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1. Lathe question forwarded (score: 1): Author: List Administration <lists@autox.team.net>; Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 18:49:15 -0600 (MDT); For some reason, this was sent to me instead of shop-talk@autox.team.net. mjb. -- shop-talkers: the instructions with my new harbor freight 12" lathe call for me to level the thing within a couple of; /html/shop-talk/2000-09/msg00103.html (7,790 bytes)
2. RE: Lathe question forwarded (score: 1): Author: Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>; Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 18:28:37 -0700; They're not kidding, but with a HF lathe I doubt you'll be able to tell the difference. A good carpenter's level should be good enough. If you can find a library that carries it, there have been som; /html/shop-talk/2000-09/msg00104.html (8,731 bytes)
3. RE: Lathe question forwarded (score: 1): Author: "Gene Merritt" <merrittgene@uswest.net>; Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 23:01:31 -0500; The only reason that I can think of to level a lathe is so a person could cut a taper with a protractor instead of a calculator. Can anyone think of any other reasons?; /html/shop-talk/2000-09/msg00106.html (7,391 bytes)
4. Re: Lathe question forwarded (score: 1): Author: Hlsinger@aol.com; Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 10:53:53 EDT; Some offset turning setups with a four jaw independent chuck can be made with a level on the workpiece for reference. If the machine is not level, the setup will not be correct. Watched this done a f; /html/shop-talk/2000-09/msg00109.html (9,309 bytes)
5. RE: Lathe question forwarded (score: 1): Author: Kelley Mascher <mascher@u.washington.edu>; Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 08:10:10 -0700 (PDT); While you could ask on news:rec.crafts.metalworking. I think most of the participants would tell you to look in the archive on deja.com first. This subject has been done to death on a regular basis i; /html/shop-talk/2000-09/msg00110.html (9,951 bytes)
6. Re: Lathe question forwarded (score: 1): Author: "Rex Burkheimer" <rex@wmautomotive.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 10:26:53 -0500; So how do you zero a machinists level? BTW, whoever posted that link to the lathe leveling instructions - thanks! What a great site for an amateur machinist. Rex Burkheimer Marketing Director, WM Aut; /html/shop-talk/2000-09/msg00111.html (10,384 bytes)
7. Re: Lathe question forwarded (score: 1): Author: Hlsinger@aol.com; Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 13:12:17 EDT; This whole process is based on the principle that a perfectly calibrated level will show an exactly centered bubble when placed on a perfectly flat, level surface in any direction. You have probably; /html/shop-talk/2000-09/msg00114.html (10,509 bytes)
8. RE: Lathe question forwarded (score: 1): Author: "Gerald J. Brazil" <gerrybraz@voyager.net>; Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 13:25:23 -0400; The real issue behind precision leveling is to remove stresses in the bed that can twist it and induce distortions that could permanently warp the ways. It also can contribute to excessive vibration; /html/shop-talk/2000-09/msg00115.html (7,442 bytes)
9. Re: Lathe question forwarded (score: 1): Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev); Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 11:45:56 -0700; The real goal here is not to make the lathe level, so much as it is to remove twist from the bed. (If a lathe had to be level to operate accurately, lathes on ships wouldn't work very well.) Using a; /html/shop-talk/2000-09/msg00117.html (7,711 bytes)
10. Re: Lathe question forwarded (score: 1): Author: "Neil Sherry" <neil@sherry02.freeserve.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 11:59:03 +0100; I would say that the bed should be levelled (ie straightened) first - the taper could be caused by the headstock being out of true with the bedway. Before touching that (or doing any trial turnings); /html/shop-talk/2000-09/msg00121.html (8,939 bytes)

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