kunaldatta
Plastic
- Joined
- Oct 7, 2002
i bought a monarch 16" lathe of actual swing 18.5" serial no 31792. it is having 4 tpi lead screw.i am cutting threads by quick
change gears to select thread pitch. right now i am cutting 12 tpi which is around 2mm pitch the exact tpi for 2mm pitch is 12.7 which i can't get in the machine right now.i have checked the gears of head stock and the lead screw driving gears.the lead screw driving gears are mounted left hand side of the head stock.there are three gears one like qudrant gear of 35 teeth an ideal gear of 25 teeth and a lead screw driving gear of 50 teeth.the 35 teeth gear is directly
geting the drive from the head stock.i think there is little space for the 127 teeth transposing gear.i need to cut 1.5 ,1.75 , 2 , 2.5 ,3 , 3 ,3.5 ,4 ,4.5 5 ,5.5 ,6 mm pitch. pls help me.
change gears to select thread pitch. right now i am cutting 12 tpi which is around 2mm pitch the exact tpi for 2mm pitch is 12.7 which i can't get in the machine right now.i have checked the gears of head stock and the lead screw driving gears.the lead screw driving gears are mounted left hand side of the head stock.there are three gears one like qudrant gear of 35 teeth an ideal gear of 25 teeth and a lead screw driving gear of 50 teeth.the 35 teeth gear is directly
geting the drive from the head stock.i think there is little space for the 127 teeth transposing gear.i need to cut 1.5 ,1.75 , 2 , 2.5 ,3 , 3 ,3.5 ,4 ,4.5 5 ,5.5 ,6 mm pitch. pls help me.