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87 K5 Build...Hmmm, whats that Ryoken up to? stay tuned...

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ryoken said:
why would you want a reversing motor on a lathe? I thought you only cut in one direction? but I can see a variable speed, one direction motor being useful..

obviously I know less than nothing about metal lathes and their proper operation.. some reading material is certainly needed...
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I'm a little late to the party but didn't see much input on all this. It was mentioned that a reversible motor was related to threading but more specifically metric threading. When cutting metric threads on an "American" lathe you can't disengage the lead screw once it's engaged with the first cut.
So to make that work you pull back, stop the lathe while it's in gear on the lead screw, run it in reverse to get back to the face of the part then run everything back to your zero point plus however much you want your next cut to be.
When cutting "standard" threads it's not needed because you just engage it on the correct point of the lead screw each time and it stays in time.

So if ya' want to cut metric threads some day you need reverse. If not then you don't. Oh and yes you always cut parts with the chuck spinning towards you. Even CNC lathes run this way but since the tooling is generally on the opposite side of the chuck it sits in it's holders upside down to what we're used to on a conventional lathe.

ryoken said:
hmmm, I wonder how important/nice self centering chucks are... pretty low price on this 8".. but i don't think it's self-centering...


http://www.ebay.com/itm/METAL-LATHE...6?pt=BI_Tool_Work_Holding&hash=item4abf3a182c
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This is really a toss up. If you can only get one chuck I'd be tempted to get a 4 jaw chuck but you'll have to have a dial indicator on hand to indicate every time you want to spin a part. The reason I say that I would be tempted is because although slower and at first more cumbersome a 4 jaw can do just about anything where as a typical self centering 3 jaw can only chuck "round" parts and with that being said it can only chuck them as well (aka centered) as the chuck is manufactured.
A 4 jaw can get any part dead nuts center with the right operator.

I'll put it this way, if you already had a 3 jaw I wouldn't say go out and spend money on a 4 jaw. If you can find a decent quality self centering 3 jaw I'd go that route since it's a home "hobby" type setup that won't see production work. If you think you're up to the task of learning to indicate parts it'll eventually become a very quick process and won't be too much of a headache in which case go with a 4 jaw.


Sorry for the novel but it's not all that common that I get to talk conventional machine work. :thumb:
 
excellent, thanks bud.. :bow:

I'm excited about it... just went thru all the bit's and tool holders last night and sorted them out..
 
ryoken said:
excellent, thanks bud.. :bow:

I'm excited about it... just went thru all the bit's and tool holders last night and sorted them out..
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Soooo, I now feel like a retarded stalker after all this time lurking.... Waiting..... Watching.... And by retarded I mean of all the sick fab work, thought, money, research, never mind the physical pain that is going into this builds, it is this lathe that draws me out.

Some day I hope to get an old LeBlonde lathe that I inherited up an running as well. Until then:

If you have any questions about cutting tools I would be glad to help out in any way possible.

BTW, your build is the one that pulled me into a membership here at CK5. Many others have kept me here while you have been down (thanks Greg and Mike). But it sure is good to see you back at it again. I can't wait to see what you come up with next.:woot::woot::woot:

Jim
 
thanks! :D


I was getting some learning from my welder friend who has 4 various lathes at his shop the other day.. and I'm gonna pick up a couple books too, but I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions.... picked up steel for the stand the othjer day, so over x-mas break i plan to do a bunch with the lathe...

and I may even, gasp, work on the K5 hood some! :eek1: :haha:
 
I'm not sure if its been posted before, but look up Mr. Pete 222 on Youtube. He has a series of videos called Machine Shop Tips that are really helpful.
 
Dungeon isn't quite as dungeon-like these days...

4 new 4 T8 bulb fixtures in today... none of the other lights on, just the new stuff..





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oh, and those are 6500k daylights in there...

tomorrow, back to fab work, building the lathe cart/stand.... friday, sat, sun, mon and tues, I'll be working on the K5... :woot:
 
good to hear progress will be underway again on the Blazer Paul....nicely done!
 
thanks guys... eh, she's a bit cluttered right now.. gotta finish some organizing the next couple days before I get back to the K5... loving my new filing cabinets for storage.. :bow:




amazing how white the daylights are... :eek1: you can see how yellow a standard light is by comparing the giant 2 liter bottle size normal bulb on in this shot to the right....









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I have the daylights as well Paul...world of difference in effective light put out.
 
yup, props to Slapperbar for turning me on to em... :bow:

wish we had these back in the day at the body shop! :doah: :haha:
 
ryoken said:
yup, props to Slapperbar for turning me on to em... :bow:

wish we had these back in the day at the body shop! :doah: :haha:
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I remember when he first told you about them, then reading your reaction, I tried them and have been hooked ever since :bow: most of the lamps in my house I have even swapped to the daylight deluxe CFL's also.

So thank you to Slapperbar for telling you, and thank you for raving about them so much that I had to try them too :waytogo:
 
That is the only lights I buy now too. I can remember when I put them in the bathroom and my wife said wow those are way to bright.:doah:
 
We swapped in the 6500's in our printer room and I was amazed at the difference. Seemed like the room was glowing.
 
ryoken said:
yup, props to Slapperbar for turning me on to em... :bow:

wish we had these back in the day at the body shop! :doah: :haha:
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I'm glad I could help people on here that have been such a big help to me.
My wife who is a knitter (Samuraiknitter on Ravelry) was using expencive a$$ Ott lights. I thought there HAS to be a replacement for others and bingo. :pimp:

Once your light is white nothing else is right.
 
got a good portion of the lathe stand done today...





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tomorrow I'll make the feet and finish it up... gonna do 4 pads, than at the heavier motor end I'm gonna mount 2 wheels behind the legs, so when ya pick the other end up, it'll be on the wheels.. down, it'll be on the pads..

figured i'd use up what was left of my grill expanded steel for a shelf... should make metal shavings and such easy to clean... can ya tell where the expanded was during the hurricane? :whistle: :doah: :haha:
 
Are you going to put a catch basin under the lathe that drains back to a tank w cutting oil pump? Or go old school and pump the fluid yourself?
 
Slapperbar said:
I'm glad I could help people on here that have been such a big help to me.
My wife who is a knitter (Samuraiknitter on Ravelry) was using expencive a$$ Ott lights. I thought there HAS to be a replacement for others and bingo. :pimp:

Once your light is white nothing else is right.
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What lights are those? If the answer is in this thread, just let me know and i'll go back through it
 
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