Hey team,
I'm about to pull the trigger on a mini metal lathe, mostly for use making odd fittings for tractors, pen parts, etc. One of those big "etcs" would be making 1.24x8TPI threaded faceplates and the like for my big wood lathe.
First - I know all the LMS lathes can cut 8tpi, let's put them aside for a moment (mainly due to $200 shipping).
Looking at the Harbor Freight 7x12 (PN 93799 I think), and a few of Grizzly's smaller machines, none of them appear to be able to cut that thread (12TPI is the lowest)
The big question: Can the cheap 7x12 lathes (HF, grizzly 8688) be adapted to cut that larger thread in some way? Rather, I know they COULD be, but the question is really, could this be done easily? Are there folks selling after-market change gears to get down to that threading? Some other bit of gearing wizardry?
Thanks in advance!
I'm about to pull the trigger on a mini metal lathe, mostly for use making odd fittings for tractors, pen parts, etc. One of those big "etcs" would be making 1.24x8TPI threaded faceplates and the like for my big wood lathe.
First - I know all the LMS lathes can cut 8tpi, let's put them aside for a moment (mainly due to $200 shipping).
Looking at the Harbor Freight 7x12 (PN 93799 I think), and a few of Grizzly's smaller machines, none of them appear to be able to cut that thread (12TPI is the lowest)
The big question: Can the cheap 7x12 lathes (HF, grizzly 8688) be adapted to cut that larger thread in some way? Rather, I know they COULD be, but the question is really, could this be done easily? Are there folks selling after-market change gears to get down to that threading? Some other bit of gearing wizardry?
Thanks in advance!