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Yesterday I cross-pinned the tips on the OEM ramrod that came with my Investarm Gemmer Hawken, as well as the Delrin replacement I bought from Track of the Wolf.I also drilled and tapped the flared end of the OEM rod 10-32 in my minilathe, and used a new lathe spider that I recently got.I just use the lathe as a tapping guide, rotating the chuck by hand. (The brown stuff on the chuck isn't rust, it's oil to keep it from rusting in my workshop, which is a non-climate controlled shed.)[ATTACH=full]285127[/ATTACH]Close up of the spider which helps support long workpieces. It's the unfinished steel part screwed onto the end of the spindle. The 4 screws are what contact the workpiece to hold it in place.[ATTACH=full]285128[/ATTACH]I'd love to have a larger lathe but this little 7x14 minilathe has been very useful for a variety of small projects.
Yesterday I cross-pinned the tips on the OEM ramrod that came with my Investarm Gemmer Hawken, as well as the Delrin replacement I bought from Track of the Wolf.
I also drilled and tapped the flared end of the OEM rod 10-32 in my minilathe, and used a new lathe spider that I recently got.
I just use the lathe as a tapping guide, rotating the chuck by hand. (The brown stuff on the chuck isn't rust, it's oil to keep it from rusting in my workshop, which is a non-climate controlled shed.)
[ATTACH=full]285127[/ATTACH]
Close up of the spider which helps support long workpieces. It's the unfinished steel part screwed onto the end of the spindle. The 4 screws are what contact the workpiece to hold it in place.
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I'd love to have a larger lathe but this little 7x14 minilathe has been very useful for a variety of small projects.
