thread cutting

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Those pics are 2 years old. The paint is all greasy and nasty now. You can still get some new parts from Bourn and Koch. They own whats left of Sheldon.
http://www.bourn-koch.com/ Dave Heinekamp contact. I had to buy a worm for my lead screw and they had it. Mine is a 1943 and apparently came off of a ship. It has the taper attachment and whats left of the MasterMill attachment. Its seen some heavy use but has plenty of life left for what I'm doing. The man that owned it before me used had a boat dealership and he used it to cut shafts for inboards.


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[irishwoodsman]

Those pics are 2 years old. The paint is all greasy and nasty now. You can still get some new parts from Bourn and Koch. They own whats left of Sheldon.
http://www.bourn-koch.com/ Dave Heinekamp contact. I had to buy a worm for my lead screw and they had it. Mine is a 1943 and apparently came off of a ship. It has the taper attachment and whats left of the MasterMill attachment. Its seen some heavy use but has plenty of life left for what I'm doing. The man that owned it before me used had a boat dealership and he used it to cut shafts for inboards.


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you lucky scoundral a taper attachment a milling attachment you hit the mother load lol i'm glad for you though, will look bnk up though:biggrin:

 

[irishwoodsman]

The biggest hurdle for me in learning to thread, I am still learning, was to set my compound 29 - 30 degrees from perpendicular to the work rather than paralell. Couldn't figure out why my threads weren't coming to a peak.

Regular white pvc is good to practice with also. You can make a thread about 2 inches long cut off the end and make another. Lots of room for practice in a 10 foot piece or pipe.

havent started turning threads yet but getting close to it though trying to find a manual for mine i got a basic sheldon how to take care of your lathe but it dont give you too much info:biggrin: