hey i was looking in a machinery catalog before and one of those small lathe mill combo machines got my eye one of these https://www.machineryhouse.com.au/Products?stockCode=L159 and from Enco http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRIT?PMAKA=510-2586&PMPXNO=9033438&PARTPG=INLMK3
i noticed that you have no carriage hand wheel and have to use that leadscrew which would be a PTA if it was a bigger machine then i noticed the simple dog clutch hmm that would be very handy..... a parallel rod just under the leadscrew, make some stops to slid along the rod, set up a dog to push each stop and a little modification to the dog clutch so the rod will push it out of engagement and there you have it a simple threading and feed stop and best of all you can do all of that on the machine its going on how cool would that be ;D
i dont have one of these machines and dont intend to get one but if anyone does it would be cool to see if this idea would work. think of it the most PTA job on a lathe is threading if you do this it wont just be easy but you can ramp it up to a proper speed and just watch it go or what about boring to a depth on production parts? this is such a good and easy feature it pisses me off that it has been neglected all these years even on industrial tools its not not a new idea been around for years so why isnt it done more often ???
anyway thats my daily rant of ideas off to the shed now oh for those more interested look up the tiny Cromwells lathe oh and you can put a nob on the end of the rod to quickly knock the feed off if the **** hits the fan....
i noticed that you have no carriage hand wheel and have to use that leadscrew which would be a PTA if it was a bigger machine then i noticed the simple dog clutch hmm that would be very handy..... a parallel rod just under the leadscrew, make some stops to slid along the rod, set up a dog to push each stop and a little modification to the dog clutch so the rod will push it out of engagement and there you have it a simple threading and feed stop and best of all you can do all of that on the machine its going on how cool would that be ;D
i dont have one of these machines and dont intend to get one but if anyone does it would be cool to see if this idea would work. think of it the most PTA job on a lathe is threading if you do this it wont just be easy but you can ramp it up to a proper speed and just watch it go or what about boring to a depth on production parts? this is such a good and easy feature it pisses me off that it has been neglected all these years even on industrial tools its not not a new idea been around for years so why isnt it done more often ???
anyway thats my daily rant of ideas off to the shed now oh for those more interested look up the tiny Cromwells lathe oh and you can put a nob on the end of the rod to quickly knock the feed off if the **** hits the fan....