Has anybody made a duplicate spindle nose for L00? I'm considering
one mounted on a rotary table or in bearings to aid in setup on lathe
faceplate. I've been turning my first 10+" flywheel today, which is
going fine. Especially once you're through the skin on the casting.
But being able to use a dial indicator with the faceplate mounted
horizontally would be a boon when it comes time to flip the flywheel
over to finish the other side.

Pete Keillor

On Sun, 21 May 2006 15:21:52 -0400, Pete Keillor
wrote:

Has anybody made a duplicate spindle nose for L00? I'm considering
one mounted on a rotary table or in bearings to aid in setup on lathe
faceplate. I've been turning my first 10+" flywheel today, which is
going fine. Especially once you're through the skin on the casting.
But being able to use a dial indicator with the faceplate mounted
horizontally would be a boon when it comes time to flip the flywheel
over to finish the other side.

Pete Keillor


GACK!!...I suspect it would be much easier to find a parts lathe and
pull the spindle to modify.

Gunner

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as lamb's wool is to cold rain and the Gore-tex of Odin's raiment
is to gull**** in the gale, for thy angst shall vex them not at
all. Yea, they shall scorn thee all the more. Rejoice in
sharing what you have to share without expectation of adoration,
knowing that sharing your treasure does not diminish your treasure
but enriches it."

- Onni 1:33

On Mon, 22 May 2006 00:03:54 GMT, Gunner
wrote:

On Sun, 21 May 2006 15:21:52 -0400, Pete Keillor
wrote:

Has anybody made a duplicate spindle nose for L00? I'm considering
one mounted on a rotary table or in bearings to aid in setup on lathe
faceplate. I've been turning my first 10+" flywheel today, which is
going fine. Especially once you're through the skin on the casting.
But being able to use a dial indicator with the faceplate mounted
horizontally would be a boon when it comes time to flip the flywheel
over to finish the other side.

Pete Keillor


GACK!!...I suspect it would be much easier to find a parts lathe and
pull the spindle to modify.

Gunner

"If thy pride is sorely vexed when others disparage your offering, be
as lamb's wool is to cold rain and the Gore-tex of Odin's raiment
is to gull**** in the gale, for thy angst shall vex them not at
all. Yea, they shall scorn thee all the more. Rejoice in
sharing what you have to share without expectation of adoration,
knowing that sharing your treasure does not diminish your treasure
but enriches it."

- Onni 1:33

Well, it might, but I've successfully cut the female taper for a
collet nose piece, so I figured I could cut the male. I don't have
any spare L00 spindles laying around. I might give it a try. Prussian
blue, try, and adjust. I wouldn't need the key, although that
wouldn't be too hard on the shaper with a relief hole at the back.

Pete

I just bought a Clausing 5914 with an L-00.

I was chatting with a buddy about doing a nose cover since I have the
4.5MT-5C sleeve but no cover and maybe making a L-00 male for some thing
like you are talking about. For me if I decided to cut the keyway, I'd just
jig it up on the Bridgeport and....

My buddy and I concluded it shouldn'y be too hard to dial in the compound to
well under .0005 against the existing spindle and then have a go at either
male or female parts.

Gunners idea is pretty sound if you can find a junker head or spindle for
next to nothing.

Recently it seems a lot of lathes are being parted out and sold on e-bay..
ya might keep an eye out there. I just checked and all the spindles that
are up right now are 2 /14 thread..


--.- Dave


"Pete Keillor" wrote in message
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On Mon, 22 May 2006 00:03:54 GMT, Gunner
wrote:

On Sun, 21 May 2006 15:21:52 -0400, Pete Keillor
wrote:

Has anybody made a duplicate spindle nose for L00? I'm considering
one mounted on a rotary table or in bearings to aid in setup on lathe
faceplate. I've been turning my first 10+" flywheel today, which is
going fine. Especially once you're through the skin on the casting.
But being able to use a dial indicator with the faceplate mounted
horizontally would be a boon when it comes time to flip the flywheel
over to finish the other side.

Pete Keillor


GACK!!...I suspect it would be much easier to find a parts lathe and
pull the spindle to modify.

Gunner

"If thy pride is sorely vexed when others disparage your offering, be
as lamb's wool is to cold rain and the Gore-tex of Odin's raiment
is to gull**** in the gale, for thy angst shall vex them not at
all. Yea, they shall scorn thee all the more. Rejoice in
sharing what you have to share without expectation of adoration,
knowing that sharing your treasure does not diminish your treasure
but enriches it."

- Onni 1:33

Well, it might, but I've successfully cut the female taper for a
collet nose piece, so I figured I could cut the male. I don't have
any spare L00 spindles laying around. I might give it a try. Prussian
blue, try, and adjust. I wouldn't need the key, although that
wouldn't be too hard on the shaper with a relief hole at the back.

Pete

According to Dave August :
I just bought a Clausing 5914 with an L-00.

I was chatting with a buddy about doing a nose cover since I have the
4.5MT-5C sleeve but no cover and maybe making a L-00 male for some thing
like you are talking about. For me if I decided to cut the keyway, I'd just
jig it up on the Bridgeport and....

Note that the cover can be aluminum (the one which I got from
Royal with my 5C sleeve was), and it needs to go down to a small enough
diameter so the locking collar can use it to jack the sleeve out of the
spindle when it is time to shift back to a chuck.

Other than that -- it only needs to be a good enough fit so it
won't shake loose while you're turning.

Enjoy,
DoN.
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On 25 May 2006 03:55:39 GMT, (DoN. Nichols)
wrote:

According to Dave August :
I just bought a Clausing 5914 with an L-00.

I was chatting with a buddy about doing a nose cover since I have the
4.5MT-5C sleeve but no cover and maybe making a L-00 male for some thing
like you are talking about. For me if I decided to cut the keyway, I'd just
jig it up on the Bridgeport and....

Note that the cover can be aluminum (the one which I got from
Royal with my 5C sleeve was), and it needs to go down to a small enough
diameter so the locking collar can use it to jack the sleeve out of the
spindle when it is time to shift back to a chuck.

Other than that -- it only needs to be a good enough fit so it
won't shake loose while you're turning.

Enjoy,
DoN.

I cut the keyway on mine with a file. That was my first project on
the lathe, didn't have a shaper, mill, arbor press, and hadn't heard
of the boring bar trick. It worked o.k. since, as DoN said, it
doesn't require a lot of precision. I made a dead center for the
headstock using the cut and try - prussian blue method. It worked
well. Now I have a telescoping taper attachment, but it will still
probably require adjustment to final fit.

Pete Keillor