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Here is the reason for learning the threading...
I got myself a quick change tool holder/post but my lathe doesn't use a "T" nut so I had to make a post bolt to fit the compound slide. The thread is 12 TPI but the nut for the tool post is a metric 2 mm pitch. So I determined to learn what I needed to make one.
![20171030_083521.jpg 20171030_083521.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/202/202848-0813de431afa6b4570653557832aecf1.jpg)
What made it complicated for a novice like me was that I had to learn and execute both a metric and a whitworth thread.
One last thing I need to do is get some spanner flats milled into it so I can tighten it down in the compound.
But I got it done. Its a very humble achievement but I learnt a lot about how to use this lathe and about general turning too.
![20171029_114445.jpg 20171029_114445.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/202/202849-c98e82201c7f5a583583109c0aeb1041.jpg)
I got myself a quick change tool holder/post but my lathe doesn't use a "T" nut so I had to make a post bolt to fit the compound slide. The thread is 12 TPI but the nut for the tool post is a metric 2 mm pitch. So I determined to learn what I needed to make one.
![20171030_083521.jpg 20171030_083521.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/202/202848-0813de431afa6b4570653557832aecf1.jpg)
What made it complicated for a novice like me was that I had to learn and execute both a metric and a whitworth thread.
One last thing I need to do is get some spanner flats milled into it so I can tighten it down in the compound.
But I got it done. Its a very humble achievement but I learnt a lot about how to use this lathe and about general turning too.
![20171029_114445.jpg 20171029_114445.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/202/202849-c98e82201c7f5a583583109c0aeb1041.jpg)
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