What job did you do today in your shop?

[woodchucker]

@Weldingrod1

Slow and steady. I read somewhere that when Ford made the cross shaft it was straight when the ends were turned. Then the shaft was bent as you see in the photos.

The center holes in the ends of the shaft were buggered up such that the shaft would not turn concentric when chucked up on a live center in the tailstock.

I turned an aluminum adapter piece that had a 75 degree concave cone on one face and a center point hole on the opposite face. That adapter was placed between the tailstock live center and the shaft end. This allowed me to hold the the the loose end of the shaft at the tailstock and to adjust the shaft so it ran true in the lathe.

I had a chuck stop on the opposite end so the shaft would not slip back into the chuck jaws.

Then I just went at very slow RPM and took light cuts.

It worked and I was able to get both ends of the shaft turned to proper dimension.

Rick

pics of the adapter if you still have it. Might as well make it useful for search here.

 

[rls1160]

have you tried the knotted wheels over those. I don't get wires in the face with a knotted wheel.

@woodchucker the knotted wheels do reduce the fraying of wires. The knotted wheels seem to be a bit more forgiving and better at reaching into crevices when using it for cleaning of parts.

 

[Firstram]

I don't get wires in the face with a knotted wheel.

You do if you do it wrong enough!

 

[woodchucker]

Wrong or long.?

 

[Firstram]

Wrong or long.?

Wrong!

Let it get up to full speed and jamb it into the work or, any other careless thing people seem to do.

 

[woodchucker]

Wrong!

Let it get up to full speed and jamb it into the work or, any other careless thing people seem to do.

but that's the way your supposed to do it... jamb it in there as hard as possible... what's WRONG with that?

 

[Charles scozzari]

but that's the way your supposed to do it... jamb it in there as hard as possible... what's WRONG with that?

If that method stalls the motor it's time for a bigger machine.

 

[coolidge]

Chipped paint ugh...so I sanded and painted my thread dial then baked it in the oven at 170 degrees.



Stainless indicator pin inbound from McMaster-Carr