try to use the finest thread pitch you can tap for on the cat head bolts. it will make centering the barrel easier.
On Jul 19, 2017 11:25 PM, "Gene Heskett" <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > Greetings all; I am being attacked by UPS and USPS today. > I got the metal I'd ordered today, a 1/4", 12x48 sheet of 6061t6, a 14" > piece of 1/2x1 brass for steady rest shoes, and a pair of 1/2" hex brass > bars to make cathead & spider bolts out of. Measuring the barrel, I'll > need to round up some 2" ID pipe about 11" long with 1/4" walls to make > that cat head. > > I did get the end of the action squared up, and shaved a couple thou off > the face of the bolt to square that up. And with the 6061 plate I can > make the dro mount for the tailstock. > > Would have made more progress but it was 107F in the shop when I pulled > the door open with the hex brass in my hand, but I believe it will be > easier and faster to make those screws in the bigger lathe with its 3 > jaw chuck than fool with TLM putting the 3 jaw back on it, thats a pita > trying to get those 6mm nuts re-started on the studs sticking thru the > flange on TLM's spindle. Got about a dozen of those screws to make. 4 > ea, 3 different lengths. > > I got a universal arbor 2 or 3 days back, and a 5" diameter, 6000 grit > diamond disk that should serve as a tool sharpener came in today too. > Results TBD. > > Still waiting on the new live center. > > Anybody with some 75F weather to spare, I sure could use a train load of > it here in WV. My icemaker is being overworked. > > I do have one problem with the r-pi 3b and LCNC. The arrow keys, > left-right, work every place else but in the MDI cmdline box. So editing > a line called back has to be done by clicking after the recalled line, > then backspacing to where the change needs to be, and retyping the rest > of the line erased by the backspace key. > > This has been a problem for the last 7 or 8 updates. Works normally on > the rest of the x86 machines. Swapping keyboards has no effect. BTDT. > > Thanks everybody. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
