New LARGER dials for my Logan 820 lathe - Part 1 

This about the 4 time I have watched this over the years. Every time I watch I see some thing I can do with my lathe. Thank you

Very very nice, I particularly like the idea of extending the feed screw. Very much looking forward to part two!

Another great learning video. Keep up the great work. Thank you.

I only wish you would make couple more to sell to others like me. Appreciate the video. I’ve watched Mr.Pete doing dials but never think about extending the shaft. Great thinking and nice job.

Gday Winky, Another very enjoyable watch, I’m really looking forward part 2, Ill be interested in how you setup to get the increment spacing’s, thank you mate, ATB Matty

I like the idea of extending the hand wheel out.

Nice job Mark

Good work and a nice video sir! Longing for the next video 😊

Hi,the first thing I made for my brand new lathe was a dial,the original was ok for diameter size but the markings needed to be set out better, you will find a great improvement, enjoyed your video subscribed, from Coventry UK.

The man always stops .003 away from dead on lol hes a badass !!!

Nice problem solving. Looks like you've got it dialed in

Nice job

Nice work, looking forward to seeing the finished product

A well planned and executed job, just a suggestion, the clamping screw. You did not need such a long bolt to clamp onto your existing leadscrew, you could have used a standard grub screw 3/4" or 1" long and a piece of rod to make up the difference in length, brass or steel 3/16" diameter. In that way you would not have a square headed bolt sticking out to catch your fingers on.

Cutting oil and a HSS tool bit would probably have gotten you smoother threads. Carbide likes higher speeds. A set of inexpensive thread wires used with a micrometer would allow you to measure your threads and bring them to specs as cataloged in many machinist handbooks and probably even available on line. I have the same lathe with the same small dials so I have great interest in your outcome. Larger dials are on my "to do" list.

That will be a huge improvement!

Cool project. The ones on my Atlas aren't quite so small, but still hard to see, especially on the compound. Your radius / form tool at 6:20ish would chatter less at lower rpms.

Superb

As an option, the extended handle shaft could have been drilled for set screw from the lead-screw end only and too a much shorter depth. Then the handle shaft drill from the operator end only the large enough for the hex driver. Leaving you a a little extra meat for the key. Also, a floating dowel pin with the set screw threaded only in the handle end pressing on the dowel pin would allow for a smaller hole???? I really liked the use the pin-in-hub to drive the system eliminating the need for a key. Nice project.

Do you wait before measuring? I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I always seem to find that my measurements are off if I take them right after cutting.

Dang mrpete. You were young in this video. Was this shot in the 80's with vhs?

I Need a 4 jaw for my powr-kraft. What size and make is your 4 jaw

That nut that holds the dials I used thread measuring wires & it come out 1.259 you think that is 1'' 1/4''

Atlas 12'' Lathe on the saddle the big nut that holds the dial on what size are the treads

You've done a fantastic job of making a good machine even better ... my question is, are you willing to make a set and sell it?

you could have drill through the wood ruf key slot and put the pin in there , this would have saved modifying the hand wheel

Not meant as a criticism, but I imagine you weighed improving the dials against adding on a DRO.

Big Eric 10/1/19 I know from first hand experience that a 10 pitch lead screw on a lathe is very common. I also know that a one hundred space dial IS NOT good either, it needs to be two hundred space in order to read on the diameter in one thousands of an inch. I also know why you did not go that route. You could not find a 200 tooth blade. You do not need a 200 space blade all you need is what you all ready have. There is a simple mod to what you all ready have so you can make 200 spaces. My company purchased a brand new lathe (PrecisonMathews), the lathe has a ten pitch leadscrew with a 100 space dial...one space equals 0.002 thousands on the diameter.....not good! If you like the distance between marks on your newly made dial it will require a dial twice the O.D. From your video it appears you have room for a larger dial.

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