On 2 April 2014 12:54, Peter Blodow <p.blo...@dreki.de> wrote: > No problem with that, because reversing the drive is done with one > lever, no cranking, no re-engaging, no dial or indicator necessary. All > thread cutting is done this way over here in the shops, I've never seen > any other.
I would imagine that it makes it hard to thread up to a shoulder, especially with a lathe with no spindle brake. (and older lathes with screw-on chucks can often not afford to have a brake) Threading dials typically work better on Imperial lathes. With a metric lathe you need to keep changing the thread counter gear. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
