Re: Newb question about using the apron hand wheel.
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A apron feed wheel is very useful. Problem is unless you?disconnect?the last gear at the change gear end you are fighting the mechanical advantage and turning all the gear train.It's very stiff to turn, I devised a pop on / pop off arrangement,and by simply turning a? knob outside the gear cover the last gear slides in and out of mesh.So easy to use and no severe loads on the feed screw. The screw arrangement was made from a domestic radiator valve. see link https://plus.google.com/photos/112848589944601328801/albums/5789361520814934033
Regards John L Spain.
From: "davidjones686@..." <stilldrillin@...>
To: 7x12minilathe@...
Sent: Friday, February 1, 2013 8:38 PM
Subject: [7x12minilathe] Re: Newb question about using the apron hand wheel.
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Hi Jeremy.
Always used the apron handwheel, for the past 50+ years......
Until my pal wanted a leadscrew feed wheel. I made one. He copied it.....
We're both happy now!
David. Derbyshire. UK.
--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "cptwinderatgmaildotcom" wrote:
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> So after having my lathe a couple of years now, I finally have a shop big enough to actually use it. What little I have used it in the past, I would use the half-nut to lock the saddle and use the compound slide to move the cutter towards and away from the chuck.
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> Last night I was attempting to turn down the diameter of an aluminum rod. And for the life of me I could not get the compound slid setup so it didn't turn a taper. Knowing that on "big iron" you use the hand wheel on the apron to move the cutter towards and away from the chuck and remembering reading somewhere that someone left their compound setup for threading on their 7x lathe, I figured I would attempt to use the apron hand wheel as well. By the time I gave the wheel enough pressure to start it moving it would jump forward, making cuts impossible.
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> So the question to all of the veterans, what method of moving the cutter towards and away from the chuck are you using, compound, apron wheel, other, etc?
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Jeremy
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