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C3 mini lathe bed and gibs
Darren:
--- Quote from: 28ten on August 01, 2009, 10:01:01 AM ---Darren
this lathe is about 12 months old, I bought is S/H unused. as it was raining I stripped this morning and I can confirm that is banana shaped.
what was the cross slide like on yours? this one is quite rough :bang:
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TBH going by the work that john did to it mine was rough too. Quite some squaring up to do to get it workable.....
It's all in the write up, and much more.... :thumbup:
I know a lot of people say theirs is fine and well made etc....but give it to someone like John and they may be able to tell you a different story.....
bogstandard:
John will be putting another banana right very soon.
CrewCab:
--- Quote from: bogstandard on August 01, 2009, 02:35:14 PM ---John will be putting another banana right very soon.
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In which case, you deserve ................... :ddb: ............... a banana .............
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28ten:
A red banana at that :D :ddb: :ddb:
I thought you might to see a couple of pics of the some castings I have turned, and the form tools i use. generally I turn the wheel tread to within about 5 thou and then finish with the form tool, even when I had access to an ML7 I still would follow the same procedure.
Any chatter produces a poor finish as the contact area is so large, I would generally use about 100rpm and the lightest of touches on the cross slide.
CrewCab:
Very nice work, how about talking us through the procedure :beer:
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