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| cedge:
David Seems like a lot of work to reach around one's thumb to touch one's elbow...(grin). The mod has been successful untold numbers of times. Reinventing the wheel seems a little like a lot of work only to get unproven results. Steve |
| Twinsquirrel:
Noted Steve, I have ordered a new screw but in the meantime I may have a go with my original idea as I can easily change tack if it all goes south. I guess Im just a rebel without a clue :hammer: David |
| winklmj:
So how'd it go with this mod. I've started a similar mod this weekend. I'll be adding a ball-bearing as well similar to the mod on GadgetBuilder's site. |
| Sorekiwi:
Its been 4 or 5 years since I did this same mod on mine, so the details are a little "fuzzy". But I think I left the leadscrew in its origional location, and turned up an extension for the unthreaded end of the screw. I also added a ball bearing in the extension spacer. I could go out to the shed and look at the lathe, but its cold and raining tonight, and I think there are monsters out there... |
| andyf:
There's another, very similar, recipe for extending the cross-slide travel on here: http://mikesworkshop.weebly.com/cross-slide-extended-travel.html by Mike Cox, who had the idea for the swing-up toolholder for threading. At the end, he reckons it could have been done without milling out the slide. There's a mod for extending the top-slide travel on there, too. Mike has only just started his site, but it will be worth keeping an eye on it if you are into improving your mini-lathe; I know there are things like a T-slotted cross-slide to come. Andy |
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