WHAT'S THE SPINDLE/CHUCK RUNOUT ON YOUR LATHE?
I'm having a short break from building AT-ATs and today I played with two new toys: a Verdict Metrinch T34 DTI, and a pair of 0MT reamers, so that I can use all the 0MT gadgets I received with my recently purchased Cowells lathe on my 2MT Emco Maximat V10P.
A couple of pics and a short video.
All the way from China: a roughing reamer and a finisher. They work a treat! Just drill a 6.25mm hole and bang the reamers through in sequence. All for about a tenner! First job was to make a simple sleeve for the miniature live centre that I made for the Cowells lathe. It goes in the 10mm chuck and works as intended, but I'll dig out a blank 2MT adaptor and ream that to take 0MT.
A quick test of the runout on my EMCO 3 jaw chuck. Zilch, zero, nil, sod all in fact!
BTW those divisions are 0.0005"!!!
