lathe_crosslide ? modifications ?
My first cross slide:
I used the lathe like this for quite a while until I finally put some handles on it. The milled flat surface makes more sense to me than the totally inaccurate recessed ring that Dave_Gingery devised. It also uses an angle iron feedscrew bracket so that I could make the travel longer if I so wished. (Turns out that was actually a good idea, and I kept it in future revisions.)
Other than that, it's pretty much as described in the book.
Other than that, it's pretty much as described in the book.
My second cross slide:
When I made a new compound slide I made an identical part to use as the cross slide. It is flat and has a large surface area, so it can be used as a boring table for flycutting and boring out large castings. I patterned it after the Myford Super 7 lathes. The T-slots aren't that useful after all. I just use the holes tapped into the surface most of the time. You can see where a corner of the second T-slot broke off. This happened as I was tightening down a T-nut on a clamp. There was a bit of foam embedded in the casting that hadn't fully vaporized, and weakened the final casting as a result.
