First lathe project - replacment knobs for my router fence

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First lathe project - replacment knobs for my router fence Curt Welch 07-23-2008
Posted by Curt Welch on July 23, 2008, 4:29 pm
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 As I talked about in my post about the die I made in my machine shop class,
I mentioned I spent the whole class working on the mill and only had one
night left to play with the lathe.

Last night was the last class and I got to work on the lathe and made two
replacement knobs for my router table with the help of Alex the shop
assistant showing me how to work the lathe.

Here's the result of my first night playing with a lathe...

http://newsreader.com/router_fence_knobs1.jpg

http://newsreader.com/router_fence_knobs2.jpg

The first picture is of the two knobs I made and then powder coated today
along with the old plastic T-handle knob which broke the first week I had
the router table (many years ago).

The second picture is of the knob in use on the router table.

Because both the plastic handles broke I've never really been able to
tighten down the fence as well as it needed to be. It was good enough that
I never bothered to do anything about it, but always a pain because I had
to be careful not to push too hard against the fence because of the danger
it might move. I could have just picked up a couple of nuts and used a
wrench on it but it was not bad enough to do that. But still, it's bugged
me all these years that I had to deal with the broken handles.

I didn't get the knurling correct - still need to work on how to do a good
job on that, but even with the poor job of that, it functions just fine for
what I needed it to do.

Learning how to do these simple metalworking projects just totally changes
my view of what I can build and fix now. It's just such a joy to have
those knobs fixed and to know how to make these sorts of things. But now,
I've got to add a basic lathe to my wish list and learn more about what you
can do with it...

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Curt Welch http://CurtWelch.Com/
curt@kcwc.com http://NewsReader.Com/

Posted by Karl Townsend on July 23, 2008, 5:40 pm
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> Learning how to do these simple metalworking projects just totally changes
> my view of what I can build and fix now. It's just such a joy to have
> those knobs fixed and to know how to make these sorts of things. But now,
> I've got to add a basic lathe to my wish list and learn more about what
> you
> can do with it...

OH NO!!!

You just contracted metal mangler's disease. There is no cure. Frequent
purchase of new machine tools helps control the symptoms.

Karl " had the disease for 25 years now" Townsend





Posted by Curt Welch on July 23, 2008, 6:01 pm
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> > Learning how to do these simple metalworking projects just totally
> > changes my view of what I can build and fix now. It's just such a joy
> > to have those knobs fixed and to know how to make these sorts of
> > things. But now, I've got to add a basic lathe to my wish list and
> > learn more about what you
> > can do with it...
>
> OH NO!!!
>
> You just contracted metal mangler's disease. There is no cure. Frequent
> purchase of new machine tools helps control the symptoms.
>
> Karl " had the disease for 25 years now" Townsend

I've had a serious tool addiction since I was very young. I just can't get
enough of them. And now with my introduction to metal working, it's just
opened the door for another endless list of items I just MUST HAVE NOW....
:)

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Curt Welch http://CurtWelch.Com/
curt@kcwc.com http://NewsReader.Com/

Posted by Larry Jaques on July 28, 2008, 11:23 am
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On 23 Jul 2008 22:01:56 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm,
curt@kcwc.com (Curt Welch) quickly quoth:

>> > Learning how to do these simple metalworking projects just totally
>> > changes my view of what I can build and fix now. It's just such a joy
>> > to have those knobs fixed and to know how to make these sorts of
>> > things. But now, I've got to add a basic lathe to my wish list and
>> > learn more about what you
>> > can do with it...
>>
>> OH NO!!!
>>
>> You just contracted metal mangler's disease. There is no cure. Frequent
>> purchase of new machine tools helps control the symptoms.
>>
>> Karl " had the disease for 25 years now" Townsend
>
>I've had a serious tool addiction since I was very young. I just can't get
>enough of them. And now with my introduction to metal working, it's just
>opened the door for another endless list of items I just MUST HAVE NOW....
>:)

Ditto here. I used to think I was a woodworker and metalworker. Now
that I'm honest with myself, I'm referring to myself as "a tool
collector who occasionally does decent woodworking and metalworking."

F*ck Pukey Ducks!

--
Imagination is more important than knowledge...
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

Posted by Gerald Miller on July 28, 2008, 5:43 pm
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On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:23:29 -0700, Larry Jaques

>On 23 Jul 2008 22:01:56 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm,
>curt@kcwc.com (Curt Welch) quickly quoth:
>
>>> > Learning how to do these simple metalworking projects just totally
>>> > changes my view of what I can build and fix now. It's just such a joy
>>> > to have those knobs fixed and to know how to make these sorts of
>>> > things. But now, I've got to add a basic lathe to my wish list and
>>> > learn more about what you
>>> > can do with it...
>>>
>>> OH NO!!!
>>>
>>> You just contracted metal mangler's disease. There is no cure. Frequent
>>> purchase of new machine tools helps control the symptoms.
>>>
>>> Karl " had the disease for 25 years now" Townsend
>>
>>I've had a serious tool addiction since I was very young. I just can't get
>>enough of them. And now with my introduction to metal working, it's just
>>opened the door for another endless list of items I just MUST HAVE NOW....
>>:)
>
>Ditto here. I used to think I was a woodworker and metalworker. Now
>that I'm honest with myself, I'm referring to myself as "a tool
>collector who occasionally does decent woodworking and metalworking."
Otherwise known as an old phfart putterer like me.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

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