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| On the Cheap: Making a Lathe Test Bar From Water Pipe |
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| vtsteam:
Thanks Andrew -- I kind of remember the name. Reread about it at your suggestion. That's for aligning a lathe on stand etc. This test bar is for re-centering a tailstock after setting over to make a taper. Example, I have set the tailstock over to cut a Morse taper in something and I need return it to center accurately and quickly. Now that I've made it, very simple: Set the test bar between headstock and tailstock centers and using a DTI in the carriage, directly adjust the tailstock over until the reading matches the headstock end reading. A matter of two minutes and accurate to half a thou. |
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