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Too much reading makes a person question if he is doing something the most correct or best results kind of way. I have Grizzly G4003G Gunsmith lathe and haven't really cut any threads on it until recently although I have cut threads many years ago on an unknown lathe. Being a bit out of practice, I cut a 3/8-24 thread that worked great and only had to do it once. Then I was reading (due to yet another thunderstorm keeping me stuck in the house) about the correct angle on the compound. I have mine set to 29.5 degrees. Of course I could run down there in the rain and check with my protractor but I am going to ask here to stay dry. Should the angle using a protractor be measured from the side of the compound and the face of the chuck to see if my Chinese graduated scale is accurate and set to 29.5 degrees? Or does anybody have a Grizzly G4003G and know the answer? I am thinking I need to set mine to 60.5 degrees (or 59.5 or 60 etc) as I have a feeling the graduations are measured off of the cross slide to the compound.
Thanks,
schemer
Thanks,
schemer