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Re: Headstock taper
Dave, Not that I'm aware of. Ours isn't a very common name as German surnames go, but it could be possible. Doug
By Doug Pfaff · #118407 ·
Re: Extension cross slide
The old screw is my screw and compare to your screw. Dave
By davesmith1800 · #118406 ·
Re: Extension cross slide
Here drawing using to make cross slide exstension. I am move the nut 1" [25.4mm] and making a longer screw. I simplified by not installing a power feed. I do not use power cross feed that mush. The
By davesmith1800 · #118405 ·
Re: New topic ¡ª- Cutting a thread for a very old wooden clamp.
A little time spent internet searching will probably save a lot of shop time & give better results than just diving in. There are lots of wood threading tools around, both hand & router based. Since
By Roy · #118404 ·
Re: minilathe for children.
> > mike allen > > 3:53pm > > I have a VOM with vacuum tubes in it tha tmy dad built after returning > from Korea . I built my first guitar amp with my dad , a Heathkit .I > helped him build
By davesmith1800 · #118403 ·
Re: Headstock taper
Have any relatives living in Fresno or Clovis California? Dave
By davesmith1800 · #118402 ·
Re: minilathe for children.
I have a VOM with vacuum tubes in it tha tmy dad built after returning from Korea . I built my first guitar amp with my dad? , a Heathkit .I helped him build color TV's for some of the family members
By mike allen · #118401 ·
Re: Headstock taper
That'd be a #3 Morse Taper. On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 3:42 PM, Thomas Key<takey89@...> wrote: I have a Homier Speedway 7x10 mini lathe and would like to know what Morse taper the headstock
By Doug Pfaff · #118400 ·
Re: minilathe for children.
??? ??? I just took a look at my hi school , a few grades before me that school graduated Steve Wozinak & Steve Jobs . Looks like half the " electronics " classes maybe more? in their handout
By mike allen · #118399 ·
Re: New topic ¡ª- Cutting a thread for a very old wooden clamp.
Using that technique, you could probably use an appropriately thick cutoff tool to cut the thread... ralphie
By Ralph Lehotsky · #118398 ·
Re: Headstock taper
They're all #3 in the headstock and #2 in the tailstock. That's one of the nice things about the mini-lathes. The headstock taper is much bigger than you'd expect in a lathe of this size. Mike
By Miket_NYC · #118397 ·
Re: New topic ¡ª- Cutting a thread for a very old wooden clamp.
"You can chuck an appropriate dowel and single thread it to start, but make sure what thread it is it might be some form similar to an acme thread. You may well have to grind your own threading
By Miket_NYC · #118396 ·
Re: minilathe for children.
I took a typing class in high school around 1991. My grandma wanted her grandkids to all learn because when my dad was drafted into Vietnam, he got an office job because he could type. Brian
By Brian VanDragt · #118395 ·
Re: minilathe for children.
"I remember one of the principals I worked for saying ¡°those who can do, and those who can¡¯t take shop.¡± He also sent his lots of his personal items down to us for repairs." I can't help but
By chrisser · #118394 ·
Headstock taper
I have a Homier Speedway 7x10 mini lathe and would like to know what Morse taper the headstock has. Tom
By Thomas Key · #118393 ·
Re: New topic ¡ª- Cutting a thread for a very old wooden clamp.
I don't have any personal experience, but I would think you'd want them to be a little on the loose side. Besides dimensional changes due to temperature, you also have dimensional changes due to
By chrisser · #118392 ·
Re: minilathe for children.
> > Groups.io > > 7x12MiniLathe Messages > > > > Re: minilathe for children. > > mike allen > > 11:10am > > 6L6 , 12AX7 , if a kid knows what those are for he's got a chance . Like > ya
Re: minilathe for children.
I was a HS shop teacher from 1971-2008, in drafting, woodworking, plastics technology and a little metals. At my last school we taught plastics, wood, graphics, drafting, electronics, metals,
By Thomas Key · #118390 ·
Re: minilathe for children.
Absolutely ! heirge
By [email protected] · #118389 ·
Re: New topic ¡ª- Cutting a thread for a very old wooden clamp.
A question arises "How precise do wooden threads need to be?" These are wooden Jogenson clamps? Bill
By Bill Williams · #118388 ·