Clarke Lathe

[GeorgeD]

Its only for the rear spindle inserts for a couple of different sized longish bars to stop the whiplash.

Just turned this threaded rod down from 12mm to 10mm for the bearing,chuffed I am... don't want to push it on all the way just yet as the end bit needs a screwthread on it tolockthe bearing in place,mind you it doesn't really need it as the bearing is a tight fit.

Forgotto say,this is stainless steel.

[irving2008]

Its only for the rear spindle inserts for a couple of different sized longish bars to stop the whiplash.

Just turned this threaded rod down from 12mm to 10mm for the bearing,chuffed I am... don't want to push it on all the way just yet as the end bit needs a screwthread on it tolockthe bearing in place,mind you it doesn't really need it as the bearing is a tight fit.

Forgotto say,this is stainless steel.

Seems to me George you need to practice some more on other materials and learn something about feed rates, depth of cut and surface finish... that shaft shouldn't be scored like that, it should near mirror finish like the outside of the bearing...... I hope you weren't using the apron wheel to traverse the cut and were using either the topslide or, better still , the powered feed...