Sunday, February 9, 2020

Patterson's screwcutting lathe, 1894


2 comments:

  1. For anyone who enjoys mechanical work, no pleasure compares to that of having a lathe. It gets you out of so many pickles. Mine's a Myford ML7.
    I don't understand how the Paterson improvement brings the tool back to the
    "exact position" to restart the thread cut. A small accessory called a thread
    dial-indicator can do that.

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  2. Yeah i can't figure it out by the text either. I can also find no evidence it was ever put into production.
    As for owning a lathe. When you need a lathe... you need a lathe! I don't use mine a lot, but I wouldn't be without it.

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