Tips from Sherline Machinists

Tips

1. 1. On/Off Switch extension—Graham D. Taylor
      1. Power Switch Dust Cover
   2. Diamond tool dressers—Henry W. Scherer
   3. Mill table horizontal clamp—David Gibson
   4. Drawbolt washer retainer—Steven Smith
   5. Large hold-down clamp—Alex Green
   6. Centering work in a 4-jaw chuck—Edward Ewell
   7. A fixture for using small taps without breaking them—Bob Shores
   8. #0 Morse taper holder for a #1 center drill—#8a Ross Heitt and #8b David M. Grause
   9. Spindle depth stop—John D. Cannon
   10. Mounting a DRO box on the mill—#10a Michael Gipe and #10b Ronald Melvin
   11. Using the thread cutting attachment with riser blocks in place—Ron Lederer
   12. Containing chips during fly cutting—Scotty Hewitt
   13. An inexpensive #1 Morse adapter—Keith Yundt
   14. Removing tapered tools from the headstock without a hammer—Nhut Le and Larry Simon
   15. Another two ways to remove tapers from the spindle—Norman Gajewski, Guiseppe Sturiale, and Milton Mills
   16. Easy cleanup for chips—Gene King
   17. Mill Y-axis leadscrew chip wiper—Larry Mortimer (and another solution by Tim Schroeder)
   18. Adding an on/off safety indicator light—Tauseef Tahir
   19. A simple cone mandrel—Ross Heitt
   20. Making and using broaches to make non-round holes—Rich Dean
   21. A simple chip shield for milling—Ron Headding
   22. Magnetic mill vise jaws—Steve Houtchen
   23. “Old Man” Tommy bars—John Ecker, plus Tracy Atkinson, Tom Bank and Craig Libuse
   24. Using the threading attachment with the motor in place—Marcus Carius
   25. Mill depth stops—Tracy Atkinson
   26. Z-axis backlash adjuster—Tauseef Tahir
   27. Cutting a bevel gear—David Lehrian
   28. Making a more positive Y-axis lock for the mill—Larry Mortimer
   29. Making an inexpensive edge finder—Forrest Atkinson
   30. Tailstock gib quick adjustment screws and locking lever—Brian James (and another by Larry Simon)
   31. Lathe and mill tuneup tips to reduce backlash—Larry Mortimer
   32. Using the compound slide on the “front” side—Jerry Glickstein
   33. A CNC-machined spindle drawbar remover—Colin Dyckes
   34. Lathe indexing, engagement lever and axis lock modifications—Jim Knighton
   35. Four video tips for using the lathe and a dial indicator—Dan Diaconu
   36. A live center tailstock chuck adapter—Dan Pines
   37. An indexing head and a toolpost grinder using a 7600 tool post—Jim Knighton
   38. A permanently mounted thread cutting gearbox for the lathe—Jim Knighton
   39. Turning your P/N 1074 steady rest into a roller steady rest—Rubens Ramos Fernandes
   40. An economical chip guard for fly cutting—Charles Dukes
   41. Two simple rotary table centering fixtures—Robert Beilka and Roger Monroe
   42. A 4-jaw chuck part plate—Allan Marconett
   43. A vertical stop for the 2200 Radius Cutter—William A. Ritchie
   44. The P/N 7600 3/8″ tool post as an indicator holder—Dan Pines
   45. An indicator holder for the lathe—Jim Knighton (With an additional tip from William Bassett)
   46. Faceplate and chuck fixture protect the Rotary Table—Michael Klipp
   47. Mounting a microscope on your lathe or mill—Jerry Kieffer
   48. Z-axis indicator mount for the mill—Steven Lang
   49. Quick adjusting handles for the lathe—Joe Travis
   50. Putting a microscope ring light on the mill—Roger Ronnie (and Bill Maxwell) and Making an LED ring light—Perry Murlless
   51. Holding long work on a mill with a split vise—Jerry Kieffer
   52. Automatic mill spindle motor shutoff switch for CNC—Neil Yeager
   53. Mill vise performance modifications—Steven Lang
   54. Shedding some light on lathe-facing operations—Steven Lang
   55. A simple magnifier for the lathe or mill—Joe Martin
   56. Adding a switched power outlet to control the lathe power feed—Larry Kombrink
