Hercus 260 (south Bend Gs26-075)

I finally found a C5 collet adapter that fits my spindle.

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Only thing is the small pin is missing. Need some advice...do you reckon I could braze in a pin or should I weld it in? I'm a bit concerned the welding temp might soften the adapter and the pin steel. Any ideas welcome.

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BTW its a southbend original for a D1-4 spindle.
 
Only thing is the small pin is missing. Need some advice...do you reckon I could braze in a pin or should I weld it in?
I would make one from drill rod to a press fit and then just press it in. I would not harden it.

Edit: In fact, I need to do that myself...
 
I need some help... BTW Here I might say something wrong or beside the point as I try to explain what is happening.

Tried to cut an imperial thread 12 TPI. My lathe is an ATM with means the leadscrew has a 3mm pitch and the gear configuration is set up for metric. So is the quick change gearbox.

I bought the "kit" allowing imperial threading. This consisted of a set of gears - the 80 is not shown but that came with it too.
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It also included this table

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So I changed gear setup and found I didn't have another bush and bolt for the 80 tooth gear as shown in the table but I was advised that if I can get the compound 63T-64T to drive directly to the screw gear - 48T -it's fine as the 80T only transfers from one to the other.
So I did that, but I'm not so sure it's right. I reckon that if the 80T was in the position that's shown in the diagram the screw gear would turn in the opposite direction. I'm not sure this is connected with the problem I'm having but bear with me so I can get to the final result.

BTW here's how I connected it
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Then used the gear box as it shows LH on 1.2 and RH on A

I also made the assumption that if I use the same position each time on my metric thread chasing dial I'll hit the same spot each time.
Here's the TCD chart
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My first pass was indeed 12 TPI
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But after the initial pass, very incrementally at the same pitch, the cut each time was very close to the pass before it. It wasn't obvious until 4 or 5 passes as I was cutting light. After further passes I could see the thread was "disappearing" as it went further and further.
I used position 3 on the thread chasing dial as the gear box was to be set at 1.2 so I chose the same positon on the thread dial. It seems a very small error between the metric and the imperial was compounding.

So any ideas? where is the error that caused the same pitch but incremental position change on the work?

My instinct is the metric thread dial which has 3 gears in it to choose from, but I can't explain exactly why or how to make the choice that will solve my problem.
 
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You cannot use the threading dial when you are transposing from metric to imperial or vice versa. You need to leave the half nuts engaged. There is a partial work around if you are interested...
 
The threading dial needs to stay at the same clock position in the same revolution of the threading dial. If you have to stop tight against the shoulder and are going to have a (crash!) problem with that, then do it like this:
Memorize well the exact starting position of the threading dial. Make your cut, and when you get to the end of the cut, release the half nuts and IMMEDIATELY stop the spindle. Back the cutting tool away from the thread, start the spindle in reverse, and then engage the half nuts when you reach the exact same clock position as you had earlier. Let the tool go back to the start of the threading, advance the tool to the new cut, and repeat.

You are following the rule of keeping that half nuts engaged, BUT you are releasing them for just a moment to stop the tool, then re-engaging the half nuts in the exact same position they were in previously, in the same thread dial revolution. If you lose what revolution you are on, or forget the starting clock position, you are screwed... It works just fine, but practice it on scrap before using it on something you care about.

Another thing that can help instead is threading away from the spindle on typical threading jobs.
 
So if I understand you correctly in order to achieve this my spindle must not roll to a stop? If I press the stop button the lathe and carriage roll on until a dead stop is achieved. I'm not sure exactly how much but I did try it just to see and I could see a crash coming if I tried it during threading, I don't have a break on this machine.

But threading away from the spindle is probably doable as it doesn't matter if it rolls a 1/4 or 1/2 a revolution after I turn off since there's nothing to crash into. But I guess if I'm using a tailstock centre to support the work them that maybe another thing.
 
So if I understand you correctly in order to achieve this my spindle must not roll to a stop? If I press the stop button the lathe and carriage roll on until a dead stop is achieved. I'm not sure exactly how much but I did try it just to see and I could see a crash coming if I tried it during threading, I don't have a break on this machine.

But threading away from the spindle is probably doable as it doesn't matter if it rolls a 1/4 or 1/2 a revolution after I turn off since there's nothing to crash into. But I guess if I'm using a tailstock centre to support the work them that maybe another thing.
The spindle can roll to a stop. It cannot nun for long after releasing the half nuts or you will lose where to re-engage it again in the exact same spot of the same revolution. If you just practice releasing the half nuts and turning off the spindle in quick succession on a practice job, you will have no trouble. Get it wrong once and you will have to find the cut again manually, not a good thing when you are nearly done with the thread.
 
Hi Bob,

Not that I didn't believe you but I wanted to see it visually. I came across this youtube which demonstrates exactly what you advised. So thanks for the assistance. This is going from imperial to metric.



Thanks again Bob
 
Well it ain't perfect but I think I can, with practice, make it workable.

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Thanks for your help Bob.
 
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