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Well the reason for the earlier crosslide only having one single nut is that the leadscrew also screws into the brass part in the centre of the slide, and the later ones don’t hence the 2 part nuts, also the leadscrew nuts on the later metric ones are larger although the are very similar shape...

Hi Pete thanks for reply Well it was definitely 1/4” 40 tpi ME thread , I opened out the hole to 9/32” I couldn’t go any larger otherwise I was in danger of breaking through to other holes turned a bush up to be a very tight fit using a graver ( I couldn’t use the crosslide) ha , pressed it into...

Been doing some mods on my lathe today, because indexing attachments for the Pultra lathe are harder to find than Rocking horse poo, I decided to modify my lathe by removing the remnants of the quick collet closer ( I had taken most of it off anyway because it’s a pain in the proverbial ) , I...

I have to find or get made a replacement lead screw nut for my Pultra 17/70 crosslide but I need to determine the thread , the screw measures 6.27mm 0.247” and 20 threads over 1/2” so 40 tpi but all I can find is 1/4” X 40 tpi M/E threads and I wouldn’t think Pultra would have used model...

Hi all some how I have managed to miss lay ( or lost ) a bracket from the quick close on my Pultra 17/70, has anyone got a 17/50 or 17/70 with quick close that could give me the dimensions of the part that the quick close handle fixes on then fixes onto back of headstock with two pins, I have...

Hi All hope everyone keeping well i have finally been able to register as I kept getting rejected as spam so I thought I would try one last time I found an contact email address and sent message just got a reply so here I am. i am not into normal engines I am into Antique clocks but I suppose it...