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| sbwhart:
Tink her's a tip for getting you tail stop back on centre scribe a couple of lines at the correct position. Her's a shot of turning between centres, I'ts a very accurate way to turn you can take the work out try it for fit and put it back and everything will be still nice and concentric. Hope this helps Stew |
| tinkerer:
Bogs and Stew, Thanks for the insight to turning between centers. Great tip on the tailstock centering marks. I was thinking yesterday about the lathe dog being necessary for offsetting the tailstock. That will be a new set of skills to develop. I have identified the bits required to be in my assortment of tools, so No purchases will be needed and that is a positive. I just found out we have two more games to play, so it will be sometime before I can dedicate myself to extended time in the shop, which I believe will be required to acquire the skills needed to operate consistently and safely. |
| tinkerer:
I was feeling well enough to get in the shop yesterday, but I should have stayed away. I got the taper right and started parting it off. I forgot to release the pressure on the tail stock and just as I was near the center it locked up and snapped the belt. I called Blue Ridge Machinery and ordered a new one and while I was there, I ordered a set of change gears. It is cheaper to buy the set than it is to buy the four I need individually. |
| tinkerer:
While waiting for the belt and change gears, I adjusted my tail stock according to Bogs thread on doing so. It was pretty close to start with, so only took a minute or two to get dead on. I discovered a factory mark on the tail stock for centering and after adjusting, it seemed to be accurate. A little :offtopic: My ideas about making pens is in stall until I can find someone to powder coat. It seems the only company I have near me is not willing to do just a single item and won't even quote a price to add it in with a batch. I haven't given up, but am a little discouraged. Hopefully, the belt will be here Monday and I can get on with the taper. |
| tinkerer:
Well, my belt showed up Tuesday. I had chores, but found time to make the bar round. Wednesday was working on the car, so no progress. Today I got started on the taper. I buggered up the first one, so this is a start over deal. We have awards at the touchdown club tonight, so this is as far as I got today. The change gears are on back order. I hope I get them by the time I need to do some threading for the draw bar. One thing I learned from another post, If I crank in .30 and back off .10 on the cross slide, I get a much better finish and no swarf when cranking back to the start point. I forgot who posted that, but thanks. |
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