Turning center's

[fisher]

Is there a certain bushing i need to use for turning center's?I have the tail stock piece and the MT2 dead center Carbide taper pin .both 60 degree.
Id like to start to turn from center's instead of using the mandrel .

What else do i need .Im a little confused ,so many option's.

 

[Edward Cypher]

If you have a caliper you are ready to go.

 

[fisher]

No caliper yet ,I'm working on that as we speak .Ill have one tomorrow from a friend that's a engineer .

 

[edstreet]

These might help.

Also in my signature line is a TBC vs Mandrel link. You should read that full thread.


Oh and my favorite caliper of all times.

 

[Jim Burr]

Several places have calipers if you are only "borrowing" your friends. CSUSA, PSI, HF. I like the digital ones...JMHO, but have both the dial and digital types.

 

[Dan Masshardt]

You can tbc very successfully without bushings but I hate it personally.

Get some tbc bushings from penturners products or lazerlinez is my suggestion.

I will sometimes still use stock bushings and some work better than others, but you need to be a bit more careful.

 

[fisher]

Thank's folk's .Now i know what i need sho nuf now.I got my dead center from pen turner's product's .They had so many bushing's i was confused.
Least know i know what i need .

Thank's
steve

 

[fisher]

Several places have calipers if you are only "borrowing" your friends. CSUSA, PSI, HF. I like the digital ones...JMHO, but have both the dial and digital types.

My friend is gonna give me a digital caliper .for free.he owe's me lol

 

[Edward Cypher]

Edstreet where did you get calipers that read ft/in???

 

[edstreet]

Edstreet where did you get calipers that read ft/in???

That's not feet, that's fractional inches. This one also has a USB port on it as well 'ABS' is absolute.

This is a Grizzly H7976 8" caliper

Description
This Digital Caliper features absolute and relative measurements, hardened stainless steel construction, inch/metric conversion, lock knob, zero reset, data port and battery life indicator. Inch and metric resolution is 0.005mm/0.0002". Comes in a fitted foam-lined plastic case and includes a spare battery.

 

[PWL]

Holy cow,does it do windows and dishes?

Paul

 

[Charlie_W]

Ed,
I thought your calipers had an AntiLock Braking System on them so they would not close too rapidly and cause bodily harm to errant fingers! :biggrin:

 

[edstreet]

Sorry, no windows or doors. Sadly enough there are some features that I wish it had. Namely drill bit detection. i.e. you measure a tube and it gives you the drill bit needed, or you measure a drill bit and it tells you what size it is. Would have to do letter, number, fractional and metric. Should not be that difficult to do that. Might have to look for a programmable one

 

[Sylvanite]

Sadly enough there are some features that I wish it had. Namely drill bit detection. i.e. you measure a tube and it gives you the drill bit needed, or you measure a drill bit and it tells you what size it is.

I do that the old-fashioned way. I measure one, and then look at my drill bit chart. It tells me the nearest size that drill bits are supposed to be.

 

[edstreet]

That's what I do now, have a chart and an iphone app. Would be epic WIN if it was built into the caliper