Infact, all my lathes have screwcutting ability but I very very rarely use it as on anything small, I just use a die to cut the thread.
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I fretted over getting a screw cutting lathe, infact so much so that I waited and payed way over the odds for my Taig/Peatol because it had a screw cutting fitting and modification. just one more thing I forgot to mention. You can see some of the machines on my website Like I say, I`m only just getting into machining and it has taken me about 3 years to get to this stage. Good luck and let us know how you get on. That is just my opinion and I have no vested interest in Taig (peatol over here in the UK) over any other brand. You can buy them from new, parts are available and they sell on for a decent price over here in the UK anyway. They each have their place and the Boley is superb for tiny watch parts but I`d have a damn good go at making any watch or clock part on the Taig. If your interested in clocks and just getting yourself kitted out with a lathe, without question, I`d go for the Taig.
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Those being a large Boxford, Clarke C元00m, Taig/Peatol and a Boley 8mm. I`m only just getting going in clockmaking and I learnt my machine skills by building engines and such, but I have used and own a number of lathe. The other lathe mentioned was a Taig but I was unsure of the model or size of this lathe? Is this a viable choice as well and if so which model? I was brought up on metric (in Australia) but wondered if for clockmaking given most books and tools etc will be in imperial (is this correct?) whether it is better to get an imperial lathe? Also the Sherline lathe comes with different packages with varying degrees attachments (packages A, B and C) and was wondering how many additional parts I needed? Package C had a thread cutter which was of interest for me. Is this a reasonable assumption? Also the lathe comes in either in imperial (4000) or metric (4100).
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I would also like to make several screws which are missing from some of the clocks.įrom the other threads it seems like the Sherline 4000 is a good choice for a beginner such as myself to learn. Two of the clocks are missing the supporting rollers and pins for the calendar wheel and one is missing the 24 hour wheel with the pin to drive the calendar wheel. Currently, I have 9 only one of which is operational so this is going to be a slow and long process! There are a few obvious parts missing which I would like to learn to make. My interest is in learning to restore 18thC English Longcase and Bracket Clocks. After the initial awe at the ability of many of the participants on this site I was able to find a lot of information about lathe choices. As suggested I read through many of the threads on the website.