I need another carriage for my mid size Hightower. Does anybody have one extra in good shape?
I need to have another carriage to setup another type of tool post.
I need to have another carriage to setup another type of tool post.
WTB: Carriage for Hightower lathe
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Anybody? Probably a place where I can buy them at a good price?
Pt # 1200 $44.80. I have 5 of them with diff. tooling on each. Saves a lot of time. Jim
That's the top slide compound and is not what he asked for...
Part #1260 is the complete carriage and crosslide assembly.
You are correct. I need the complete carriage and crosslide assembly.
Where is this part listed?
I followerd the link and went to both the catalog page and the spare parts page.
I found no mention of a carriage or a part 1260, do you have to call
and ak for it specificly?
Dale
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I was wondering the same thing...
carter is the cheapest and best to my knowladge
Nick Carter is the man
It isn't listed anywhere to my knowledge. I recently purchased it myself after contacting Nick to find out about the parts needed to make a complete carriage as they are not listed on the spare parts list. He emailed me back with the information I provided here. It does come unassembled but only takes 10 minutes to put it together with a beer can in one hand and a hex key in the other.
And yes, Nick is the man. With his help I should have my lathe finished shortly. Screw drive power feed and powered facing will be nice upgrades to go with my new large bore headstock from Hightower on what used to be a base model Mid-Size Cuesmith.
Post some pix please when you're done.
I'd like to convert mine as a short taperer ( forearm and handles only ).
P.m sent.......
I'd be very interested in how you do this as I'd like to do same with my taig based lathe with 48 inch bed.
What is the advantage of a powered cross slide?
I can see why you may want z powered travel ,but x is a mystery to me.
Smoothness of the cut when facing. Maybe I am just inept but no matter what bit, what angle, I was always disappointed with how clean the cut was when facing on my lathe. It got significantly better when I stopped using that little crank and started just grabbing the outside of the dial. Then I cut into a 1/4" driver bit and attached it to the center of the handwheel and used my $20 battery operated screwdriver as a make shift powered unit. It worked great. Finish was smooth as glass on a piece of scrap aluminum.
I like your idea of using the screw driver to power the cross slide. That is simple and handy with no mounting. Does it turn slow enough to give a nice smooth face?
Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!