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- compound swivel is stiff until it isn't, then it's loose
One tired nut means the clamp is uneven, so it binds and then lets go. Replace the nut before you round it the rest of the way. Snug them i…
- gib on the cross slide, I tightened it until it lied
Back the screws off until the tight spot is gone, then bring them up until the slide will not droop under its own weight at full extension.…
- spring pass, is that a real thing or a habit
If the tool or the work deflected, the second pass cuts what the first left. If nothing was deflecting, the second pass rubs. On your Logan…
- atlas half nut won't stay engaged
Mine was the spring on the detent, not the cam. $2 spring, and I had already talked myself into a $90 nut. Check the spring before you beco…
- dropped the chuck key and found it with my foot
The string is correct and the joke is how people end up posting from a clinic. Tie it on. Keep the key out of the chuck when you walk away.…
- threading up to a shoulder, I keep bailing
Cut the groove. A groove you meant is safer than a tool you yanked. Width of the groove only has to clear the tool. Mark the carriage stop…
- tap follower, so I stop leaning on the tap
Good. Don't power it. Hand is the whole safety system on a tap in a lathe.
- countershaft clutch grabs and then lets go
Glaze is the slip. Dress the cone with a stone, roughen the lining if it's wood or leather, and set the linkage so it clamps at the end of…
- acme thread, should I even start
If it's one screw and the size is a catalog size, buy it. Cut acme when you need a size they don't sell or when you want the practice and t…
- sb 9a cross slide tight only when warm
Tight in the middle, not the whole travel. I backed the gib off a shade and the afternoon is usable. I'll leave the screw in the machine. T…
- sb 9a cross slide tight only when warm
9A, cross slide is nice and bored in the morning and stiff after an hour of work. Not seized. Just heavy, and it gets worse if I'm taking a…
- half nut spring left, zip tie era began
Confession accepted. A zip tie will slack off when the shop warms up, and you thread with it anyway. Hardware store spring that fits the po…