[modeleng] Re: A level lathe
- From: Terry Lane <tel.47@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:45:32 +1000
Not if you super glue it to the bed!
On 8/07/2011 6:59 AM, John Baguley wrote:
> Ah, but if it's tilting too much, yer tea mug'll slide off!
>
> On 07/07/2011 22:03, Terry Lane wrote:
>
>> Dead right you are AJ - a level machine means absolutely nothing, the
>> lathe can be tilted fore and aft, or side to side to almost any angle
>> and it won't make a scrap of difference, as long, as you say, there is
>> no twist in the bed.
>> On 8/07/2011 5:43 AM, Alan Stepney wrote:
>>
>>> I am sure we have all seen lengthy discussions on the best way to ensure
>>> that a lathe is level.
>>> Why?
>>>
>>> I dont believe that they need to be level at all.
>>> I have a lathe that came off a Royal Navy Cruiser, and the one thing I can
>>> guarantee is that, at times, the sea isnt level!
>>>
>>> The main thing is to ensure that the bed is not twisted in any way, and the
>>> headstock and tailstock in line, whether or not that line is level with the
>>> surface of the earth or not, makes no difference.
>>>
>>> If it did, vertical borers etc wouldnt work. Or rather, wouldnt give
>>> accurate results, which they do.
>>> The same would apply to face milling or fly cutting with a vetical mill.
>>>
>>>
>>> Does anyone agree or disagree with me?
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>>
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