Author Topic: Super-fast "indicating" in the lathe.  (Read 4011 times)

Offline ricktaylor

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Super-fast "indicating" in the lathe.
« on: April 06, 2013, 01:35:55 PM »
8mm id and 22mm od on this particular version is what I use most of the time to true most parts in my lathes. Other versions have a smaller ball bearing depending upon the part. The indicator in the video is only used to confirm its accuracy. My indicator remains in its box most of the time. Later, RT.


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Offline steamer

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Re: Super-fast "indicating" in the lathe.
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2013, 01:39:16 PM »
Ah yes...a bump tool!   The ball bearing is always a good addition.

Dave
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Re: Super-fast "indicating" in the lathe.
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2013, 03:14:38 PM »
I liked the welded rods on the shank to fit the QCTP dovetail.

--Tim

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Re: Super-fast "indicating" in the lathe.
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2013, 03:50:12 PM »
I liked the welded rods on the shank to fit the QCTP dovetail.

--Tim

Ditto.  Mine mounts in a qctp holder.  Like the rods on yours.   :ThumbsUp:

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Re: Super-fast "indicating" in the lathe.
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2013, 06:08:41 PM »
If you do a quickie search first, it might save you a lot of time

http://www.modelenginemaker.com/index.php/topic,517.0.html

John

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Re: Super-fast "indicating" in the lathe.
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2013, 07:37:33 PM »
Seeing the lathe turned on with the indicator next to the chuck brought back some (kind of) fond memories.
When I was working in my first tool room we had a jar we would all put a quarter a week into.  The first one to turn on a bridgeport with an indicator in the spindle would "win" the pot.  And then we would all play "find the indicator parts."  That was back in the day when a Last Word indicator cost around $20 and a first class toolmaker was making around $7 an hour.

John

 

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