Just a final update on this. My taig lathe arrived today. It's the perfect weight for my lifting ability and the conditions. I got it upstairs with no issue, even in a foot of snow. And it turned my first part accurately to within 0.0005" (the resolution on my cheapo calipers, for what that's worth) on my first time running a lathe in years. I'm a happy camper The part is an arbor that I can put in a 1/2" collet and screw a 1/4" NPT fitting onto.
P.S. Ignore what I was doing with the toolpost in the last picture, that's not how I had it set up for turning. I just used it like that at the end to very gently debur the ID after parting.
P.P.S. I have a micrometer, but I wasn't gonna make another trip in the snow to fetch it for a simple part like this.
P.S. Ignore what I was doing with the toolpost in the last picture, that's not how I had it set up for turning. I just used it like that at the end to very gently debur the ID after parting.
P.P.S. I have a micrometer, but I wasn't gonna make another trip in the snow to fetch it for a simple part like this.