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I've owned a lathe with a 4' between centers for about 5 years. It was an old machine. I always thought it would be profitable but I've never used it. I decided to get a smaller toolroom lathe with only 3' between centers and one of the first jobs that turned up was machining a 3.5' shaft. I...

Another project: the fuel selector of an old car. It was an aluminum part which has rotted so much it fell apart from brittleness. Machined out of a solid piece of aluminum, not 100% original regarding the casting details but fully functional and measures up perfectly. Old and new Beginning...

Depends if the feed is inward or outward ;) But on an inside hole I would always let it go outward to not let the tool crash. In that case it would produce a right-hand thread.

It looks like some sort of steel planking for wheel grip in rough terrain, linking those sections together should produce a long assembly. Am I right?

I've got 1 picture so far: It's a fuel tap I'm making. The taper on the tap itself has worn so much it started leaking a lot. After that the solder on the threads broke on one end. I decided to try and make a new one. It's not finished yet but it's a half-way pic. The far side is the new one.

I'm new to the forum (as a member) so here's a little introduction. I'm Jos from the Netherlands. I've been reading this forum for a while now and decided to become a member because I'm interested in machining and everything that has got to do with that subject. I started about 8 years ago at...

Thanks for the replies, I'll try to upload some photo's for introducing myself in that specific section. I have a Weiler Matador lathe. It has a camlock spindle so unthreading is not a risk. I can run it in reverse to cut the threads with the tool upside down. I've had it happen once on a...

I've been reading this forum for a while now, but decided to sign up. I can learn a lot from each of you and maybe I could even contribute some day... I've been reading a lot about threading and especially about what can go wrong. Which made me wonder: I always thread towards the spindle on my...