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Graeme, I myself never heard back from deere_x475guy, so I ventured to make my own. I can send to you a Pro/e cad file and or 3d PDF of the one I made if you'd like? You can take dimensions from either. Let me know. Mike

As a person who has converted a zx-45 type mill (actually an MD-001 which is the large version, aka Industrial Hobbies / Charter Oak) I can fully recommend learning a CAD and CAM package as a prerequisite. Having the mill is 1 thing. Running it manually (jog wheel) or quasi programmed (MDI...

In general I tend to use my lathe as I did before; pick the right gear range for the surface speed of what you are wanting, but you can twiddle the speed to improve the cut if there is something going on at the particular speed you picked. I've since started picking gears with my starting speed...

Dealerselectric for me too, and even though I'm in Canada they still were the best price. I've bought from them 2 times now (vfd for mill and vfd and motor for lathe). Just remember you are (most likely) looking for a single (1) phase input VFD. You didn't mention the size of the motor but...

Why do you need to replace the original Emco motor and control? The power supply for it is right there with the machine so it being an odd voltage should not matter. The speed control for it has a potentiometer input that can be accessed easily along with the spindle on/off switch. Would be...

Guys, Let me find the parts I made and send them out to Pat and / or Chris. Cost hasn't been the issue for me and I'm more than willing to front my share of the cost of getting the parts out to the various members. As it stands now I don't foresee having a workshop for a few months minimum...

Hi All, I do apologize for not completing my parts. Circumstances have conspired to defeat me. I never intended to drop the ball and I did try very hard to make the parts assigned to me but 1. Inexperience with the size of parts lead to me scrapping most of what I worked on, wasting the...

I am getting better. I've been walking without a cast for 1 week now. Still can't stand for long periods (ie 1 hr +) due to swelling in my leg but it is getting better and I will be getting more shop time as the winter progresses. (no skiing or hockey for me this winter:wall: ) Funny enough...

Slow.... I now have 3 plates and a pile of screws holding my lower leg together in proper alignment. I am not allowed to put weight on my leg for 3 months which will bring me to the end of October. I am feeling better with almost no pain most days so that is good, but standing on one leg is not...

Hi guys, I'm still here but unfortunately I can't make it into my basement workshop to make any parts despite an abundance of time... This is due to my breaking my leg (3 breaks actually) and having an external fixation (rods and clamps) while I wait for surgery (long story why I haven't had...

Hi All, I'll keep it short - here's the visual report on where I'm at. 1st pic is all the parts good, in progress and bad, 2nd is just the "good". Its the eccentric strap that is giving me grief - steel, small drills and taps, small part holding and a homemade cnc with backlash are all...

Guys, I haven't given up - yet! I completed 1 of the eccentric straps after coming so close and then trashing the 1st one. I have a process now - I just need to eek out a couple of hours together so I can run a bunch without interruptions (which is part of the cause of the 1st ruined part.. )...

Still here guys, I've been loaded down at work and family activities that have sucked all my "spare" time I thought I had... Anyways - I have another chance to get some shop time in this weekend. Its the "strap" that is giving me all the grief - I've wasted numerous hours scrapping lots of...

Hi Team, I must apologize too for my tardiness, just as I figured out how to machine these parts I was sent out of town on business. I'm back now and plan on taking a day off to recover from travel etc so I should get some good shop time in and hopefully make some real progress. The parts...

Take all the time you need for my parts - I'm sorta in the same boat. My skills with steel are still in development lets say and I've been struggling with the eccentric strap parts - trying to get a proper finish. I did have a good shop session tonight and am much closer to being done now. A...

Dave, Got the parts in the mail today! Thanks Mike

Hi guys, I'm still chipping away too. I've got the little clevis end done, the eccentric and I just am finishing up the rods tonight as I needed a break from the eccentric strap top and bottom halves. Those parts are what are slowing me down as milling these little guys in steel has been a...

Thanks for all the suggestions. I ended up using my tap holder to hold the parts while I drilled them and turned them down to 1/8" diameter. I did not realize just how small the parts were for the team build engine when I signed on. Pictures do have a way of skewing our perspective sometimes...

I think I've found my makeshift solution - I'll know tomorrow when I try. Tap holder - I realized it has a 4-way split and is designed to hold onto the square end of a tap. I have one that seems to be just the right size and I can trap a depth stop in there to help with the setup. I'll...

Thanks Steve, I like that little holder idea and may use it, but making a square hole is where I'm falling apart! I guess I could try and broach it with a homemade cutter but that would be yet another whole new learning experience. I think my problem with my little collets was they were too...