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New lathe
Jo:
Is there a hole in the white cover to fit your mandrel handle in?
I seem to recall having to keep lifting up the cover to fit the handle was another of the nails in its coffin.
Forgot to ask: What is the serial number of your lathe? (wondering how many Colin is making per year..)
Jo
P.S. I still have the immaculate white cover for refitting if I ever thought of selling Little C :o :paranoia:
Jasonb:
Machine DRO are doing some much smaller read heads for the magnetic scales since Colin fitted his, similar size to what EMSi used to do which should be ideal for the smaller lathes. If ever I feel the need for DRO on the Warco that's what I'll be hiding inside the cross slide.
AVTUR:
The cover does not have a hole for a mandrel. That is not a reason for removing it, though.
The number of my lathe is 3793. When I ordered it on August bank holiday Colin warned me that I would have to wait until February. I said I was happy to do so and asked whether the wait was due to COVID. Colin replied saying that this was the busiest they had been for 16 years.
I will have a look at Machine DRO's website. Yuri's system initially strikes me as complex (I don't know what Blu-tooth is, not quite true).
AVTUR
AVTUR:
I may be wandering away from the title "My Workshop" and I really do not want to start another blog. I would prefer to write the occasional piece.
I have now started on the self made accessories:
1. Wooden bridge to protect the lathe bed when changing chucks etc. Although small this is a MUST for any lathe and should be made before the lathe is first powered up.
2. Tool height setting gauge. I saw this in John Wilding's "How to Make an English Regulator Clock" and made one for the Myford. The top is for setting from the bed while the step is for the cross slide. Very simple but very useful.
3. Mandle handle. A must for all the work not done under power such as thread cutting with a tap or die and small diameter reaming. A nice little job, turning the wooden handle was a real pleasure (sometimes I had a ribbon of swarf).
4. Arbor for die holder. Years ago I bought a nice Arrand die holder for the Myford and had hoped to use it on the Cowells. The small arbor I bought with the lathe only needed 0,15mm taken off the diameter to take the holder. The holder is a bit large and will not pass over the cross slide. However the slide can be parked between the die holder and tailstock.
I attach a couple of photographs of the tooling. The second includes the die holder.
AVTUR
Admiral_dk:
I think I have identified some of your latest tools for the new lathe ....
1) Simple and I probably should do something similar - though I have never dropped one of my chucks, it's probably only a question about when ....
2) I can't identify and therefor not see how it's used either .... - could you point it out, please.
3) hmm - I haven't done anything on the lather without power - but ....
4) have only done single point threading so far ....
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