What’s wrong with my knurling

[DellParticipant @dell]

Thanks once again for the replies, I will do a bit more experimenting, I am not able to drill the knurled knob on the tool because the threaded stud comes all the way through, so I will try what JasonB suggests first and if that doesn’t work then maybe mill two flats on the knurled part of the tool to be able to use a spanner.

Dell

[Harry WilkesParticipant @harrywilkes58467]

Dell link to another video on subject link

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[VicParticipant @vic]

Dell, you mentioned knurling a spring loaded Tap Follower. I’ve made several of these and I didn’t knurl any of them. I did buy one first that was knurled, but it was such poor quality that I had to remake some of the internals. I’m not too sure why the knurled it though?

[Gary WoodingParticipant @garywooding25363]

Posted by Martin Johnson 1 on 11/03/2023 12:46:52:

Gary,

I just have to ask what nicely knurled widget in photo 3 is for?

Martin

It's a spring winder – lets you make evenly spaced springs on the lathe.

[DellParticipant @dell]

Posted by Vic on 11/03/2023 15:40:38:

Dell, you mentioned knurling a spring loaded Tap Follower. I’ve made several of these and I didn’t knurl any of them. I did buy one first that was knurled, but it was such poor quality that I had to remake some of the internals. I’m not too sure why the knurled it though?

The reason for knurling was so I can remove the base to turn the inner part round as it’s going to have a point on one end and a divot in the other so I can use it for bothe my BA and metric taps.

Dell

[Martin Johnson 1Participant @martinjohnson1]

Posted by Gary Wooding on 11/03/2023 17:16:16:

Posted by Martin Johnson 1 on 11/03/2023 12:46:52:

Gary,

I just have to ask what nicely knurled widget in photo 3 is for?

Martin

It's a spring winder – lets you make evenly spaced springs on the lathe.

Thank you, I have learned something today. A very neat solution, beautifully executed.

Martin

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