lathe dials

irishwoodsman

irishwoodsman

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Hi Chippers, i have a few questions, i was reading a post earlier about useing mill dials on your compound and cross feed so what i did i went and bought some dials off ebay they have 200 increments on both and are nice and shiney and i can read them nice with my glasses, well i know how to adapt them over but i think once there on i will not be able to crisscross the two by this i mean i will not be able to swivel the 2 over each other is this going to be a problem for me, any help greatly appreciated :thinking: Mac
 
Well, you may have to swing the compound by finding the right position for the dials by moving the compound either in or out. This will mean that you have to think about but it may be doable if they are not too huge.
 
pdentrem said:
Well, you may have to swing the compound by finding the right position for the dials by moving the compound either in or out. This will mean that you have to think about but it may be doable if they are not too huge.
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my regular dial is 3/4 and the new one is like 1"9/16:thinking: mac
 
I made 2" dials to replace the 3/4" ones on the Atlas that I had. What a difference!
Pierre
 
A picture is worth a 1000 words or less eye squinting! From a previous post.
Pierre

I had to move to the desktop as the Ipad had issues with the picture files that were on the system from a previous post.

compound-all-done.jpg dials.jpg
 
pdentrem said:
A picture is worth a 1000 words or less eye squinting! From a previous post.
Pierre

I had to move to the desktop as the Ipad had issues with the picture files that were on the system from a previous post.
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that is a very nice job,[well done]:)) mac
 
pdentrem said:
A picture is worth a 1000 words or less eye squinting! From a previous post.
Pierre

I had to move to the desktop as the Ipad had issues with the picture files that were on the system from a previous post.
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what i was going to do since my old dial od is 3/4 and the new dial id is 3/4 i was going to press the new dial on the old dial if its a tad tight and then install a set screw or i will make a new bushing to fit the new dial:)) mac
 
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