Keith Taylor wrote:- >.... A 3° taper over the tiny tread of an "O" scale wheel is > pracitally impossible to see, much less machine.Trying to > set over the compound on most lathes to cut a 3° coning > of the tread would be tough too, as the graduations on the > lathes probably aren't accurate enough to bother.
What utter nonsense! My eyes are 67 years old and I can see the taper quite clearly. I've also spent the last three days machining a batch of wheels - with a three degree taper - and had no difficulty setting the compound slide to within a sensible (about one quarter of a degree) tolerance. Mike Chaney _______________________________________________ SSLiveSteam mailing list Send messages: [email protected] Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html
