Thread Cutting Attachment for a Watchmaker's Lathe

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Thread Cutting Attachment for a Watchmaker's Lathe

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Күн бұрын

A look at the construction of a shop made threading attachment for a Peerless watchmaker's lathe.
NthreadsP can be found here:
www.lathes.co.u...

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@grottonisred6541 3 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic project to take on......loads of head scratching, but you didn't take the easy way out, well done.

@ActiveAtom 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Robert, as a Levin & Son Lathe caretaker we see you have the first edition book for from Louis and Samuel Levin Practical Benchwork, we only have the later to be released in the 1980's the paperback version. The company that still produces great Levin products is located in Santa Fe Springs, California, just 115 miles from our home and watchmakers shop so we are happy to find another watch tool maker. Thank you for the sharing and the online thread making chart. That is a neat build, looks like you made a great detailed tool. Fantastic polishing devise for making a perfect finish on the head of the screw (s).

@robertt-cs8fe 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks...I lived in northern CA for years...went to UCD and taught school for years...hope you'll follow my clock build...next video I'll be using some bull's foot files I've made to finish off a pair of escape wheels.

@standolfo Күн бұрын

Hello, Sorry I have a question, what Is TPi?

@picklesnoutpenobscott3165 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this vid. I recently came into posession of a jewelers lathe. I am a woodturner, but have always wanted to do machining. I had no 220v and no space. This seems a great alternative. I apprecite the resource info.

@robertt-cs8fe 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind words. Work on your graver skills...as a wood turner it might come easy...but I don't turn wood so not so sure...nevertheless work on graver skills...and find a good interesting project to play around with.

@Just1GuyMetalworks 5 жыл бұрын

That's some great work, Bob! Some very clever work arounds for the draw bar. Love your gizmos! Keep up the great work👍😁👍.

@robertt-cs8fe 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!...the need for gears for this little gizmo is what got me started into hobs...turned out to be a great approach to making gears in a home shop...looking forward to your next video...bob

@andrewturnbull5897 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic tool making! Love your work!

@motor1395 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I have that book too and have looked at the attachment and thought it was beyond my skills. Maybe not? Thanks for the idea on the little universal joints. The rest looks fairly straight forward. Norm in Arizona

@robertt-cs8fe 6 жыл бұрын

It is a fairly straight forward project...especially with the help of NthreadsP...hobbing the gears took a bit of time.

@larryexact9687 4 жыл бұрын

Well done! Nicely made! 👍

@robertt-cs8fe 4 жыл бұрын

thanks Larry

@CraigLYoung 6 жыл бұрын

So cool! That's why I watch your channel, you do the most interesting things.

@robertt-cs8fe 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Craig...I really like the old ways too...kinda interesting

@standolfo Ай бұрын

Man, that Is very good!! Can you give project to make One???

@creativeaperture3058 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing work! Do you have plans for it? Thanks

@ricardobp007 9 ай бұрын

I would love to have it too!!!

@MrjackieG 3 жыл бұрын

I have one of those lathes I would part with.

@Rolingmetal 6 жыл бұрын

You must really like your screws nice and shiny :) Your threading mechanism is very impressive. Does that screw extension ever get in the way of reaching the workpiece? And how about left threads?

@robertt-cs8fe 6 жыл бұрын

I'm working on a skeleton clock so if it ain't brass...it's blue and shiny! The screw extension does not seem to get in the way...but I've had it for years and it never saw much use...I have several tool room lathes...so I kinda made the threading attachment to make the cross slide useful...and it was fun! I seldom if ever see left hand threads...but a year or so ago I turned a left hand thread on my Atlas...a part for my surface grinder...thanks.

@michellawzy4498 5 жыл бұрын

Very interesting project . But can i ask you to explain the matric tread by gear program . If you please . My best wishes.

@robertt-cs8fe 5 жыл бұрын

I am by no means an expert on NthreadsP but in the write up they supply at LathesUK they say: "The programs have been written to help with the following situations: 5) To generate metric pitches on an English lathe without using a 127 tooth gear" I have used it a couple of times to form metric threads just as it suggests…I supplied the gears I had on hand (I did not have a 127 tooth gear) and asked for a metric read out…they may not have been perfect metric threads but I could not tell the difference…I’m afraid that is the best I can do…give it a try