Hello,
I have an old lathe at my work that we used for very basic and I want to understand more about it:) Its pretty old one and I couldn't found any manuals.
There is a chart for Thread and how to do the setting, on one side of the chart H/mm and on the other is 1"/H I think its pitch in mm and TPI but on any other chart on the internet(converting pitch mm to TPI) it isn't the same number. Is there a different calculation?
Also there there is a knob with 3 different state that are not connected to the chart, one with Metric and to other that erased.
Can someone please explain me the chart and the knob:)
help with thread chart on lathe
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Re: help with thread chart on lathe
You set the knob to either metric or inch ,that should change the gear train internally to cut the correct thread using the appropriate chart and settings. What make is the lathe and country of origin?
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Thanks for replying
I think the lathe is from Italy, but it is very old (more then 40 years).
There is on the lathe knob that i can put the gear setting for the chart but I don't sure how to read it since the H/mm and 1"/H isn't matching...
I think the lathe is from Italy, but it is very old (more then 40 years).
There is on the lathe knob that i can put the gear setting for the chart but I don't sure how to read it since the H/mm and 1"/H isn't matching...
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Re: help with thread chart on lathe
Well I THINK to cut 16 threads per inch you then 1 set the knob to the inch position 2 set a second knob to "A" then 3 set a third knob to "1" By the way 40 years is not all that old. Is there a makers name on it ? If so post it please. I use to work part time at a friend of mine machinery dealership, and we got used lathes in made all over the world. And the controls were all over the place as to function. If your lathe was in front of me I don't think it would take me long to figure out how to make it work. In your first picture at the far right I can see some instructions for positioning some of the feed gears for various feeds ,some of those may be needed to be shifted to cut a particular thread.
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Re: help with thread chart on lathe
can't read the second one, but the third says Whitworthone with Metric and to other that erased.
peter
Re: help with thread chart on lathe
Looks like it says metric, feed, and whitworth. The charts seem to correlate to that.
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Re: help with thread chart on lathe
Whitworth...probably a lathe from the UK.
Amen on 40 years ..I do not own a lathe younger than 40 years...
Amen on 40 years ..I do not own a lathe younger than 40 years...
Too many things going on to bother listing them.