On 18 Mar 2005 11:04:31 -0800, Stan-O wrote:
Tim, one note that you might want to remember on your lathe, it will
make you life easier.

Even though you do not have a thread chasing dial, you can still
dissengage on threds that are a multiple of the leadscrew.

Right, but if he has a non-metric lathe, and he's cutting a metric
thread, his only option is to keep it engaged and roll it back, far as
I know.