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    wheeltapper
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      try again
      Hi
      I thought I’d show you how I do this.
      this is my lathe, it’s a Chester clone of the sieg c4.
      CAUTION turn the power OFF before you start anything like this!!
       
       

      here is the inside of the drive housing

      to start off I made this fitting, it’s a flat bar with a square piece with a cross hole and a clamp screw bolted on.
      remove the two bolts shown with allen keys
      and, using longer bolts, fix the fitting
      I then made an expanding sleeve to fit the lathe mandrel

      fit this in the mandrel
      and then fix a change wheel to the end and insert the detent pin so it engages with the teeth
      the expanding sleeve can also be used with a handle
      a close up of the drive pin on the handle
      very useful for screwcutting short threads, the lathes lowest speed is 100 rpm, a wee bit too fast for my liking.
      and thats it, I hope I haven’d bored you too much
      cheers
      the demonstrating side of Roy
      Edited By wheeltapper on 28/06/2010 19:50:39

      Edited By wheeltapper on 28/06/2010 20:10:16

      Edited By wheeltapper on 28/06/2010 20:11:15

      Edited By wheeltapper on 28/06/2010 20:12:06

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