Thread: turning tips

[QUOTE=azzrock;1483933]hi phil hows it going. every time i see some steam equipment i think of you. funny that.

here is a beauty.
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i think it looks ok in blue..

yah i dont have much of an opportunity to use a dro. i have in the past. used them. ,Some times when they where fitted to machines we where all ways steered away from
using them by the people teaching us..
what sort do you use. and on what.
i remember them being on all the milling machines and some of the lathes when i was learning my trade. The instructors discouraging there use. saying "you cant rely on them." from memory they wouldnt of been cheap ones either. i think after training i used them and liked them ( and thought what where those crazy old buggers caring on about) that was a long time ago.
glad the dial and stand worked out ok.hope they help to keep all that kuta old equipment running.
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Hi Aaron,
I was standing next to the engine in your pic yesterday. The Navy Steam Club has just done a heap of work on it and it is looking even better now.
I have an Easson DRO on my lathe (AL340D) and I love them both.
The pics are the day the lathe arrived. They certainly don't look like that now

Phil

nice lathe. phil. somehow i didn't picture a new machine.
some might say there would not be many left in the navy that knew how to raise steam

its an older one

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Here's a video describing the technique Aaron originally posted about. It's a bit slow but, covers the topic well.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz_eDXtmPGs]How to Set Your Lathe Compound to Remove "Tenths" (0.0001") - YouTube[/ame]