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"Fogbuster" style coolant on a novamill...

Posted: Fri 26 Jan , 2018 1:15 am
by bpmsl
Hi folks,
Some decent progress has been made on my Novamill upgrades, and I now have coolant.

This seems to be having a positive effect on surface finish in free cutting aluminium, and generally how the tools are cutting.

Have a look at my YouTube video if you are interested.

https://youtu.be/URk_8mYi-z4


Cheers
BPM

Re: "Fogbuster" style coolant on a novamill...

Posted: Thu 29 Mar , 2018 17:22 pm
by madebymccoy
That clamp/stop on the right looks interesting! Did you machine the yourself? It looks like it's sitting on raised pads, and has tangs to fit the T-slots? What material is it made from?

Cheers
Jon

Re: "Fogbuster" style coolant on a novamill...

Posted: Fri 30 Mar , 2018 9:29 am
by bpmsl
madebymccoy wrote:That clamp/stop on the right looks interesting! Did you machine the yourself? It looks like it's sitting on raised pads, and has tangs to fit the T-slots? What material is it made from?

Cheers
Jon
Hi Jon,
it's a practice piece for the mounting plate (which is square) for my 4th axis I use it as a stop. The tangs are to provide alignment via mating with the t slot walls. The 4th axis then is aligned by the shoulders.
I will still have to sweep it in for accurate work but most of the time it's good enough to drop on and go.

thanks for the interest...
Cheers
Barry M

Re: "Fogbuster" style coolant on a novamill...

Posted: Fri 30 Mar , 2018 9:30 am
by bpmsl
madebymccoy wrote:That clamp/stop on the right looks interesting! Did you machine the yourself? It looks like it's sitting on raised pads, and has tangs to fit the T-slots? What material is it made from?

Cheers
Jon
Hi Jon,
it's a practice piece for the mounting plate (which is square) for my 4th axis I use it as a stop. The tangs are to provide alignment via mating with the t slot walls. The 4th axis then is aligned by the shoulders.
I will still have to sweep it in for accurate work but most of the time it's good enough to drop on and go.

thanks for the interest...
Cheers
Barry M

Re: "Fogbuster" style coolant on a novamill...

Posted: Fri 30 Mar , 2018 9:31 am
by bpmsl
It's aluminium...