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Thread: More Knobs
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5th Oct 2012, 01:27 PM #1
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More Knobs
G'Day Fellas,
Like most asian lathes of it's era mine came with the usual ball ended knobs on the gearbox, tumbler and backgear controls, while they have a certain old world charm they are nearly impossible to grip with oily hands, I finally got around knocking up a new set based loosely on the Hercus 260 design, much betterer.
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5th Oct 2012, 01:38 PM #2Dave J Guest
They look great
Dave
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5th Oct 2012, 08:28 PM #3
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I second that! Really nice knurling too.
Ben
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5th Oct 2012, 09:36 PM #4
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They look really good
The black knobs may have an "old world charm" but my Leblond at nearly 100 years old has nothing but knurled and turned knobs.......no plastic to be seen1915 17"x50" LeBlond heavy duty Lathe, 24" Queen city shaper, 1970's G Vernier FV.3.TO Universal Mill, 1958 Blohm HFS 6 surface grinder, 1942 Rivett 715 Lathe, 14"x40" Antrac Lathe, Startrite H225 Bandsaw, 1949 Hercus Camelback Drill press, 1947 Holbrook C10 Lathe.
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5th Oct 2012, 10:04 PM #5
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shiny
Looks very neat !
Did you use carbide tooling for that shiny finish, or did you buff them ?
Mike
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6th Oct 2012, 12:40 AM #6
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G'Day Mike,
I only use carbide for heavy roughing, finish cut with radiused HSS knife tool, touch up with 300 grit wet & dry, final polish with Autosol metal polish.
Regards,
Martin
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