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| lesterhawksby:
Thanks, that's really helpful. I've done a bit of screwcutting but not as coarse pitched a thread as this. The method you describe with leaving the half nuts engaged has worked well for me before (I'm much less confident with the thread dial anyway). Thanks also for the suggestion about hand cranking, I'll try that - even a 1mm pitch is fairly fast moving at the lowest speed at which I still have enough power to drive a threading tool, so twice that would be tricky for me. I'll let you all know how I get on! |
| lesterhawksby:
Hi everyone Just wanted to say thanks again for the advice. I know it's been a long time - ever so many things raised their ugly heads and got in the way of shop time - but I finally got to grips with this. It turns out I don't have all the change gears needed to closely approximate imperial pitches so I have ended up following Rob's approach of turning a plain register and then clamping the backplate to it with a screw. Rob, you were spot on, thanks very much. The backplate fitted and turned beautifully concentrically - I think it's actually a bit more accurate than the lathe's own spindle flange. :D thanks again, this is a great community! L |
| Rob.Wilson:
Hi Lester Pleased to here you got the job sorted :thumbup: Rob |
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