Hello...
My first post here. Maybe the question is stupid but I really didn't find the answer googling the web.
So I Have mini lathe with metric lead screw with 1.5mm pitch. I have no thread dial indicator. As I need to cut some specific threads I wonder how to do that. I know how to do without releasing split nut but stopping spindle where is just little place is sometime painful. So I want to use split nut to disengage carriage.
Now the question when to engage it back. I found some table over the net that say That I can engage split nut anywhere if I have one of this pitches: 0.5mm, 0.6mm, 1.0mm, 1.5mm and 2mm. For other I need Dial indicator. Is that true?
My first post here. Maybe the question is stupid but I really didn't find the answer googling the web.
So I Have mini lathe with metric lead screw with 1.5mm pitch. I have no thread dial indicator. As I need to cut some specific threads I wonder how to do that. I know how to do without releasing split nut but stopping spindle where is just little place is sometime painful. So I want to use split nut to disengage carriage.
Now the question when to engage it back. I found some table over the net that say That I can engage split nut anywhere if I have one of this pitches: 0.5mm, 0.6mm, 1.0mm, 1.5mm and 2mm. For other I need Dial indicator. Is that true?