   57. Handy Tommy bar and chuck key holders for the lathe and mill—Steven Lang
   58. A direct reading handwheel on the lathe crosslide—Fred Smittle
   59. Adding an electronic RPM readout to your lathe or mill—Normand Ouellette
   60. Clock key tap handles—Jerry Kieffer
   61. A holder for 1/8″ square lathe tools—Don Brouse
   62. Get perfectly straight lines, smooth curves, and even spacing when hand stamping letters or numbers—Jerry Kieffer
   63. Powered, rapid advance handwheels—Joe Katona
   64. Lathe table lock—Vince Pugliese
   65. Threading for right-handed people—Flosi Guðmundsson
   66. A Vernier scale for the Rotary Table—Matthew Springer
   67. A Fixture to help Center work on the lathe with a 3- or 4-jaw scrolling chuck—Eddie LaBane
   68. A simple turned tap guide—Eddie LaBane
   69. A Carriage Reverse for the 3001 Power Feed—William Geissinger (FYI: the lathe power feed has been discontinued)
   70. Making a “Bull’s Foot” file for flat surfaces—Jerry Kieffer
   71. Super-cheap protection for your DRO readout box—Tom Wheless
   72. Accurately squaring a thread die to the stock—Dave Joseph
   73. Modification of Boring Head #3054 (#3049 metric)—Shuky Levy
   74. Chuck Adapter Improvement for Clock and Watch Makers—A. Bousquet
   75. Removable Tach Sensor—Cary Millsap
   76. USB CNC motion controller for Windows®. Put your Laptop/Desktop to work with Sherline’s 8760 CNC Controller via the USB port—dPP Engineering
   77. Converting a Sherline Lathe into a Precision Disk Sander—Jimmy Cancino
   78. Modification: Holding the Sweet Spot on Your Sherline Vise—Jimmy Cancino
   79. Using the Threading Attachment to Wind Springs—Tom Boyer
   80. How to Distinguish between Standard Chucks and Coated Chucks—Sherline Products
   81. Rotary Milling Fixture—Joe Saylor
   82. Tommy-Bar Locker—Sanghyeon Jung (a.k.a. David, the Korean machinist)
   83. Rotating Mill Vise Base Enhancement—Russ Cupan
   84. Boring Head Modification—David Nelson
   85. Follower Rest Modification to Support Odd-shaped Stock—Russ Cupan
   86. Spindle Handwheel and Collet Drawbar Modification—Jim Harrison
   87. Custom Tooling for Sherline Lathe—Joe Saylor
   88. Custom Boring Bar Holder—Sherline Products
   89. A Non-CNC’ed Drawbolt Pusher Tool—Russ Cupan
   90. Heavy Cuts Can Force the Mill Column out of Alignment—Sherline Products
   91. Depth Stop for the Lathe—Russ Cupan
   92. Cutting Threads with the Sherline Compound Slide—Russ Cupan
   93. Compound Slide Custom Tool Holder for Cutting Threads—James Thompson
   94. Rotary Table Degree Disc—William Nichol
   95. Making Your Own T-Bars—Russ Cupan
   96. Drawbar and Chuck Adapter Through-Drill Modification—Roger Adams
   97. Using Riser Blocks with the Sherline Radius Cutter—Dann
   98. Fashioning a DRO Lathe Mount—Larry Stern
   99. Using a Headstock for Indexing Parts—Shuky Levy
   100. A More Rigid Thread Cutting Attachment—Cary Millsap
   101. Mill Setup for Cutting Gears—Pamela Weiss
   102. Machining a Chuck Platform for Turning Thin Parts—Jack Pantry
   103. Adding a Work Light for the Mill—boB (nom de plume)
   104. 3-Jaw Chuck Holding Dimensions—Jack Pantry
   105. 4-Jaw Independent Chuck Holding Dimensions—Jack Pantry
   106. Right-Angle Attachment Modification—Jack Pantry
   107. Lathe Power Feed—Asher Stange and Frank LeMay
   108. Indexing Attachment Add-on—Dirk Fassbender
   109. Clever Way to Indicate a Square Part in a 4-Jaw Chuck—Joe Pie
   110. Tilting Angle Table with Sine Plate Modification—Timothy Reck
   111. Learn How To Build a DIY CNC Controller—David Wagoner
   112. Fabricated Backsplash for the Sherline Benchtop Lathe—Samuel MackatroniX
   113. Acorn Retrofit on a Denford/Sherline Microturn Lathe—Friolator
   114. Sherline Boring Head Modification—George Crowe