{"id":2657,"date":"2013-04-20T19:44:26","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T01:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thmsblog.com\/?p=2657"},"modified":"2013-04-20T20:01:40","modified_gmt":"2013-04-21T02:01:40","slug":"taig-lathe-add","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/?p=2657","title":{"rendered":"Taig Lathe Add"},"content":{"rendered":"ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n<p>There are some clamping moves that are repeated many times while making a series of parts on the Taig Lathe. Taig uses hex head 10-32 screws to lock the carriage gib and also clamp the tailstock and sliding center bar. It becomes a chore after a while picking up the correct hex wrench and fitting it to the screw head to make adjustments.<\/p>\n<p>I have seen many examples where micro-lathe owners make a set of SS ball handle 10-32 screws and bend them about 80 degrees to act like a L handle. They look fabulous but you have to get the bend in the correct position.<\/p>\n<p>What I show here are some store bought adjustable 10-32 threaded handles. They do the same job as the homemade handles except the handle position is adjustable. That&#8217;s much better in my book. Not quite as pretty as the homemade but a little more functional.<\/p>\n<p>I purchased these at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcmaster.com\/#control-handles\/=mes495\" target=\"_blank\"> McMaster-Carr, Part Numbers <strong>6271K11<\/strong>, <strong>6271K19<\/strong> and <strong>6271K65<\/strong><\/a>. Pick the size you want. I bought all three sizes. I used the 9\/16 length on the carriage. This is not a through hole so it shouldn&#8217;t bottom against the body. It works fine as is but could be a bit shorter. (grind down)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are some clamping moves that are repeated many times while making a series of parts on the Taig Lathe. Taig uses hex head 10-32 screws to lock the carriage gib and also clamp the tailstock and sliding center bar. It becomes a chore after a while picking up the correct hex wrench and fitting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77778,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[107,61,140],"class_list":["post-2657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-metalwork","tag-lathe","tag-micro-machine","tag-taig"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/77778"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}