09-08-2013, 01:02 PM
Greg,
Odd threads, regardless of the number of TPI repeat every inch, so you can engage the half nuts on any numbered or any unnumbered line. The only time you need to actually leave the half nuts engaged is when cutting a metric thread on an imperial lathe. Did the 14X40 Taiwanese lathe gave a metric lead screw by chance?
Tom
Odd threads, regardless of the number of TPI repeat every inch, so you can engage the half nuts on any numbered or any unnumbered line. The only time you need to actually leave the half nuts engaged is when cutting a metric thread on an imperial lathe. Did the 14X40 Taiwanese lathe gave a metric lead screw by chance?
Tom
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