Peatol/Taig lathe mods

[boatmadman]

Hi,

Having had my Taig lathe for some time, I am now fed up completely with the cap head screws used to lock various items on the lathe, so, I want to make some decent lock handles.

Thing is, I cant identify the threads, can anyone help please?

Thanks

Ian

[johnny123]

Hey Ian
What parts are you looking to change hold downs?

[Shadow]

I only have the Taig vertical slide being used on another machine and I believe the threads are #10x32 T.P.I., using a 5/32" hex wrench.

[johnny123]

I have used the thread gauges that come with my tap and die sets to make sure.If it is on a taig it will not be metric for sure. 8/32 and 10/32 for most things.The compound slide I had issues with,had to use a set of wrenches that I used for my archery equipment.Right to this day I have no Idea what Allen size it is cause I have 500 wrenches and that is the only one that fits.

[Shadow]

http://www.taigtools.com/mlathe.html

Link to the Taig site. The parts drawing shows the individual part numbers and gives the thread size.

[Dean W]

I think all the socket head cap screws on the Taig lathe are 10-32.  Same for the thumb screw on the back of the carriage and the depth stop. 

Dean

[boatmadman]

Great stuff, thanks for the help Fella's.

 ian

[johnny123]

What size is the wrench that fits the hold down for the compound slide?

[Dean W]

What size is the wrench that fits the hold down for the compound slide?

Hiya Johnny;
That one is 7/64, and a ball head driver is really handy to reach it.