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Had a discussion with a friend and Im curious about other opinions:
He is tapping on his manual lathe with the tap in a drillchuck rigidly mounted in the tailstock.
For this, he sets the lathe in very low gear with about 50 RPM, oils the ways of the tailstock very good, and lets the tap pull the (loose) tailstock to the work till final depth.
Is this wise way of doing it? It seems to work just fine.. But looks a bit dangerous and Im concerned about the lathe..
I dont think it was designed to be used like this..
What do you guys think?
Edit:
sorry, I had the wrong translation for 'Reitstock'. Please excuse. Changed all to tailstock.
He is tapping on his manual lathe with the tap in a drillchuck rigidly mounted in the tailstock.
For this, he sets the lathe in very low gear with about 50 RPM, oils the ways of the tailstock very good, and lets the tap pull the (loose) tailstock to the work till final depth.
Is this wise way of doing it? It seems to work just fine.. But looks a bit dangerous and Im concerned about the lathe..
I dont think it was designed to be used like this..
What do you guys think?
Edit:
sorry, I had the wrong translation for 'Reitstock'. Please excuse. Changed all to tailstock.
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