[Coco] coco in a box as a Christmas display

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 24 December 2017 20:08:53 rietveld rietveld wrote:

> Using my coco3 on a stick in a box with a pocket projector as a
> Christmas display
>
>
> https://youtu.be/DixkeTmfzgU

Now thats downright creative. Good job.

> Merry Christmas

Not quite 2 hours to go here in WV. Just came in from the garage, where 
I've been re-grinding the inside of a lathe spindle, back to an MT5 
taper. I think the spindle is very slightly bent, so collets for round 
material were running eccentric as much as 10 thousandths of an inch. 
Not a tolerate-able error.

Got it about as close as I can get it, the run-out is now a bit less than 
0.0001". That at least gives me a chance to do repeatable work.

Now we sit and wait for grizzly to ship me an MT5 to 5C adapter, late 
this week arrival. If its that precise, then an ER-40 adapter plugs into 
that and I'm off to the races for round parts up to an inch in diameter.

CNC is nice, without a compound toolpost holder, I can still cut any 
taper I can rig a cutting tool to reach. The computer is the compound, 
to angular accuracy's in the arc second range. The original compound was 
the victim of the lathe falling over on its front face, sometime back in 
the mists of the last 65 years. Since it weighs 1500 lbs, something is 
gonna get bent or broken when it hits the floor.

Merry Christmas all, and have a good night if you haven't already.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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