JB Weld - Project update
- Thread starter woodchopper
- Start date
Nice job WC. - dan
You parted it off then threaded it? Just wondering the order of operations. Wouldn't it have been easier to thread it before parting it off? Then you wouldn't have to dial it in, and it would already be concentric to what you just turned.
Very cool idea for making a savage style barrel nut to add on.
- Location
- WMU248 near Edmonton
yes I did the threading after parting off, I was not keen threading a blind hole, and it was easier to work on it after it was parted off.
and with this part the tolerance of a few thou is not going to affect function.
threading the barrel needed to be dialed in.
I was wondering if that was why. If you had lots of stock and a long enough boring bar, I figured you would have just went a bit deeper than needed to make it easier.
Threading into a blind hole does suck, you can always turn your spindle backwards and run your insert facing outward. Then thread from the bottom of your hole outward as well, that makes what is almost an impossible job into a simple one.
- Location
- WMU248 near Edmonton
mmmmmm..... well I had to replace the motor on the lathe and now it does not have reverse.
Did you buy the wrong motor? Sometimes it is just better to take your old motor to a rewind shop
- Location
- WMU248 near Edmonton
I looked into that, the first motor I got was a direct replacement, (Chinese crap) I lasted about a year.
The second replacement is a North American produced motor that is still working, its a little overspeed so the gearing is a little off. (about 10% faster) main pulley is an odd tapered fitting (chinese) so I cant change that pulley and I have the smallest one I could get on the motor.
but the reverse wiring was not compatible, and I've been to lazy to dig into that and get reverse working again
Maybe see if a VFD can be used with the motor...would solve your overspeed and reverse
Pretty hard to cut most metric threads without a reverse... hopefully you get that fixed
