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| S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: Stilldrillin on November 20, 2013, 04:15:52 PM ---P. S. Amadeal, £19...... http://www.amadeal.co.uk/acatalog/Fixed_Steady__Rest.html --- End quote --- Not bad. I was looking at Axminster since Arc euro trade has them out of stock, and they were charging about twice that much with delivery. I'm not sure if it'd fit a Seig C2 though. |
| Stilldrillin:
--- Quote from: S. Heslop on November 20, 2013, 04:32:19 PM --- --- Quote from: Stilldrillin on November 20, 2013, 04:15:52 PM ---P. S. Amadeal, £19...... http://www.amadeal.co.uk/acatalog/Fixed_Steady__Rest.html --- End quote --- Not bad. I was looking at Axminster since Arc euro trade has them out of stock, and they were charging about twice that much with delivery. I'm not sure if it'd fit a Seig C2 though. --- End quote --- Give 'em a ring. They're very helpful...... :thumbup: David D |
| S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: Stilldrillin on November 20, 2013, 05:20:03 PM --- --- Quote from: S. Heslop on November 20, 2013, 04:32:19 PM --- --- Quote from: Stilldrillin on November 20, 2013, 04:15:52 PM ---P. S. Amadeal, £19...... http://www.amadeal.co.uk/acatalog/Fixed_Steady__Rest.html --- End quote --- Not bad. I was looking at Axminster since Arc euro trade has them out of stock, and they were charging about twice that much with delivery. I'm not sure if it'd fit a Seig C2 though. --- End quote --- Give 'em a ring. They're very helpful...... :thumbup: David D --- End quote --- Thanks for the tip but I went with SPG tools. I sort of wanted to order from them to see if they're any good, since they stock the milling machine I might buy if I ever learn how to save up money. Thanks for the advise in general! Hopefully this won't take too long to arrive. |
| AdeV:
--- Quote from: S. Heslop on November 20, 2013, 03:33:26 PM --- but I figure my problem is that my 4 jaw chuck is too wobbly. I was reading a 0.10mm wobble over 90mm of the bar. --- End quote --- That's a hell of a wobble... have you got a bit of swarf trapped between the lathe spindle & the back of the chuck perhaps? Was it a brand new chuck? i.e. any chance of returning it as not fit for purpose? |
| Fergus OMore:
Checking a lathe for truth moves this topic into another ball park. I would suggest that you have a look at what people like Gadgetbuilder contributed on small lathes. I'm twixt and between with a Myford on one side and a little Unimat clone on the other :scratch: However, if I was faced the question, I would still avoid a suspect 4 jaw and probably remove the poppet from the tailstock-- and use it as a fixed steady. If it is too small , I would make a fixed steady out of wood. I'm going off at a bit of a tangent but you might have to do this. The ideal fixed steady( And I can get shot down) is not a steady with three or four silly little brass points. Me, I'd go for a something called a fixed bushing steady- Obviously, it would have spacers or bushes to accommodate other round bar sizes. I recall an account of a guy who held some 11 feet of round bar in his ML7 and this had a hole drilled in his workshop to steady the final bit. He wrote the book on Screwcutting in the Lathe, if you want the reference. Probably your lathe is bending under the weight and strains- like his was. Whatever, I wish you every success Norman |
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