Listed below are some handy tips sent in by Sherline users. They are listed in the order received. Click on any tip to open and print just that tip, or open the single file at the top of the table of contents to view all the tips. This section is always growing, so if you have tried something that has worked well or made life easier around your shop, please see below for details on submitting your own tip.
Open one large document containing all the tips (may be slow to load on dial-up connections)
or view individual tips one at a time from the list below:
1. On/Off Switch
extension--Graham D. Taylor
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
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
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
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. A simple rotary table
centering fixture--Robert Beilka
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
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
If you have any examples of things you have done to make your projects go easier, send them to us and we will add them to this section for all to share. Just send a sample part, a photo, a simple sketch or a written description. Craig Libuse will do an illustration or digital photo like the ones above if necessary.
It can be a simple suggestion or special part, but if it makes your life easier, why not share it with others? We look forward to expanding this section of the site with your suggestions. I wish we could offer fortune, but we can at least offer some measure of fame. Thousands of other machinists might see and benefit from your suggestion. You may send your suggestions to us by mail, fax or e-mail as follows:
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