Thanks for the welcome, i got one of them as well

Hi Brian and thank you for the warm welcome, I’m surprising myself these days with what I’m managing to come up with on it as I only got it to turn some control knobs on, I’m starting to manufacture my own tuners – which is where I’m encountering some problems that I hope I can solve with the help of you good people.

Heres a link to my website if anyone’s interested

http://www.anarchyukguitars.co.uk

Thank you Rod – there are more of us!!!

Thanks Howard but unfortunately books are of no use to me – I need showing or just telling what to do as I find it very hard to follow anything in print, and having trawled through lathes.co.uk many times I just end up with a headache & even more frustrated…….

it’s strange because I have a music degree yet I don’t know above my 6 times table – I’m the forgotten generation as far as schools went as the teachers didn’t want to teach & I had no interest in anything other than metalwork & music – metalwork got stopped after my 1st year & my music teacher hated me because I’m a punk – hence why I achieved my degree to rub his nose in it. So I struggle with measurements unless it’s metric & I can’t add up to save my life……

Told you I’m special

Hi Phil, fair play to you mate as long as you enjoy what your doing it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks of them!

I’ve never had much to do with anything other than basses & the occasional 6 string as I’ve been a bassist for about 35 years now, & I’ve never heard of who you mention – but that most likely has something to do with me being allergic to people in general, I much prefer inanimate objects to humans, there’s less arguments

Thank you for the compliment mate, it’s very much appreciated

Howard, yes I have thought about seeing if there was a club in my area but this virus has to go first or a vaccine has to be made in order for me to want to congregate with any amount of people, so that’s a no-go for the time being.

No it’s not for my lathe, It’s for my own brand of guitar tuners – basically I need to be able to make a worm drive (roughly 15-20mm diameter & 5mm thick) & lead screw (roughly M8 & 12mm long) with a 1:20 ratio, 2mm pitch and 8 tpi – or something close to that, it doesn’t matter if it’s metric or imperial, I just need to be able to make them consistently & not in big batches either, if I make a 4 string bass then I need 4 of each & so on.

(I know gear hobbing- I believe it’s called – isn’t screwcutting but that’s my second task I need to be able to achieve)

i understand what’s you mean & I do agree to a certain extent which is why I try to find as many videos & tutorials as I can that seem relevant or have the kind of information I’m after in them, so I do understand a fair bit but as far as screw cutting goes that’s all I need to know, just how to make those 2 things & be able to make them whenever I need them. I honestly don’t know what I’m doing wrong or if I’m misunderstanding people, but I’ve got quotes off companies who can make them & they’re quoting me £900 for a set of 4 worm drives & leadscrews……. At the moment I’m buying the cogs from China & stainless 8mm leadscrews & filing them to fit – which is really testing my patience & will to live at this moment, so if I can make them myself it would be a revelation!

i have a Myford ML4 so I’ve been told, I’ve tried to sell it & buy a cheapo Chinese lathe as there are bits missing & it needs some tlc which I’ve always thought was beyond my capabilities, but I’m hoping to be proved wrong.

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