"Blanchard Grinding' or surface grinding

[YYCHM]

I can say that with no power feed and taking .003-.004 cuts each pass my bloody shoulder is tired from cranking the handle.

Ya, I bet it's tired. That would be a LOT of cranking

 

[calgaryguy]

I've already decided that when i get a mill it will have at least x axis power feed. lol

 

[YYCHM]

Does that mill/drill have a 3 axis DRO installed on it?

 

[calgaryguy]

Oh lawd jaysus no.

It looks alot like this. In fact almost identical except its painted green

Gear Head Bench Type Milling Drilling Machine - RF-40 - RongFu

Gear Head Bench Type Milling Drilling Machine - RF-40

rongfu.com

Except its quite old, it has an Ackland machinery sticker on it so I'm guessing its 1990's or older.

 

[YYCHM]

How was this clamped to the table????

 

[calgaryguy]

How was this clamped to the table????

I'll post a pic when I do platen #2.

The platens have a machined surface with 3 cast in bolt holes at a right angle to teh surface in the pic. Said surface is hidden by this pic, but is closest to the Mill 'round post'. That surface is bolted to 2 right angle plates like I linked to in my first post (busybee) and the angle plates are bolted to the mill table. If that doesnt make sense I dont blame you. I'll take a couple more pics when I do platen #2.

 

[Former Member]

I've already decided that when i get a mill it will have at least x axis power feed. lol

Put a power feed on my mill, it was the best thing, now it has CNC driven servos, even better. Even better result than the power feeder.

Timeline. 16 years manual mill, 1-3/4 years power feed, 1 month operational CNC.

 

[boatbuilder]

A blanchard grinder would work great for this if you can find someone with a blanchard.

 

[calgaryguy]

I'll post a pic when I do platen #2.

The platens have a machined surface with 3 cast in bolt holes at a right angle to teh surface in the pic. Said surface is hidden by this pic, but is closest to the Mill 'round post'. That surface is bolted to 2 right angle plates like I linked to in my first post (busybee) and the angle plates are bolted to the mill table. If that doesnt make sense I dont blame you. I'll take a couple more pics when I do platen #2.

.025 total cut to cleanup the deep groove. I tried to keep the cuts at .003 to .004 per pass. The downfeed dial on this unit has a huge amount of backlash and likes to move a bit even when locked.

@YYCHM

 

[YYCHM]

Is that mill/drill clamped to the bench?

 

[calgaryguy]

Is that mill/drill clamped to the bench?

Lol yes. Its a very heavy steel top and framed bench/short table on wheels. Why my neighbour hasnt bolted it down is anyones guess. Same reason the Bridgeport NC hasnt made any progress since I got I bought a VFD for him last summer. His call, his pace.