It'd be difficult to weld, since it's cast iron. Even if you had it
brazed, it'd probably warp just to demonstrate the inherent
perversity of machinery;-)
Seriously, one thing that comes to mind is your wooden test piece may
be giving some false indications. Since wood is somewhat elastic,
it'll move away from the cutting tool & spring back to its original
position if you're doing light scraping cuts. My quickie test bar is
a piece of 1/2" threaded rod, 4 nuts & 2 fender washers. Since
you're only cutting the periphery of the washers, test cuts are quick.
Roy
--- In 7x12minilathe@..., Victoria Welch <wrlabs@...>
wrote:
roylowenthal wrote:
[ ... ]
The boring head is used to hold a short center an easily
adjustable
distance away from the lathe centerline for taper turning without
disturbing the TS adjustment. The downside is losing a couple of
inches of working length on the lathe.
Ah, I mistook boring BAR for boring head, that is a really nifty
idea to
get tapers!
I think that if I ever get that tailstock aligned I am going to
have
someone weld it together and us this idea for tapers :-) LOL!
Thanks & take care, Vikki.
--
Victoria Welch, WV9K/7
"Cthulu for President - The candidate for the voter who is tired
of
voting for the lesser of two evils." --Unknown
