27-11-2011, 02:40 PM
Hi,
That's the end float removed Alan so now all you need to do is to make a perfect job without resorting to a prototype which should be easy given the kit at your disposal.
Yes I was thinking just how easy it is to trash a job by a simple silly mistake. One mistake we lathe owners tend to make is with using the cross slide; on normal turning which covers most of the jobs the cross slide is moved towards the operator moving the tool away from the cut.
I would bet that just about everyone who has ever used an engineering lathe has moved the cross slide exactly the same way whilst using a boring bar putting a cut on instead of taking it off and as the bar is quickly withdrawn it cuts a very nice coarse thread.
Keep at it Alan and good luck I'm watching your scrap bin.
Kind regards, Col.
That's the end float removed Alan so now all you need to do is to make a perfect job without resorting to a prototype which should be easy given the kit at your disposal.
Yes I was thinking just how easy it is to trash a job by a simple silly mistake. One mistake we lathe owners tend to make is with using the cross slide; on normal turning which covers most of the jobs the cross slide is moved towards the operator moving the tool away from the cut.
I would bet that just about everyone who has ever used an engineering lathe has moved the cross slide exactly the same way whilst using a boring bar putting a cut on instead of taking it off and as the bar is quickly withdrawn it cuts a very nice coarse thread.
Keep at it Alan and good luck I'm watching your scrap bin.
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
