Starting around January, I decided to restore an old Southbend 13” toolroom lathe. I have been slowly adding tooling and learning the ins and outs of the machine and decided to make my first “real” item.
I had made a couple practice things, and a pair of spacers/shims, but decided I would make a bolt.
On my taper attachment one of the bolts that holds the angle was lost to time, so I decided to make another.
Overall, I’m very happy with how it turned out, I did ‘cheat’ a little bit. I single pointed threaded about 98% and finished with a die. It’s not 100% perfect, and I learned a good bit.
I’m sure compared to most other things made here it’s a trivial matter, but I thought I’d do a little humble brag.
Enjoy!
I had made a couple practice things, and a pair of spacers/shims, but decided I would make a bolt.
On my taper attachment one of the bolts that holds the angle was lost to time, so I decided to make another.
Overall, I’m very happy with how it turned out, I did ‘cheat’ a little bit. I single pointed threaded about 98% and finished with a die. It’s not 100% perfect, and I learned a good bit.
I’m sure compared to most other things made here it’s a trivial matter, but I thought I’d do a little humble brag.
Enjoy!
