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| dbvandy:
I have done it all on my own, but have been comfortable in the shop environment for 35+ years (I am 42...). The lathe is just a tool that I have had to learn and I do a lot of research before I break things (most times, anyway)... My Grandfather was super handy, but I learn and design on my own. I am in the planning stages for a v-4 that I will tackle after the Otto is perfected. More to come on that... Thanks for the comments... Doug |
| Gazz292:
most excelent, i shal camp out under the letter box and wait for it to drop on my head :) Once i have my workshop done, i'll be printing off that guide, and a few others, and set about cleaning and setting this machine up. i set the leadscrew height quickly today, made the saddle move without catching the screw till the last inch of travel, but it tightens up there too, so i rekon the ways are a little thicker at the tailstock end. I then pulled the tumbler gear selecter off, found a couple of copper olives (the flat sided ones) from a compression fitting that slid over the shaft nicely, so put one each side of the spring and put it back together, much better, i noew have to deliberately pull the handle to get the pin out of the detent to move it, before you could almost do it with your little finger the spring was that weak, and that's about it really, still havent cut anything in it, i dont have any stock, and i'm resisting the urge to find something about the house to 'modify' untill i have stripped and rebuilt it. |
| Gazz292:
Postie has just been, and with the usual spam letters was a slightly thicker than usual envelope, in it was a 25T changegear, yay, Andyf has very kindly sent it to me as he had it spare, 10 seconds later it was in the lathe, and the leadscrew powers along nicely once more :thumbup: Thankyou very much andy, it's really appreciated, i hope i can help you or others out in a similar way in the future. |
| andyf:
No problem, Gazz. Like coins, gears are made round to go around. Let me know when you break the 20T one :) BTW, you mentioned your gears weren't marked. With your gears, which are to the metric Mod 1 standard, the quick way to tell the number of teeth is to measure the OD of a gear in millimetres. Tooth count = OD minus 2. For example, that 25T will have an OD of about 27mm (I say "about" because it's Chinese). Andy |
| Hobby-Machinist:
--- Quote from: dbvandy on March 01, 2011, 01:22:19 PM ---I have done it all on my own, but have been comfortable in the shop environment for 35+ years (I am 42...). The lathe is just a tool that I have had to learn and I do a lot of research before I break things (most times, anyway)... Doug --- End quote --- That is my main fear, leaving the backgear engaged at the wrong time, etc., and busting the gears. Not always easy to get new ones. Nelson |
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