indexing plate from an old brake disc
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- čas přidán 30. 03. 2020
- Recycle an old brake disc /rotor and make an indexing plate that fits on the rear of a 4 jaw chuck.
The disc is at the maximum diameter for the lathe which gives other problems to overcome.
Very interesting. Good idea. Nice work
Clever use of a disc brake rotor! We posted this video on our homemade tools forum yesterday, credited to you of course :)
watching for a 2nd time, wonderful.....thank you so much.....Paul in the US
Thank you Allan,i'm going to the scrap yard in the coming days and pick up a rotor so may build one myself.thank you sir....great idea.
Used brake discs/drums seems like a great source of cast iron if your project needs that particular shape. Good thinking!
Interesting project, great idea to use a brake disc.
Thanks for sharing and stay safe all.
great idea and a well done adaptation. thanks for posting
What an excellent idea. Kudos!
Interesting approach, I recently had the thought to make an indexing table from a full brake rotor. Cant wait to see the rest
Gday Alan, great idea using a brake disc, lucky with the bolt pattern aligning as good as it it, looking forward the part 2, stay safe and stay well, Cheers Matty
Last time i saw curtains like that, we never saw me grandad again!
Now that's clever! I'll have to remember that, thanks!
I machined the drum off a new disc to cut the disc part up into 24 little brake shoes for a small locomotive.
It didn't take long to find how dusty it is, so I taped a length of 22mm poly-pipe into the end of my shop-vac nozzle and clamped it to the tool-post.
All the dust then stayed out of my nose, lungs, hair etc, and the machine-ways stayed clean.
Cracking idea that, Alan and low cost also by using an old brake disc. I'm wondering if I can do something similar on my own lathe. Hmmmm.... Looking forward to the next instalment.
An old table saw blade ,say 72 teeth, and a spring -loaded pawl are easy to knock up and incorporate into your set-up. Not the highest of precision but good enough for many applications and surprisingly adaptable.
Awesome idea thanks for sharing
Brilliant idea,thank you
Glad you liked it!
Funnily enough, I need to make a motor plate adaptor for my Bridgeport and this is exactly how I will be cutting a steel ring from a 10" disc of steel
Brilliant!
Prima! Bin gespannt wie es weitergeht
The last weekends I've been turning 7" rusty cast iron rings for steam engine slide valve pistons. The charts said 180 RPM and the lathe provided 157 RPM...
Hi Alan
I like it very clever, if you wanted to you could put 2or3 rows of holes for dividing .
G’day Alan. Top idea using the brake rotor , did you specifically look for that stud pattern or was it by chance?
Cheers
Peter
Hi It was just luck that the disc fitted the bolts but you cuuld drill the holes to suit any stud location
you need a trepan tool for facing a groove
Hi what 4 jaw chuck are you using been struggling to find one for my boxford model A
I use a Pratt 6'' chuck which came with the lathe
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How was the disk centered on the back of the chuck? Just indicated? Will you turn the OD when the chuck is remounted? Nice video.
Hi Rex The chuck was centred on the milling machine then the disc centred to the milling machine coordinates on the chuck back plate. Once bolted on the chuck the OD was turned true it was running out about 0.020"
Forgot to say there are 2 more videos showing making the arm and locating pin and finishing the disc and testing
One on Tuesday and one the week after
Nice, did you use a special tool to turn? I tried last week to cut down a brake disk but my tool didn't like that. In fact it made a horrible noise and turned red hot even with oil. It chipped like crazy.
The surface was very rough even on high speed turning. I even tried different plates on my tool. I looked it up and brake disks seem to be hardened cast iron. Thanks.
Hi Janne I ran the disc at around 65 RPM and used a carbide insert. The discs are very tough after years of heating and cooling when used. I found once you have taken the surface off they are softer underneath.
@@enotsengineering OK thanks, i'm gonna try that.
weird , just yesderday i pulled out a new rotor , thought could mount a chuck there , alas my lathe is no toy, i saw a chuck mounted on the tailstock, M5 from Cutting Edge Engineering here on CZcams, worth a look, old son bit worried bout your lungs
Where is part 2 ?
Hi Tony part 2 and 3
czcams.com/video/nAnlS2v6gos/video.html
http s://czcams.com/video/USz2iNZY_rk/video.html
Regards
Alan
Need a bigger lathe.
Good jop
I like the way you conduct your commentary with touching things as you explain. I noticed you use correct names for items rather than pronouns such as "it" and "those". This leaves no doubt about your meaning.