Nice pp, Did you make the clamp, and drill and tap the cross slide?
I didn’t make the clamp. The spindle and clamp are from those cheap chinese bench cnc routers.
I did drill and tap the compound slide though 
Still, looks good. 
I was lucky enough to receive this 7/16” arbor and slitting saw set from kiriba-ru
He is still working out pricing so contact him if you are interested.
it is simple enough design and spins nice and true in the machine
I tried a few cutting depths and speeds and seemed happiest around 400 rpm and 1mm
depth in aluminum, I used venom cutting oil to help a little
then I had a try with a piece of mild steel dropped the revs to around 200
and took cuts of around .5mm seemed to chatter a little but did the job
I think slow and steady for steel work, no apparent damage to the teeth
the saw I was using was 3mm width the thickest from the set
I imagine you would need to be very gentle with the thinner discs
Thanks for the review ltp. These would be good for doing fins that do not go all the way around. You’d need a rotary table though.
I wasn’t entirely happy with the spindle setup I did a couple of posts above as I could not swing the cross slide 90 degrees to face the chuck. It took a bit of head scratching but I came up with a method of mounting it to face the chuck. Them main problem was the base of the spindle motor was near flush with the top of the cross slide. I also thought if I mounted it on a quick change tool holder it could possibly have added flex. I’m pretty happy with the result. Of course, if I had space for a mill I probably wouldn’t be going through all this :person_facepalming:
In this last pic I could’ve made that groove with a regular lathe bit but wasn’t thinking at the time. What I ‘can’ do now is make that groove in segments.
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Of course, to successfully use this now I need a radial indicator and chuck stop :person_facepalming:
It never ends pp. What are you using to index the chuck at the moment?
…eerrm… nothing 
Hence I haven’t really been using the spindle. I’ve got plans for it though…. :sunglasses:
I’ve used calibrated texta marks for years.
What did you calibrate it with ? :laughing: Eyes…? …and how did you calculate…with the universal whiskey units - fingers? :laughing:
Of course, I could accurately split a diameter into thirds because of the chuck jaws but anything else would be measuring marking and holding it in position with my hand :disguised_face:
One way you could put degrees on the spindle would be to print out a degree wheel, cut a hole in it the size of the spindle and away you go.
I used this. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mr-Gasket-1570-Cam-Degree-Wheel-Universal-7-Inch-/263692855400
I already had it laying around from back in my hot rod days.
nice one pp,
you could try a dressmaking tape and a calculator
Yeh, I put an index wheel combined chuck stop back in post #78 on my previous lathe. I kinda liked how simple and easy that was.
Thanks for the link moderator007. I’m wondering if the smaller increments might be useful in the future….? If it were useful I think I might go with a wheel that has 360 instead of 2* 180
e.g.
This rudimentary device I cant take credit for but is very handy for trueing thin parts in the lathe
I think the thicker the shaft the better
simply clamp part gently in chuck and move the bearing in till it rotates continuously
stop the lathe and tighten chuck completely.
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Thanks for the update ltp. I wondered what I was going to use it for. Can you make me a holder?
I got around to fitting the index wheel. I had a use for it so ‘had to get it done’.
I really needed to make a spindle lock as well but couldn’t come up with a suitable idea and I was impatient to get the job done so used this ingenious contraption.
The compound slide also needed some attention. The small bolts that lock down the compound angle were starting to strip the threads so I fitted some larger bolts. It took a bit of shaping of the bolt to get it into the t-slot. The pic below shows one old and one new bolt.
Here’s a pic of the project.
Nice finish up pp. Where do I put my order in for the degree wheel mod? 
I’m jealous pinkpanda3310, your comp cam wheel has the full 360 degree increments. :cry:
Looks good and should be pretty useful. :+1: