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| Neubert1975:
An other interesting, to me at least, way it rack and pinion. if any of you know Stefan Gotteswinter on youtube he has made it on hes lathe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1ytS1lhVFg i have been thinking of making the same om my own lathe, that is similar to Stefanīs |
| vtsteam:
Interesting stuff, guys! :beer: On this one I'm going conventional -- in fact I'm just going to copy the Craftsman ram, since that's the casting. I started boring the taper this afternoon: |
| vtsteam:
Trying the blued MT2 tapered center in the bore: |
| vtsteam:
The light area towards the end means that the steady rest needs to move towards me to lessen the bore angle. |
| vtsteam:
After adjustment, and a couple more passes, the pattern is spreading, but the steady rest still needs less set over: |
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