It's to reduce the cutting pressure, this insures the cutting is done mainly with the left hand side of the cutting tool. If you leave it at 0 deg the cutting will be on both side of your cutting tool. That would maybe okay on a big lathe but with the small motor on these mini lathes it will soon run out of power.
P.S. 59 deg is for a metric form, use 54 deg for imperial
I only brought the lathe to help with building my CNC router project, I have since sold it. I only cut about 10 threads on the lathe, the nylon gears held up well, I used a light oil to keep them well lubricated. As I mentioned in the video it's a slow process taking many light cuts, but it gets the job done.
It's to reduce the cutting pressure, this insures the cutting is done mainly with the left hand side of the cutting tool. If you leave it at 0 deg the cutting will be on both side of your cutting tool. That would maybe okay on a big lathe but with the small motor on these mini lathes it will soon run out of power.
P.S. 59 deg is for a metric form, use 54 deg for imperial
oakphisto 8 months ago
How come you set your compound slide to 59 degrees?
steamtrainmark 8 months ago
nylon gears hold up well even with no lube, I like the way and motor covers, I use cardboad on my smithy to help keep the chips out.
Nice video :)
snoopdog68 1 year ago
Yes that's a 20mm x 1500mm ballscrew i cut for my router.
oakphisto 1 year ago
Is that a ballscrew you are cutting?
h2oextremepcs 1 year ago
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h2oextremepcs 1 year ago
notice much wear on those gears? How long have you been using this lathe? I have serious doubts about the nylon gears...
AlcoholLevel 2 years ago
I only brought the lathe to help with building my CNC router project, I have since sold it. I only cut about 10 threads on the lathe, the nylon gears held up well, I used a light oil to keep them well lubricated. As I mentioned in the video it's a slow process taking many light cuts, but it gets the job done.
oakphisto 2 years ago