SJDangelo
Plastic
- Joined
- Dec 23, 2019
- Location
- Homer Alaska
Need help identifying a new to me lathe & lookinf for resources for novice machinists
Hello All,
I recently picked up a lathe in Canada on my way up to Alaska, and I am looking for some input on it as this is my first lathe. I mainly plan on using it to make parts for other tools, and want to be able to cut threads, bore and achieve a nice surface finish.
Having watched many videos on turning i figured it would be fairly straight forward. I mounted it to my bench and fired it up and very quickly realized I don't know what I am doing.
I would very much appreciate some direction towards good resources for novice lathe operators, as well as some help identifying the lathe. Ive watched many videos and they all cover about the same information. what a facing cut is vs a turning operation how to turn the lathe on and off, the mind numbingly straight forward information. I am looking for more information about changing the speed and feed of my lathe.
My main question as of now, is what are the various gears and levers called (I labeled them in the pictures below for easier reference) and how do I go about matching them to cut threads, most videos I have watched are using quick change gear boxes. Also b/c this lathe was in canada, I assume the gears i got with it are for metric and the plate in the picture would corroborate that. which leads to question two, can anyone help me read the plate attached to the gear cover? third, with a cone pulley set up which is my highest speed and which is my slowest?
Another line of questions I have relate to tooling, I dont know the rpm of my lathe, I dont have a tachometer, but the lather came with mostly cemented carbide tools and a few HSS blanks. the first thing i chucked up was a piece of mystery steel round stock, I figured it was mild steel but the cemented carbide could only take the slightest of cuts without chipping, so what am I doing wrong? the dials on the cross slide handles have a lot of play in them making it difficult to read exactly how deep a cut i was taking but it was negligible.
Thank you very much for any help.
Hello All,
I recently picked up a lathe in Canada on my way up to Alaska, and I am looking for some input on it as this is my first lathe. I mainly plan on using it to make parts for other tools, and want to be able to cut threads, bore and achieve a nice surface finish.
Having watched many videos on turning i figured it would be fairly straight forward. I mounted it to my bench and fired it up and very quickly realized I don't know what I am doing.
I would very much appreciate some direction towards good resources for novice lathe operators, as well as some help identifying the lathe. Ive watched many videos and they all cover about the same information. what a facing cut is vs a turning operation how to turn the lathe on and off, the mind numbingly straight forward information. I am looking for more information about changing the speed and feed of my lathe.
My main question as of now, is what are the various gears and levers called (I labeled them in the pictures below for easier reference) and how do I go about matching them to cut threads, most videos I have watched are using quick change gear boxes. Also b/c this lathe was in canada, I assume the gears i got with it are for metric and the plate in the picture would corroborate that. which leads to question two, can anyone help me read the plate attached to the gear cover? third, with a cone pulley set up which is my highest speed and which is my slowest?
Another line of questions I have relate to tooling, I dont know the rpm of my lathe, I dont have a tachometer, but the lather came with mostly cemented carbide tools and a few HSS blanks. the first thing i chucked up was a piece of mystery steel round stock, I figured it was mild steel but the cemented carbide could only take the slightest of cuts without chipping, so what am I doing wrong? the dials on the cross slide handles have a lot of play in them making it difficult to read exactly how deep a cut i was taking but it was negligible.
Thank you very much for any help.