Rob,
Thanks for the reply back from my Dec 20th post. I bet you thought this thread was done. Two years after you started, people are still interested in great workmanship. Thanks for the info on the bluing. It looks good even under the plastic angle gauge,yes i saw that. I’ll try bluing this weekend on some scrap. It will help to keep the shop warm.
I have gathered some of the parts needed to build my taper for Grizzly G9249, but still working on some of the details.
Again, it is a piece of art. You have set the bar high and I hope to a rise to this level of workmanship.
To Rob and anyone willing to give advice.
Here are some odd ball questions:
The back side of my lathe is rough cast. Not a flat mount. What do I do? Put the lathe on the mill??? The bed weights more then I want to lift. Mount the plate, true it (grind as needed) and leave it there? Do four mount studs with standoff plates…
I have seen a lot of plans with a dead man bar. Rob, your design works for only that part of the lathe, the first 12-18 inches? Step in and tell me if my thoughts are wrong. Is a dead man design really needed? I don’t do a lot of work out that far to the right and normal I can flip the work… Thoughts? Looking for input is it needed?
When you are not using your TTA, do you just leave it loose, remove upper parts, remove all of it and “return it to the museum” for display?
On Rob’s Slider:
He hardened it, the wedge, missing from all photos and text, does it get hardened? I can see were you may have blued it in one shot. Is it BSM, or something soft?
Well this got long. I am adding in some links (hope not to offend) of manuals, sites, to look at before you build. Some of these are good, some are “here is a thought” and some are, well “you build with what you got to build with”.
So for those that want to look at other plans thoughts:
http://www.wswells.com/data/howto/9_taper_Install.pdfhttp://www.strippingknives.com/tools/taper.htmhttp://www.gadgetbuilder.com/Taper.htmlhttp://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/f28/lathe-taper-attachment-6404/Cross slide modifications required thoughts
http://pics.woodstockint.com/manuals/m1022_m.pdfhttp://cdn1.grizzly.com/manuals/h0775_m.pdfhttp://content.wmhtoolgroup.com/manuals/man_321442.pdfChuck offsets (the what was I thinking thought)
http://www.vintageprojects.com/machine-shop/offsettaperturning.pdfLast place but an “A” for hitting up the local hardware store to buy pipe: