Restoration and upgrade of an old Mini Mill

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Slightly off topic from the original restoration, but it's the first use "in anger" of the mill + DRO...

I needed to make a screw for an early Stanley Bedrock 604 1/2 I've been restoring. The screw was turned on the lathe, and mounted in a rod with a tapped hole. The mill came with a selection of slitting saws, but no arbor, so I knocked one up on the lathe and found the blade best suited for the screw head slot.

The DRO made it really easy to touch off on the sides of the screw head to set the centre height, and get the slot depth just right:

Nothing particularly special, but it's the first screw I've made from scratch:

And it even fits:

 

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And that's a very "nice-looking" screw. Well done Sir!

 

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And that's a very "nice-looking" screw. Well done Sir!

I'm just glad I didn't "screw" it up.





I'll get my coat.

 

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And it even fits:

My better half often mutters under her breath something about me having a screw loose, any chance you could make another one that fits and pop it in the post

 

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And it even fits:

My better half often mutters under her breath something about me having a screw loose, any chance you could make another one that fits and pop it in the post

Ah, but do you need a left-handed 3.65/8" Whitworth screw in 47.2TPI... or an M8?

 

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Not sure best to send a selection being an older model i think probably imperial with with a coarse thread