lee hawkins 1 | 17/03/2014 14:09:10 |
111 forum posts | I do actually have a place by me where I can buy standard threaded bar up to 15mm diameter at a meter long but mild steel, Sure this is would not be correct for a lathe leadscrew even if it was cut at 8 tpi left handed I got my fingers crossed the good gentlman Alan on the forum, sorts out a the myford lead screw for me Regards lee |
Russ B | 17/03/2014 22:05:42 |
635 forum posts 34 photos | Posted by Bazyle on 16/03/2014 16:02:12:
A leadscrew will normally ony wear on one side - threading towards the chuck. If you are making custom just get a used one and use it the other way round. Even if you do end up wanting to do a bit of thread work going away from the chuck you will be on the back end of the original configuration so less worn. Once you have this set up you can always then make a new one on the lathe you have built. I like your thinking, I'm sure it doesn't appeal to the purest/perfectionist but a nice little trick |
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