[TheForge] Twister (Was:: housekeeping...)

[craig.schaefer at verizon.net]

If your lathe isn't run off a leather belt like mine.......

CraigS
Gresham, OR

>From: Jerry Frost <frosty at customcpu.com>
>Date: 2006/10/25 Wed PM 02:00:08 CDT
>To: mspencer at tallships.ca, Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Twister (Was:: housekeeping...)

>A lathe with a brake works perfectly for a twister. 
>Even without a brake you get used to the slowdown time 
>and can compensate for it.
>
>My lathe has a position in the shop that will allow a 
>clear 20' and more off the tailstock so I can twist 
>mill lengths when desired. It'll also line up on the 
>floor sockets so I can move the end vise easily and 
>have it still solid.
>
>Frosty
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>From: "Mike Spencer" <mspencer at tallships.ca>
>
>
>>
>> me> Somebody just gave me a pipe threading machine. 
>> The chuck is
>> me> completely worn out...
>>
>> LB> Sounds like a bar twister to me..
>>
>> Yeah, maybe for yer Al Paley-style twisted, 
>> double-twisted,
>> gnarly-twisted and twisted into two pieces -type 
>> twists.  The gross
>> mis-alignment of the chuck would guarantee the 
>> "gnarly" part. :-)
>>
>> Less frivolously, the motor runs on for a bit after 
>> power-off.  For
>> big heavy bar or cold twist, I supposed the 
>> resistance of the
>> workpiece would stop it but for lighter stuff it 
>> seems like it would
>> be impossible or at least very difficult to twist 
>> just the right
>> amount.
>>
>> I'm guessing that a really good twister would have a 
>> stepper motor.
>> Didn't Paley use an elevator motor and gearbox to 
>> make the machine he
>> used for all that 1980s, twisted-to-destruction stuff 
>> he made?
>>
>>
>> - Mike
>>
>> -- 
>> Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada 
>> .~.
>> 
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