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I have a PM-1130v (probably not strictly relevant) and have been reading up on single point threading. In various videos on the subject, and in PM's manual (see red circle in image), they all show the threading dial with a reference mark to know when the hell to engage the half nut.
My lathe doesn't have any such markings on the housing of the dial. I've always assumed it was a manufacturing defect and it seems easy enough to add a pointer, but is there anything special I need to know first?
My plan is manually turn the chuck to orient the "1" on the dial into the 6 o'clock position and engage the half nut... wherever the nut actually engages should tell me where I need to place my timing mark. Is my thinking correct?
Again, I've never done any SPTing so I'm working in reverse to understand what I need to do with the lathe.
TIA
My lathe doesn't have any such markings on the housing of the dial. I've always assumed it was a manufacturing defect and it seems easy enough to add a pointer, but is there anything special I need to know first?
My plan is manually turn the chuck to orient the "1" on the dial into the 6 o'clock position and engage the half nut... wherever the nut actually engages should tell me where I need to place my timing mark. Is my thinking correct?
Again, I've never done any SPTing so I'm working in reverse to understand what I need to do with the lathe.
TIA