Lathe vs milling machine

The $800-$900 in gas and 3-4 days time for me to go RT to visit Gunner would mean I'd have to get quite a few tools at really good prices to make it cost effective. I did essentially the same trip in the other direction last year (TX - CT - TX) and it's quite a haul (have to do it again too).

Pete C.

Hi Gunner,

My Dad fixed one by using a small worm-gear hand winch and by adding a wire pulley to the top where the chain pulley is.

It isn't the fastest in the world and it wouldn't hold up in everyday use, but it beats throwing ones back out :)

Interesting idea, but Id just as soon fix this one. Its out in the Stacks of Stuff and Ive not been able to do much with it in the little time Ive had.

Gunner

Aha! Something which got your attention. :-)

Can you put up a photo on the dropbox? Direct e-mail of photos will fail, because they will be above the trap size (30K) for potential viruses.

I really like the single-column Cameron, and might be interesteed in the double-column one for certain types of operations. (Depending on cost, among other things.) At least, shipping should not be a killer for that one.

O.K. How about interesting measuring tools? :-)

In particular, a micrometer mated with a tiny sine bar for measuring angles. (Other things, like the V-anvil ones are easier to find.)

Enjoy, DoN.

I had to load it with a fork lift...so its probably P&W origin. They loved cast iron....

OOOO...nice. I do need a simple tubing mic if you ever stumble across a spare....

Gunner

Ouch! All of the metal castings on the Cameron (at least mine) are aluminum. It might be that the deep throat version has a cast iron baseplate.

I don't have one of my own, either. However, if you get a multi-anvil micrometer (interchangeable flat and rod anvils), the rod anvil will work quite well as a tubing micrometer. (It also works nicely as a 0-1" height gauge, with the anvil removed entirely.)

My multi-anvil came without a flat anvil, but I so far have not needed that.

Also, you can get one of the slip-on 0.250" balls in a collar to measure the wall thickness of tubing -- at least in the 0-0.750" range -- with one of those.

Enjoy, DoN.

Yep, and it's more than adequate, particularly for those of us that have a limited amount of money to spend. I've owned the attachment about as long as I've been in the trade. Can't see tying up money on a tube mic when it wouldn't get much use.

Harold

My dad - 85 he is - drove Phoenix to Ok to TX (my house) to Tenn, NC, to MASS, to Maine and then reversed the trip. Had to visit family here there and around and friends and naturally had not visited Maine so he and his brother did.

I hope to be in as good a shape at his age.

Martin

MASS, to Maine and

Way cool!

Harold

I should have commented further. The balls sold by Starrett are not .250" diameter, but .200". They do come in two different sized housings, however, to accommodate different anvil sizes. The smaller ball (in lieu of the .250" mentioned by DoN) give you a slightly larger range with a 1" mic, .000" to .800", plus the cheat when you get over .800". The added bonus is that the micrometer is direct reading, taking the .200" into account.

Harold

Hi Gunner,

It is an easy fix and easily reversible. It will also free up the bad parts (you can remove them) so they can be fixed properly. You might even have a small worm-drive winch laying about ;-)

Just make sure you use a worm-drive or something that has a means to control and brake your lift/load.

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