good news...

i've got the quill plate at a nominal ZERO, that i, when i take the diameter of the bit and the stylus, add them, divide by 2 and add the 9" center, i get LESS than .0005 difference. heat alone can move that, but it's there

bad news..

th (*()*Q#)($ &*(&(*@&$ &^@(&$^(*@&&# tailstock now needs work.

Oh well, suffer through, i guess.

I've got some ideas..we'll see this weekend

jeffe

Hey man, do you wanna borrow my pockeknife?

How long is it taking to run duplicates? I am guessing you must be testing it so have an idea, although once you get it dialed in you might be able to move faster.

what are you going to charge to make pattern blanks (just low grade wood for building the pattern off of to be copied later to the nice stuff)?

Any idea on how close it is going to cut to pattern?

last one, do you have any basic wood now? I think all your blanks before were AA and higher right.

Red

Andy,
i might cut myself with a sharptool!!

Red,
I am looking at a discount for the first 10 customers/stocks... haven't got that nailed just yet.

I am taking far more time per "cut" (roughing, finishing, middle?) than i need to right now, as I am watchign EVERY cut and every turn to make darn certain I understand where the problem is

Hadn't thought about the pattern grade cut... that would depend alot on the results the guy is after.. if they want a sand and then alter kinda thing, it would be the same work.. if they want a "2x4" and "i can rasp it to shape" that will be quite another.

i will cut nearly anything you send for me to, as i am planning on being setup to dupe YOUR stock on your wood. I've got some practice stuff... it don't even qualify as plain, but it is hard and straight..

speaking of which, there's a HUGE diff in bastogne vs black in cutting time.... the blak is soft soft relativily.

jeffe

Jeffe

I am just curious if you have designed any rigidity features into your machine. I know others have said that some of the machines are not real accurate due to rigidity problems, and I know that George Hoenig designed his machine to take care of some of those problems, and I am just wondering if you have incorporated anything into your machine to take care of those problems?

22,
not sure which they engineered around, but i have done quite a bit on rigidity, and have the space/design to make it even stiffer...

jeffe

Jeffe

I guess I meant to keep the part rigid more than making the machine more rigid. You have a fairly long piece of wood there and after you take a bit of wood off that piece will have some flex too it even though it may be minimal.
Hoenig designed a center piece to hold the blank and the pattern absolutely rigid so that neither could flex even a little bit, either up and down or from side to side.

I would be interested in seeing a pic of that..

at first thought, it would seem that holding a stock, more or less in the middle, COULD induce an upward bow.

would be neat to hear more about it
jeffe

Jeffe,
Are you running a cutter the same diameter as the stylus? I didn't quite understand your calculations at first.

Chic,
the stylus is larger than the cutter, for the first pass, and probably the second. the clean up (angles and inletting finish) are NEAR the same...

for example, +.050 for the 1/2 roughing, and .025 Higher than the cutter

jeffe

Dear Jeffe,
Let me know when you`re ready to try it out. I can send you a couple of blanks[Koa, Walnut, Myrtle] and a real dog B&C to use as a pattern. I need a stock for a lefty C. Daly Mini Mauser for my daughters rifle. One stock for me and the other blank for you. Pay the price too.

Aloha, Mark

Can you do mannlicher stocks? I am in need of one for a Mark X 30-06.

WVB,
depends on total length... i can due up to 38" easy

jeffe

Jeff I also have a piece of wood that I would like to try my hand at putting on some metal. It is a CZ with a laminate. I have a piece of cherry that was once a mantle piece that has been in my closet for about 22 years. It might be dry by now. Would you be interested in giving it a try? Thanks

D,
sounds like a fun project...
i would be concerned with internal cracks with it being over a fireplace.

jeffe