Left Hand Trapezoidal Warco Lathe

[TrevorhParticipant @trevorh]

Hi John,

Unfortunately I fell into the usual trap of not actually checking the parts until I needed them – just unpacked and stored, by the time I had use of them it was quite some time after the purchase of the the lathe.

I have since modified them to actually work now but as you state its not something i should have to do

Trevor

[AjohnwParticipant @ajohnw51620]

Sounds like it's another thing to check along with can the lathe turn up to a centre with the tool in the normal position.

I took a work friend up to chester m/c to help him choose a lathe and also look for myself. The centre aspect ruled out all of the machines they had which looked sensible and were the size I wanted. What people seem to be unaware of is that once they have sold a few retailers are fully aware of any problems with them. Probably earlier on actually.

Friend – I said no not a baby lathe. For what he wanted to do a mini would be minimum. What did he do? Buy a baby and then complained about it a few months later. He concluded that it was ok on plastics with some buts. A warco 180 would have done but he would probably have come to the conclusion that a 240 would have been a better option later given what he wanted to do with it.

John

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[TrevorhParticipant @trevorh]

Just a quick update – the inserts arrived yesterday – purchased 2.0mm and 3.0mm mainly because I haven't decided if I want to stay original on the screw yet and will need to make a nut anyway to go with it

So mounted a 1" bar for practice and machining away from the chuck for just a short distance to see how things went I was pleasantly surprised at the first time results, it actually looked like a lead screw….

Then noticed that the pitch didn't quite look right – Note to self first check that the gearing is set to match the insert….DOH had it set for 2.0mm pitch and used the 3.0mm insert

But at least I know I can now cut a LH Trapazodial Thread – Take that Warco..

Now to practice some more before working on the actual replacement blank shaft I made earlier

Good call about the inserts

cheers

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