Working on parts to fit a Royal Collet closer to my lathe. Need to shourten the draw tube and make a few brackets etc. Made a new end nut tonight. My knurling sucks and I chipped my carbide internal thd tool half way thru. Had to finish threads with a different tool and re-register to the partial threads. Oh well.
I finaly got the time to finnish of a lathe stop that ive been needing to get around to
i kept it simple, although using my angle table proved to be ineresting with working out how to clamp it to the table and still clear the quill :-0 , well i find i'm always learning new ways to hold things down
I finally finished the carriage stop for my mini-lathe that I've been working on intermittently for some time. I've had occasion to use it now and don't know how I lived without it. It's funny... Stuart and I were working on almost the same project...
I wanted to get rid of the rubber cover that protects the ways from chips. It just seemed to be always binding. This what I came up with. I may alter it a bit to accommodate the X axis limit switches.
I finally finished the carriage stop for my mini-lathe that I've been working on intermittently for some time. I've had occasion to use it now and don't know how I lived without it. It's funny... Stuart and I were working on almost the same project...
Great project. My lathe came with a stop and I have been using the heck out of it in the last few days but your design is way better. I think I will be making a new one like your soon. Do you find the Aluminum works fine for the body?
Great project. My lathe came with a stop and I have been using the heck out of it in the last few days but your design is way better. I think I will be making a new one like your soon. Do you find the Aluminum works fine for the body?
Thanks for your comments. Let me clarify that it's not my original design; I borrowed it from one I saw on GadgetBuilder's site. He actually made his body from Tufnol, which he describes as a "phenolic/resin with fiber". His inspiration was on "The Engineman's Workshop" site (about half way down the page), and Engineman used an aluminum body. I can't say that I've used it enough yet to see if there is any wear or other issues, but since it's just a stop for me to feel as I'm advancing the carriage manually, there's not a lot of load on it and I think aluminum will be fine. I also wanted something softer than the steel surface of the bed..
Cut a quick Die holder for my pen making cousin, who just started on a Sherline.
I am not convinced he will be using a Sherline forever, so I tapped the arbor end with the Sherline-common 3/8-24 thread for Sherline headstock and tailstock arbors, and cut a 3/8-24 3/8 straight shank for future use if he changes machines.
Then I tapped a 5/16-18 set screw, which uses the Sherline Allen wrench.
I don't think I am getting the finishes I want straight off the lathe, before I polish. I think I need to find a small tweak or two that needs maintenance on this newly acquired 10L. And I think I need to set up my grinders and give myself more advanced lessons in tool grinding.
... And John Geddes cutting fluid experiment may help me! I've been using this healthy water based stuff.
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