princerobin
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Hey guys,
Have been thinking of threading my mini lathe spindle. My two other lathes (Taig & Logan 10") are threaded and I like being able to switch chucks quickly. I had also thought to change the taper to fit ER-32 collets...
It certainly looks like there's enough meat on the spinlde end for the 40x1.5mm thread. It's an imperial lathe but I think I can get close to a 1.5mm pitch. All threading and boring would be done in the lathe itself so concentricity would be good.
I'd also have to make some threaded back plates for chucks (standard 3 jaw and 4" 4 jaw).
What do you guys think. (my question mark key is busted!)
Regards
Robin
Have been thinking of threading my mini lathe spindle. My two other lathes (Taig & Logan 10") are threaded and I like being able to switch chucks quickly. I had also thought to change the taper to fit ER-32 collets...
It certainly looks like there's enough meat on the spinlde end for the 40x1.5mm thread. It's an imperial lathe but I think I can get close to a 1.5mm pitch. All threading and boring would be done in the lathe itself so concentricity would be good.
I'd also have to make some threaded back plates for chucks (standard 3 jaw and 4" 4 jaw).
What do you guys think. (my question mark key is busted!)
Regards
Robin