Hello,
I recently bought a britannia lathe pictured above. I got it, the chuck and drill chuck for £350, which i dont think was a bad deal. However, this being my first lathe i am having a couple of issues. Firstly the issue of surface finish. The change gears here are in a double reduction and yet i am still getting finishes like this(not my picture but shows the problem). Any help is appreciated. I also dont have any charts for speeds, feeds or threads so if anybody knows where i could get them i would be happy to know. I am using carbide tooling now (china's finest) and i cannot see any chips on the insert.
Thanks
James
I recently bought a britannia lathe pictured above. I got it, the chuck and drill chuck for £350, which i dont think was a bad deal. However, this being my first lathe i am having a couple of issues. Firstly the issue of surface finish. The change gears here are in a double reduction and yet i am still getting finishes like this(not my picture but shows the problem). Any help is appreciated. I also dont have any charts for speeds, feeds or threads so if anybody knows where i could get them i would be happy to know. I am using carbide tooling now (china's finest) and i cannot see any chips on the insert.
Thanks
James