I bought a speed reducer several from Lathe Master years ago but never installed it. I took it out of the tool chest and the ball bearings are wide open and...
Does anyone have a P/N for an appropriate Powertwist belt for the 9x30? Or alternately, the P/N for the stock belt? I was looking last night and mine's getting...
... I have used old motor oil for doing case hardening, old diesel engine oil works great because its filled with carbon. It also depends on the steel your...
All of that is a smelly concoction, the best and cheapest is just plain old charcoal-- heat your material plung it into powered charcoal leave over night it...
Thanks all! Good Stuff ... speed should you part at to be successful. ... surface feet per minute(SFM), of the material; and D is the diameter of the material...
GDay All, latheturn6, as a general rule, parting speed should be 50% or less, of the turning speed for the material you are cutting. Also, note that if your...
Hi, When parting steels with my 8x14, I generally run at 125rpms. This is using a HSS parting blade. A good ballpark method I use to determine cut off speeds...
I ran a Logan 9x28 for many years and it was a fantastic lathe, so much more machine than the Asian 9x20 and 9x30's could ever be. Although Logan lathes are...
Thanks for your opinions.....The gentleman I am buying from has a good reputation.....goes through the lathes.....repairs, replaces.......or clearly discloses...
Hi Sam, They are good lathes, but are no longer being made. Replacement parts will probably be hard to find. Ron Gerard From: sam lacina <sjlacina@...> ...
I'm back---------------------------- The Logan lathe is one of the few machines that can reproduce itself-- Any piece of the 10" lathe can be made on the...
GDay All, Sjl, if the Logan really is in good condition and you need to pump the work out of it straight away then that would probably be my choice. It's a...
Jump on the Logan-- more and better auto feed versus gear changing -- Chuck changing on the 8 is a mess - I could go on but I'll let some one else get in here...
I am looking at a new to me lathe....I have one of the small mini-lathes I use to make small batches of custom screw eyes (about 50 at a time) and would...
Hi, You are using a form tool, and sometimes they can be problematic to get working correctly. Without seeing your exact setup, it can be difficult to "see"...
If this was 60 years ago I'd say mix a bit more white lead in the carbon tech that would work ... From: Honcho To: lathemaster@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,...
That's what chattering does--the tool digs in (very briefly) then it gets tossed back out of the cut. Almost no metal comes off the workpiece--if you see any...
I get that it's not spiraling like a thread, but you're pushing your pointed tool straight into the workpiece such that it cuts on both sides of the point....
This is not athread. These are grooves. One groove is cut by running the tool into the steel then backing it out move the tool a certain distance and repeat...
Well the usual advice to eliminate chatter when threading is to only cut one side (usually the left side) of the thread. Might that approach help? --Steve...
Back off on the RPM-- Been there done that. If that doesn't work You need to look at adjusting the Gib's and you might consider a chatter strap-- Happy...
Re the squeal waking the neighbors, yeah, been there done that :-) First, I don't quite grasp the shape of the cutting edge--is this a form tool of some sort?...
