Member postings for sean logie

I can confirm this ,mine certainly has .

Sean

Probably setting my self up to look like a real thicko lol . how do i determine if my leadscrew is a metric or imperial . I quote from ....

http://www.lathes.co.uk/index.html

Edited By sean logie on 28/12/2016 09:18:15

Just a thought ... Can you not return and swap it out for one that gives you the correct height for your lathe . I had the same problem just with the tool holders they needed about 3mm off the bottom . I tried a carbide cutter whilst holding the part in the 4 jaw without much success . Ended up using a grinder ,a bit rough I know but needs must and it worked .

I bought a half decent tap & die set but the holder for the taps is garbage ... I suppose you get what your prepared to pay for ....

Merry Xmas

Sean

Merry Xmas everyone , I've managed to thread the back plate ,threads weren't as tight as I'd like but the register was a nice snug fit,as was the register on the back plate so all in all very happy with my first proper job on the Fortis .Which leads me to think that my cheapo calipers can't be that bad . Put a dial gauge on the 4 jaw and it's not bad at all,I do intend to make another back plate with nicer fitting thread,not sure if it'll be made of cast iron or not (horrible dirty stuff ) .

I intend to make a mount for the cross carriage to do some light milling on ,so the first job for the 4 jaw was a biggy . I got myself a rough cut of 1 1/4" steel plate that was roughly cut to a 8" circle and i mean roughly cut . I have one side face and half the edge clean up ,which was a real test for the new 4 jaw and i suppose the Fortis and myself because of the interupted cut . Another job on the list is the adjustment of the motor ,at the moment it's the weight of the motor plus a long spring pulling against the drive belt and it's not ideal as the motor kind of bounces ,not a lot but i can see it moving .

Thanks again for every one's input very much appreciated . Very steep learning cure for me .

Merry Xmas

Sean

All the best everyone .....

You are right Bill it won't be an issue , I'll have to cut the register after I thread the bore will I not ? .

Bored through at 1.68 " major . Just been discussing it ,I should've left some meat for the nose The extreme front which is 1.5" .

merry Xmas

Sean

Edited By sean logie on 23/12/2016 19:29:14

That's me on hols for 16 days ..... . Went in to our local hardware store on way home from work and discovered they sell tooling for metal lathes , result i thought !! .... until i read their prices holy mother of .... They were selling a 10mm insert tool holder for £98 ,packets of 5 cnmg inserts for £60 !!! ,small boring bars for £70 .... way too rich for me .

Merry Xmas

Sean

Interesting bit of kit .....

http://www.zettlex.com/products/incoder/

My topslide doesn't have any markings at all to tell me what angle the topslide is sitting at . I'd like to fit one to speed things up a bit . Can someone tell me the proper name so i can go looking for one .

Thanks

Sean

Who's going to be turning/creating over the festive ,I'm off for two!!!!! whole weeks ,should be enough time to cut the threads in my back plate for the 4 jaw ....

I now have the 4 jaw so no excuses 😣. So we're agreed on a 7 tpi , but we haven't agreed on 60 or 55 degree ,a member on here whom I've been pming has the same lathe says his nose thread is 55 ,but he has a mt3 in his tailstock I have a mt2 ,see where I'm coming from (should've bought a ml7 😁 each machine have their differences even though they are the same model ,if that makes sense . I see different sizes for my bore out there . My thread major size is 1.75 + - a thou or two ,what's my bore size going to be . .

I need a holiday .... roll on Friday 😋

Sean

Your right regarding the 7tpi I totally overlooked the obvious and yes I've been on that site a thousand time ,but I'm not paying £40 for a manual 😁 I'm a Scot for goodness sake lol . There are a lot of discrepancy between the causing 100 and the Fortis/Broadway 4800 lathes .