I put a rare earth magnet on the end of the toothed shaft so when I am
finished with the chuck it goes directly on the front of the machine,
right in front of my eyes. As I reach for the power switch, I look at
that chuck!! I don't turn on the machine unless I see that chuck. I
even thought at one time of putting a magnetic interlock switch on the
front so if the chuck isn't there, the machine will not turn on.
Happy New Year!
Gone Skiing!!!!
--
Later.... Randy S
Practice random kindness and commit senseless acts of beauty.
On 2/5/2012 8:33 AM, Dale E wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Nice fix. If it gives you any lip, a bit of epoxy to help hold the zip
> tie might help,
>
> Dale
>
> On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 10:44 PM, bbass408 <bbass408@yahoo.com
> <mailto:bbass408@yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
> __
>
> Just in case you don't want to read the details:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GrizHFMinimill/photos/album/1391879091/pic/974556223/view?picmode=original&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&dir=asc
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GrizHFMinimill/photos/album/1391879091/pic/974556223/view?picmode=original&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&dir=asc>
>
> I was looking at the belt drive and one common reason for that
> upgrade seemed to be leaving the spindle lock in while firing up the
> mill. I've come close a few times. I put green tape on it so I could
> at least see it. But, then I started looking at the spindle lock kit
> from LMS and variations online. I'm getting a little tired of
> drilling and tapping cast iron. All I wanted to do was put a spring
> on the locking bar and have it not move.
>
> I was thinking snap ring, but then the spring would fall off. Then I
> thought securing it with a zip tie might work. I was in Home D and
> looking at springs. They were like 5.00 for two and I didn't know
> what size I needed offhand. Then I saw the "handyman spring
> assortment" -- 5.00 for 84 springs. Sign me up... Then I wondered if
> I could avoid the snap ring. I hate snap rings -- especially the
> little ones. So, I put some of my favorite laquer masking tape on
> the locking pin so the zip tie could bite into something. Then I was
> careful in measuring the placement of the spring and the placement
> of the zip tie and its lock to hold the spring as well as possible.
> Worked great and the spring placement dosen't budge. It even stays
> in without locking if you don't let it shoot across the room when
> releasing the lock.
> Spring: 0.06
> 1" Tape: 0.01
> Teeny zip tie: 0.01
> Total: Eight cents...
>
> I'm sure there are 20 other forum posts with the exact same idea. It
> was just fun to think about.
>
> Might still want that belt drive setup...
>
>
>
>
>
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