It's also possible with a gear drive spindle: put lathe on high speed, engage half nut and hand crank the chuck. Too difficult you say? Not if you use a hand crank in your rear chuck.
And thanks to all for your generous comments.
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It's also possible with a gear drive spindle: put lathe on high speed, engage half nut and hand crank the chuck. Too difficult you say? Not if you use a hand crank in your rear chuck.
And thanks to all for your generous comments.
:grin-square: Nice!
You should see how he uses the boat with his lathe! You wouldn't believe it...I have pictures though!
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I'm still very new to all this and I'm absorbing whatever I can from all these threads. Thanks to all for your comments to threads like this and for sharing your techniques.
I was wondering if it would be possible to do this threading by plunging the live tooling into the tenon with the lathe off but with the half-nut engaged, then turning the lathe on - running in reverse? That way the bottom of the threads is not weakened by the live tooling cutting a groove around the tenon.
I'm still very new to all this and I'm absorbing whatever I can from all these threads. Thanks to all for your comments to threads like this and for sharing your techniques.
I was wondering if it would be possible to do this threading by plunging the live tooling into the tenon with the lathe off but with the half-nut engaged, then turning the lathe on - running in reverse? That way the bottom of the threads is not weakened by the live tooling cutting a groove around the tenon.
As An anchor or with a prop in the other chuck:grin-square:
Seriously though, and speaking of boats, I've used My equipment to make a few parts for our outboard. I made a spacer for the tiller when we switched It back from the steering wheel, also had to make a throttle bracket for It. If nothing else The equipment we use has saved me quite a few dollars on stuff not related to building cues. It's also came in handy for making parts I could not buy, and even improvements on original parts. I just recently made some shifter bushings for My Dad's old car to help My Mom sell It. The new bushings I made feel better the original. Thinking back, I don't know how I did without machine equipment for as many years as I did.
I see the thread has tapered off, so I will try and answer your question. However, feel free to get a second opinion, I am not the most knowledge person when it comes to machining, let alone live threading. I try and keep my responses limited to my experiences.
Having your cutter buried in your stock with the carriage engaged when you turn the lathe on to start your cut is not the best idea. Yes, I know we are talking about wood, so it probably would be fine, just not an ideal practice. The kind of cutter, depth of cut, material, etc could all make a difference in how clean that jump start is, so to speak. You can certainly try it out and see how it works for you.
Kelly
Thanks guys, great stuff. I just ordered a Deluxe from Chris along with a thread milling attachment. And its pretty much DZs fault I did that after watching his videos on his site. Bobs site is the best and I keep pretty close tabs on it for updates. Thanks Bob.
Thanks to all for the feedback, biggest help was to slow the spindle speed. The winch handle gets the slowest speed trophy,way to go dz... Thanks again. By the way we will be celebrating 43 years operating in the same room on October 24,2009. Drop in for "remember when's" at 6149 E 31st Street.
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Ken Ken Quarters
Q-Spot Billiards
Tulsa, OK. 74135
emailqspot@tulsacoxmail.com