List & Dave -
Clausing is a righteous brandname! Sounds as though you have all the
right accessories, too. Never did any repair on lathes, only various
conventional & CNC mills. Ball screws are "the stuff", less slop in the feel
of the ways on both the bed and the crossfeed.
Metal spinning is cool - I've never done had the opportunity. I heard
the late Fred Larsen was "the bees knees" on a spinning lathe. A really good
operator can spin a deep part - like the spinner cap to fit over a
propeller. It's probably turning into a "lost art" like a lot of
metalworking skills..............
Chris Pile aka aircap
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>
To: "cmpile" <hoxiepoo@cox.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 11:08 AM
Subject: RE: Tools
> The lathe is a clausing.. quick change tool holder,3 jaw chuck and a
collet
> closer, taper attacment and all the usual tooling. the lead screws are
> starting to get a little tired or at least the nuts are. I was thinking
> about changing over to ball screws have you ever done a retro fit on an
> older lathe to ball screws?
> If i was to learn any new machining i would love to learn metal spinning..
> Dave
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