Fw: [C0 Lathe] will it do the job? CO Lathe

[David Halfpenny gmail]

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From: <christia...@ntlworld.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 8:42 PM
To: <C0-L...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [C0 Lathe] will it do the job? CO Lathe

> hi all new to this group name is chris by the way
> right down to the nitty gritty stuff looking at getting one of these
> before i do just a few questions
> 1. i am buying to make fishing pole float bodies made from balsa wood the
> way this is done is by using balsa dowel from 12mm-6mm thick and shaping
> it
> first of all will i need to by a self centering chuck for the lathe to
> get the balsa running true?

The lathe comes with a self-centering spindle chuck to hold the dowel in
the headstock

You need to buy a self-centering drill chuck to hold the drill in the
tailstock

> 2. how precise is the tail stock end when drilling into the balsa dead
> centre when it is running true
> its a a pretty simple job to do just wondered if the lathe was precise
> amd up to doing a good job

It should be - depends on the quirks of the lathe you get and how big a
hole you need.
The lathe is not itself very precise in the engineering sense, but it is
capable of good
work when used appropriately.

Look around the Pages of this site, such as:
http://groups.google.com/group/C0-Lathe/web/drlling-small-holes?hl=en-GB_US

It would be worth buying the tailstock alignment accessory.
http://groups.google.com/group/C0-Lathe/web/tailstock-adaptor?hl=en-GB_US
http://groups.google.com/group/C0-Lathe/web/drilling-with-the-tailstock-adaptor?hl=en-GB_US David 1/2d

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[christia...@ntlworld.com]

Hi David cheers for the reply
what i need it to do is drill a hole stright through the middle of a piece of dowel which has been shaped so could be 1 centermeter wide i then need to put a hole sgight through the middle of the dowel hole size wise looking at 0.5mm

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