. Since I got the lathe in 2016 I have made many changes and improvements, many of which have pages in my Projects section:
- Quick Change Tool Post
- Splash Guard
- Extended, Improved Cross Slide
- Tumble Reverse
- Contactor Motor Control
- Lamp
- Top Slide Clamp
- Carriage Stop
Still to do:
- Improved Top Slide
- Lead Screw Covers
- Rear Mounted Toolpost
Tools and Tooling:
- 4" 3 Jaw Ring Scroll Chuck
- 5" 3 Jaw Scroll Chuck
- 6" 3 Jaw Pratt Scroll Chuck
- 8" 4 Jaw Pratt Independent Chuck
- 8" 4 Jaw Independent 'Wood' Chuck
- 8" Faceplate
- 'T-2' Quick Change Tool Post
- **** Insert Tooling
- **** Insert Boring Bars
- Insert External Threading Tool
Astra L3 Vertical/Horizontal Milling Machine
Bought in 2018, the mill came to me in a sad state, with a stripped gear in the vertical head. The majority of the work done so far has been to rebuild the head with replacement gears; currently eBay special straight cut gears, but I am working on fitting some spiral cut gears to reduce the racket it makes when in operation.
- Rebuilt, Cleaned and Painted
- New Vertical Head Gears and Bearings
- Z-Axis Digital Read Out
- 3 Phase Motor and Inverter, with Brake
Still to do:
- Proper 3-Axis DRO
- Repair Damage to Table
- Power Cross-feed
Tools and Tooling:
- Centec Vice, Quick Release
- 2" Toolmakers Vice
- 4" Rotary Table with 3 and 4 Jaw Chucks
- ER20 and MT2 Collets
- MT2 Flycutter
