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| wheeltapper:
Hi I thought I'd show you how I do this. this is my lathe, it's a Chester clone of the sieg c4. CAUTION turn the power OFF before you start anything like this!! here is the inside of the drive housing to start off I made this fitting, it's a flat bar with a square piece with a cross hole and a clamp screw bolted on. remove the two bolts shown with allen keys and, using longer bolts, fix the fitting I then made an expanding sleeve to fit the lathe mandrel fit this in the mandrel and then fix a change wheel to the end and insert the detent pin so it engages with the teeth the expanding sleeve can also be used with a handle a close up of the drive pin on the handle very useful for screwcutting short threads, the lathes lowest speed is 100 rpm, a wee bit too fast for my liking. and thats it, I hope I haven'd bored you too much :big: cheers the demonstrating side of Roy |
| Stilldrillin:
Not boring at all Roy! :thumbup: Superbly made, and shown.... :clap: :clap: David D |
| John Hill:
Very tidy work Roy and I know it will be useful too! :clap: |
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