Recent content by New_Guy

First post in A LONG TIME! Holy crap man I live down the road from that old factory! I stopped once to to have a look that lathe and mill through the fence I was genuinely disappointed when I saw the lathe gone I thought it went to Chine to become pots and pan. My hats off to you my friend...

:o that brilliant :bow:

Thats a great tip thanks im going to remember that :bow:

sounds interesting cant wait for pic's

Hot na its always bloody raining lol

If you lower your TS now then you will need to fix it when it wears down Your TS is fine it wont affect reaming operations most tools will have more flex than your TS miss alignment

Try getting the coarsest wheel you can and a good wheel dresser (I like the star type) a 40grit wheel should hog into HSS just dress the wheel every time you use it. A basic turning tool is just 3 ground faces, the trick is to hone them on a wet stone and often so you dont have to go back to...

I have an Idea Dave ill try and explain it On the Myford lathes (and I assume the 7" clones) a threaded nut secures the hand wheel into the the tailstock casting and thats also where the Rack and pinion attachment threads into right..... The RP attachment needs a new barrel with a rack cut into...

I have an engineering workshop magazine where someone details the instillation of such a tailstock on a Myford it was said to be a very worth while modification. The kits was off the shelf tho and you needed to replace the tailstock ram/barrel I think with a bit of ingenuity it wouldn't be to...

For threading i would say a good HSS blank with cobalt, ground correctly should be all you need but pay the price for good HSS it is worth it and will last longer For parting again get a HSS blade and a "parting block" its just a little holder for the blade. Just grind a small radius for the...

Nice what sort of modifications? Nice find Dave should be really handy

that is the most simple solution ever :o brilliant just spectacularly brilliant

Lots of Industrial tooling use negative rake tools... i cant say i take much notice but i have done some hard turning with round "button nose" diamond tools, its a very different cutting action you can tell by the swarft

800rpm to 1000rpm max will give you good results, i think fast is good but 1000rpm max for the safety of the tool

absolutely worth some coin especially the beading tool as they are a but hard to grind but one size cove is just a bit to specialized a market maybe set? i would buy some it looks like once the top has worn down a bit you could lick the top on the surface grinder to restore the edges nice idea ;)