Gilrock
Member
So I've dug through several threads and articles on the forum and bought some taps, dies, delrin, nibs, feed housings, etc. I was planning trying to make a die holder similar to the one shown in George's article.
I've never tried to cut threads on my lathe before and I have a wood lathe so I was looking for pointers. So for a wood lathe is the basic technique to rotate the lathe by hand and the tailstock is supposed to be left loose and get pulled in? I'm a little worried about my tailstock sliding smoothly if thats the case. I have the Rikon 70-100. My handle that tightens the tailstock is famous for falling too far down with gravity and causing the tailstock to not slide easily...I'm always having to lift it a little to get it to slide. Plus that seems like a ton a weight to move. I was thinking I'd need to try to be helping it along by pushing with my right hand as I turn the other side with my left.
For the die holder I was brainstorming why not manufacture a shaft with a groove in it that would allow the die holder to freely slide as the threads are cut and the groove would prevent the die holder from rotating? Set screws could be adjusted into the groove.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Gil
I've never tried to cut threads on my lathe before and I have a wood lathe so I was looking for pointers. So for a wood lathe is the basic technique to rotate the lathe by hand and the tailstock is supposed to be left loose and get pulled in? I'm a little worried about my tailstock sliding smoothly if thats the case. I have the Rikon 70-100. My handle that tightens the tailstock is famous for falling too far down with gravity and causing the tailstock to not slide easily...I'm always having to lift it a little to get it to slide. Plus that seems like a ton a weight to move. I was thinking I'd need to try to be helping it along by pushing with my right hand as I turn the other side with my left.
For the die holder I was brainstorming why not manufacture a shaft with a groove in it that would allow the die holder to freely slide as the threads are cut and the groove would prevent the die holder from rotating? Set screws could be adjusted into the groove.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Gil