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Thread cutting on Myford 254

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ray jones 118/04/2013 12:01:52
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hi, I would appreciate your advice.

My Myford 254 is imperial . I needed to to cut 12 tpi.

To my surprise ,12 TPI is not listed on the thread cutting chart

Both 13TPI and 14TPI are listed, but not 12TPI,

The lathe is set up with original thread drive gears

see photo of thread setting index

any ideas please,.

thank you

thread chart.jpg

John Stevenson18/04/2013 13:26:46
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Ray,

You should have 40 driving an 80 with a 60 idler.

Swap the 60 and 80 over so it's a 40 driving a 60 with 80 in the middle as idler.

 

Then select B 5 on the gearbox, that will give you 12 tpi.

 

[edit] C 5 will give you 24, another useful one that's missing.

Edited By John Stevenson on 18/04/2013 13:29:45

Ian Hewson18/04/2013 17:45:39
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Hi

Myfords handbook for the lathe gives the gears for threads from 4 to 42 per inch.

PM me if you would like a copy.

Ian

ray jones 119/04/2013 19:11:37
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Thank you for the constructive replies, very much appreciated.

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