Thanks for the video! Can you necessarily rely on the top of your compound to be flat enough to use as a reference? It seems to me, if its not dead flat and level, then the whole setup of your tool would be off as well.....
12:56 im pretty sure than indicator show bout half. tool lift it from corner means dial indicator block one side is on table. one is air. dial deedle is half distance...kinda xD this is like reversed cosinierror
@@enotsengineering Yes of course, just turn a diameter with a good surface finish, and measure it accurately. May I suggest a short video on "Wringing" the slip gauges together and splitting them correctly?, Thanks for sharing and best regards from the Black Country.
@@bostedtap8399 +1 And best wishes also from a Black Country mon in exile on the South coast. Love your videos, Alan and always look forward to new ones.
Thanks Alan, as a beginner with a Boxford I always find your videos interesting. Is the low tailstock a problem? I imagine it would cause slight taper turning, how could it be rectified?
Hi William to check the tail stock offset, hold a lever type indicator in the chuck and hold a dowel in the tailstock touch the indicator onto the dowel . Then rotate the indicator by turning the chuck and check for a low and high spot. If its front to back you can adjust the grub screws in the tail stock to bring it onto centre line. If it's top to bottom you may need to pack the tail stock up. Regards Alan
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Great idea. Thanks
Very useful tool! Thanks for the tip!.
Thanks
Thanks for the video!
Can you necessarily rely on the top of your compound to be flat enough to use as a reference? It seems to me, if its not dead flat and level, then the whole setup of your tool would be off as well.....
Hi Mutasim you can check that by using a magnetic base with a d.t.i. attached and move it over the surface of the compound slide.
12:56 im pretty sure than indicator show bout half. tool lift it from corner means dial indicator block one side is on table. one is air. dial deedle is half distance...kinda xD this is like reversed cosinierror
Hi Jari that's what I expected
seems like a complicated way to perform an easy task or am I missing something.
Hi Alan, Do Boxford lathes have a #3 MT built in the headstock shaft as yours does? I have a metic AUD and thought it was a straight thru.
Hi If its a screw thread held chuck it probably has a 3MT
I have a late AUD and it has an MT3
@@mikeirwin9985 me too
Very useful tool centre gauge, was there any runout in the ER collet?.
Thanks for sharing.
Hi my ER collet was running true but you could use a chuck
@@enotsengineering Yes of course, just turn a diameter with a good surface finish, and measure it accurately. May I suggest a short video on "Wringing" the slip gauges together and splitting them correctly?, Thanks for sharing and best regards from the Black Country.
@@bostedtap8399 +1 And best wishes also from a Black Country mon in exile on the South coast. Love your videos, Alan and always look forward to new ones.
Think your lathe looks better in the dark blue you painted it.
Hi Craig. the dark blue lathe is my brothers rebuilt Boxford
Thanks Alan, as a beginner with a Boxford I always find your videos interesting. Is the low tailstock a problem? I imagine it would cause slight taper turning, how could it be rectified?
Hi William to check the tail stock offset, hold a lever type indicator in the chuck and hold a dowel in the tailstock touch the indicator onto the dowel . Then rotate the indicator by turning the chuck and check for a low and high spot. If its front to back you can adjust the grub screws in the tail stock to bring it onto centre line. If it's top to bottom you may need to pack the tail stock up.
Regards
Alan