Re: Brass tipped screws for my lathe outboard spider?
I didn't see fine threads at that site, but I did order some for my spider.
Good tips from all on making my own....thanks for all the great suggestions!
Up to now I have been chucking the barrel in the 4-jaw independent with the breech a ways from the headstock...then doing tricks with a piloted 45-degree centering cutter to get a good center cut going....then running the center-cut on a live-center in the tailstock to cut the outside of the chamber diameter....then putting this surface in the steady-rest to chamber/thread/face-off. It's a horrible way to do it. Pretty damn crude, but the results were fairly good as I could usually get a rod to run fairly true at multiple points.
I am looking forward to using my new spider to do the job right.
Compared to what I have been doing, it will be a breeze, plus I won't have to worry about driving the barrel out of square adjusting the rest to reduce chatter. I knew it was a bad way to do it, but I had not gotten off my ass to make a spider....until now.