Modification to the Round Column Mill

Gday and welcome to part 2 of this modification to my round column mill, I have learnt a lot throughout this project and in theory it should have worked out but sadly its not as good as id like, I will in the future be revisiting this and trying to get it to be mire accurate, the way it is now it keeps the location of the head in the ball park, I really hope you enjoy the build and please feel free to leave a thumbs up and a comment, Cheers

[TheMiniMachineShop]

Now i know who to call when i need welding done.. nice job!!

[jimsvideos]

Also I saw that oiler you made for Kurtis; it's a beauty!

[donmittlestaedt]

That saved me from attempting the same type of design without considering what happened in your experience. So, thank you for the thought provoking outcome.

[hilltopmachineworks]

Thanks for some shaper action. I think you and I will be worn out before the shaper is LOL! Nice gift from Aaron. That clamping kit is super handy.

[Fossilphill]

When I got my RF30 clone the research began, and the final decision was pinning the rack for me. As it turned out, it is not perfect, but with care I can get within 0.05mm which I can live with. I feel certain that it could have ended up quite a bit better if I had found a way to accurately "dress" one side of the rack prior to pinning it. All that was involved besides pinning the rack is fitting a small unobtrusive clamping mechanism under the head to remove backlash between the rack and the rack slots in the head casting, prior to re-clamping the head. The one thing I will emphasise in case anyone wanted to got down this path is that the end result will be totally dependant upon how accurately parallel the rack is pinned to the column.
Your external bracing system is far neater and at least as accurate as any I have seen, and I hope you get it to where you are happy with it. Cheers 🙂

[bulletproofpepper]

Thanks for sharing!! Maybe a base clamp on the extension bush or a wider rod base plate a the head?

[russelldold]

Nothing ventured, nothing learned. I think you gave it a darned good crack, Matty.
Good to see the shaper - if time is not an issue, they are versatile and much cheaper on tooling than a mill.

[hootinouts]

Matty, great minds think alike. This is the first I am seeing this video but I arrived at essentially the same arrangement for my round column mill. I believe that this is the cleanest design off all the others I've seen posted out there.

[DCT_Aaron_Engineering]

G'day Matty and thanks for the mention mate. Glad you can put the clamp set to good use. It was too big for anything I own down here. Oh, make sure you wash you hands after touching the packaging, and don't scratch your balls as you might catch "RONA" 🤣.

By the way, I loved the shaper action, she's a little ripper isn't she. Nice work on stiffening up the round column mill too. I think you did a marvellous job. Congratulations also on the surge of subscribers taking you past 3K. Very well deserved buddy and you earned everyone of them mate. Cheers, Aaron.

[minskmade]

i was thinking of doing this same set up...but having one on each side...great video ...thank you

[TheKnacklersWorkshop]

Hello Matty,
I was watching this series with interest as my new Dore Westbury (DW) Mill has a round column, Ade Swash sent me some photos of how he approached it on his DW... they did look similar to your design, I will have to go and look at the photos again. Nice to see the shaper.
Take care.
Paul, ,

[rubart]

You never know till you try. Good job. Great channel, I like that it is real.

[tsirron]

Thanks Matty woho shaper action. Mill drill manufacturer should have this as a option. Great work. Thank you for sharing this.

[samrodian]

I know you like using the shaper Matty, but strewth, that was a lot of machining! I think I would have attacked it with park 9" grinder to hack the majority off and had a usable lump of steel left over instead of two bin fulls of swarf!

[sharkrivermachine]

That turned out well. I have Bruce Whithem's TrueLine 8 unit. Very similar in concept.

[taranson]

Matty, Thank you so much for the sticker and the post card of Eden. I asked my better half if she believed in Eden and she said it was a place spoke about in the Bible so I told her it was a real place in NSW and showed her the post card and her reaction was like a Kodak moment. She wants to visit Eden some day.

[crawford]

Could a hydraulic shaft be attached to the column not for actuation but for a stiffer and perhaps a guide which could be aligned with mounts after attachment? At least some of the more accurate fitting would have been provide via within the hydraulic unit itself?

[RalfyCustoms]

Wonderful Matty and great stuff Aaron
I've been looking forward to seeing this update as you know, dont be hard on yourself you did a bloody great job mate 👍
I'm just glad I've got no quill on my Harrison, otherwise I'd be adding another bloody project to the list ffs lol

[anandarochisha]

That's a nice endmill in the mailbag..😮

[CraigsWorkshop]

That's a shame it does not work as well as planned! you had a go though and that's the main thing. It will be good to see you come back and revisit this. Cheers, Craig