Your first sentence was spot on except the last eight words. And your last sentence is probably why nobody wants to take you seriously. You sound like a disgruntled chick. You seem to be a pretty smart dude so when you’re going to say something, treat it like work. Measure twice, cut once.
I am who I am and can only be me. I never have problems in person, it's just human nature that people read things as negative when they have no other cues to determine the intent.
Yes, I’ve been burned a thousand times texting a girlfriend. Words are tricky. Phone calls, never a problem.
These sorts of DYI forums seem to grow legs pretty fast. There might not be many contributors right now but I suspect that's only because they don't have a dedicated forum. And not all are necessarily machinists, many might simply be just curious about how some things are made, modified, etc
Yes sir. It's a really low quality rotary table with a really cheap chuck mounted on it. The part originally had six smaller holes. I just eyeballed it but it's good enough to get the job done.
Looks pretty good. I keep a low-quality 5" rotab with a tiny 3" chuck on it just for stuff like that - good enough and way quicker (and easier on my back) than setting up my 10". On my list of things to do is make a base plate so I can just drop it in my vise.
Mine has a base that tilts 90 degrees or so. I leave it mounted to the far left and replace the crank handle with my Makita 18v drill when I want a radius in the bottom of plenums. It's easier for me to do them with a ball nose end mill. I've used the same method to make magazines a little deeper to fit heavy slugs.
I also run a spider on the back of the LeBlond. Incredibly useful little widget. Typically use a magnetic indicator to center up the stock sticking out past the spider as well centering it up in the 4-jaw.
Nice work. I’ve always thought that lathes should come with this from the factory. I made one for one of my lathes that’s not quite as nice but works fine. I bought a replacement nut and welded a short tube and threaded holes.
I use a dial indicator to center it. I never count the screw turns, I'm just adjusting to the least deviation from center but I do try to have the same tension on every screw.
