Cue lathe question...
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Like the others said. I just got a Taig set up for some simple repairs.
The same thing happened. I had a feeler gauge set for working on cars, and I put some of the metal blades under the cutting bit to raise it some.
The same thing happened. I had a feeler gauge set for working on cars, and I put some of the metal blades under the cutting bit to raise it some.
Your cutter mark goes past the base of the ferrule. Stop right where the ferrule ends just undersize of the wood. Finish sand the wood between centers after you tip it, light with 220, then strong with 400. The wood sands away faster then the ferrule. You're taking a chance of necking the wood down trying to get rid of your cutter mark.
Sand the outside of the ferrule with 220, then 400 before tipping. Otherwise you carry tip dust into the ferrule that your can't get out.
VERY good point on your collet slit needing to be between your 3-jaws. You need your runout around 0.001" before cutting the ferrule flush. I like to clamp the shaft tight in my back collet wrapped in a piece of 1/16" rubber gasket material. Then clamp it tight in your front collet wrapped in a smoking paper. I can never get the runout I want using a split collet. Yours looks pretty accurate though.
Sand the outside of the ferrule with 220, then 400 before tipping. Otherwise you carry tip dust into the ferrule that your can't get out.
VERY good point on your collet slit needing to be between your 3-jaws. You need your runout around 0.001" before cutting the ferrule flush. I like to clamp the shaft tight in my back collet wrapped in a piece of 1/16" rubber gasket material. Then clamp it tight in your front collet wrapped in a smoking paper. I can never get the runout I want using a split collet. Yours looks pretty accurate though.
Tool height.
the proper way to set up the cutter height is to go off of the live or dead center in the tailstock. If top of your cutter is the same height as the end of the point it is set right. Not however the same for a cutoff/ parting tool for that you want to be slightly lower than center. And by slightly I mean 0.010"..
John
the proper way to set up the cutter height is to go off of the live or dead center in the tailstock. If top of your cutter is the same height as the end of the point it is set right. Not however the same for a cutoff/ parting tool for that you want to be slightly lower than center. And by slightly I mean 0.010"..
John