Member postings for Dave Springate

Hi Emgee, Yes a bit of an oversight on my part, I have no tooling for the lathe yet and would like a quick change toolpost so while I save some pennies for these items I have ordered an emergency stop button and will fix to the front of the bench before I start to use the Lathe.

Well at long last it's finished and running again. I'm really pleased with it and have enjoyed the strip and clean up. I had a problem with the electrics but thanks to the help and advice from a forum member David (AKA Myford boy) I got it sorted. Thanks again David !

Thanks Alistair

Hi, it's not M20 that's for sure, I've tried it. Its an old Crompton Parkinson motor of unknown age. I suspect its imperial and everything I've looked up is metric. Can't seem to find a stockist of imperial fittings. I know its not really important but would have liked to get the proper fitting gland if at all possible.

Hi, I'm trying to locate a Gland that fits this hole and thread, rather than just jam a plastic one in there. Anyone got any idea's as to if they are available from anywhere? I'm having no luck locating one at all.

Hi all well I went for the slim body 12mm chuck from Rotagrip. It looks really nice and is very solid, I've taken a couple of pictures for those that wanted to see the back.

Edited By Dave Springate on 02/04/2019 07:33:14

Edited By Dave Springate on 02/04/2019 07:34:28

I had thought about that which is why I was leaning towards the smaller diameter chuck.

This is the other one I was looking at from RDG tools and only slightly bigger in diameter but has a beefier body.

Hi I only have a little Myford ML10, it only has a 3, 5/16 (84mm) center height and the original 4 jaw option was only 4" so I thought it may be an ideal choice.

Edited By Dave Springate on 28/03/2019 18:17:45

HI looking around at different options for a 4 Jaw chuck for my ML10 and came across this one from Rotagrip seems to be a great price any one got any opinions on this chuck ?

Thank you all very much for all your input, loads of information for me to take in. This really is a great forum !

Hi Jason, I don't yet have a 4 jaw chuck but it's on the list when funds allow. The piece of steel is 60mm x80mmx 20mm.

Edited By Dave Springate on 26/03/2019 11:21:29

Wow, how quick was that. Thank you all very much that has shed some light on the subject. Now if I wanted to true up the edge of a piece of 20mm steel would a cutter slightly wider than 20mm be the preffered way to go so that a full width cut is taken in a single pass?

Also would a two or 4 flute cutter be used for this operation.

There is nothing g wrong with the Dewhurest drum that I have. I've stripped and cleaned it, repainted it and intend to make a new pointer / handle for it. I will not be fitting it, though I will be keeping it with the lathe incase I want to use it in the future.

Hi all, as a novice is it ok to hold a milling cutter in a 3 jaw chuck for basic milling operations or should I get a collet chuck ? If I go for a collet chuck how do you choose a size ie : ER25, ER32, ER40 Or some other size ? I understand that the collet needed is the size of the item to be held but why buy An ER25 over say an ER32 or ER40 Thanks

There is nothing g wrong with the Dewhurest drum ,I have I've stripped and cleaned it, repainted it and intend to make a new pointer / handle for it. I will not be fitting it though I will be keeping it with the lathe incase I want to use it in the future.

Thanks Bazyle I will try that little thread finding tip !