One room tool house...Tmac1956

[Arutha]

Hi Tom,
it will come to you with time, I still have tools I cant use properly but when you stop and think how many different tools we have it is hardly surprising.
Paul.

[Randy]

Check this out:




http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sharp-Stereo-Mi ... c6cf7d94ut

[david pierce]

That is the microscope. When I got mine I turned the eyepieces around 180 degrees. That made it easier for me to use.
david

[Bob Tascione]

That's a great price!
Gonna tell Santa right now! She's still in the kitchen cooking Thanksgiving dinner.

Bob

[Randy]

I love to find a bargain !!!!

[willofiam]

Hey Bob, hope you are still in one piece figuring youve been sneaking into the kitchen, I just looked on craigslist in my area (just a general search for microscope) and found 2 of those microscopes, $45 and $60, If you want to try and find one you can get them pretty cheap, Bought mine for $25, I am not using mine as I now have the 2 of a different style, I found the amscope great for inspection and oiling, not the best if you want to do something under them with the focal point fairly close, it is beneficial for some applications, I also turned my eyepiece and was able to rig it up over the lathe, I will post some pictures on my shop section of the new ones I got that I can actually work under ect... cost a little more and were used (I had to be patient to find them) but I think they are the cats meow... William

[tmac1956]

[tmac1956]

[Bob Tascione]

[tmac1956]

Bob et. al.:

Has anyone ever posted a method for mounting one of these on the 8mm lathe? I'd like to get anouther one for that. It would be nice to be able to swing it out of the way when needed.

Thanks,
Tom

[david pierce]

Tom,
Your new mill will give you the machining capacity to make a nice microscope inspection stand out of standard items. The vertical base can be a threaded pipe flange and the vertical columb can be a section of pipe. The horizontal arm can be a section of EMT with enough diameter to be stable (EMT is lighter than pipe). You can design a a swivel block to hold the horizontal arm to the vertical columm and make it out of plastic, wood. aluminum or any other material on your new mill. the same goes for the mounting bracket for the microscope on the end of the arm.
david

[tmac1956]

David:

I think I need to get into a design/build mindset for a lot of things now that I have this functionallity. I can tell I've been in academia far too long.

Thanks!
Tom

[tmac1956]

All:

I finally made the mounting plates for my 8mm Levin and set it up with digital indicators on the X and Y axis that I can zero out. I milled slots in the plates allowing me to adjust the lathe and motor positions to allow different pulley sizes and keep the correct tension on the belts. I'm using O rings for the belts making for quieter operation.

Here's the base - it's just a wooden carving board.

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I used small O rings where ever I could to further reduce vibrations.

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Here's the motor attached to the mounting plate.

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Motor mounted:

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CONTINUED...

[tmac1956]

Lathe continued...

Here a top view of the lathe, it's mounting plate, and two stell plates used to hold magnetic indicator stands.

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Here's and end view with the late put together. There is a 4 jaw chuck, a 3 way slide, holding a quick change tool holder.

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Side view:

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Another misc. shot:

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Well, there it is.

Thanks!

[Bob Tascione]

You did a great job Tom!
That's a beautiful setup!
Thanks for posting it up here.

Bob

[tmac1956]

Bob.

Thanks... it took a while, but now I have what I need.

Thanks!
Tom

[willofiam]

Hey Tom....WELL DONE, how do you like the motor, I have been thinking of one for my lathe, where did you get it and how much? I would want to plug into a variable speed control. Thank you, William

[Arutha]

That is a great set-up Tom, its nice to get things set up just how you want them
So what are you going to make first?
Paul.

[david pierce]

Tom,
The setup looks great; nice job on the plate. The mill gives you the capacity to turn an idea into a working product.
William,
I bought my motor from Sincere off of Ebay. They are extremely quiet and I like them much better than any other lathe motor I have tried so far. It is an AC induction motor so the speed must be regulated with a frequency or duty cycle type of speed controller. A standard watch motor pedel will not work with this type of motor. I regulate mine with belts and pulleys but that is a personal preference. The motors cost about $200.00 each and the price includes the pulley.
david

[Bernie Weishapl]

Tom that is one great setup. Really well thought out and done.