Jim
You wrote that "There is a collar on the slotted shaft that can be
set to use the auto feed stop on the carriage."
How does this work, and is it just on the B-6 or was it also
available on the B-4
Ron Peeler
--- In daltonlathes@..., "jimbnnr" <bogyjim@...> wrote:
My lathe is a Dalton B-6. It has an 8 1/4" swing and a 36 inch
bed.
I got lucky with my lathe in that it came with several
accessories.
It came with an 8" face plate, a four inch 3 jaw chuck with reverse
jaws, a six inch 3 jaw, a six inch 4 jaw, nose pieces for both 3c
and
4c collets, a collet draw bar with adapter for both 3c and 4c,
threading dial, a full set of change gears (except the 125t and
127t
for metric), a set of Dalton wrenches, a spindle thread protector,
steady rest, following rest, and the adapter and tool rests for
wood
turning.
The B-6 has a worm gear and a clutch in the apron that is driven by
a
slotted shaft. There is a collar on the slotted shaft that can be
set to use the auto feed stop on the carriage. With the change
gears
set to cut 72 TPI, the clutch will feed the carriage at .004 per
revolution. I had some modifications made to the lathe that make
it
easier to use. Dennis Turk rebuilt the saddle and top slide. He
put
a new lead screw and nut in the cross slide. He also installed
a .200 by .001 micrometer dial on the cross slide and a .100
by .001
micrometer dial on the compound slide. As you know, it's a real
pain
using the original micrometer dials.
I'll try to put some pics in the album section later.
Jim Bonner
