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About 3 weeks ago I was almost certain I had the old Taiwan made 1236 sold with the plan to acquire a pre-owned Taiwan made 1340. To acquire the larger machine I had to make room in the garage, thus the 1236 had to be sold. The garage is packed with a Bridgeport, a SBL 13 x 7', the 1024 Jet, and a HF 9x20. Had 2 potential buyers, both backed out for all different reasons, consequently, as much I hated to, I, too, had back out from buying the 1340. Not being able to unload the 1236 left me no choice.
Sometime ago in preparation in the eventual quest to upgrade I bought an Aloris BXA and a few holders for the future lathe. Just as I was in conversation with the 1340 seller a couple if weeks ago, I bought a Rohm 6 inch 6J set thru to install in the 1340. Now, that all deals broke down, I decided to put some attention on the old 1236 and use these nice pieces of tooling on it.
First of, I Ieveled the lathe before I did any testing. I am only concerned in the taper on the normal stick of around 2 inches of barrel for chambering. Installed the BXA and set up a holder with DCMT 32.52 and another with DCGT 32.52. Using an aluminum bar stock I fine tuned the height till I faced off a nice front with no fingernail test detectable knob.
Time to test for taper, made a few passes and measured the short stick out. Fairly straight.
Next up in a day or so would be the Rohm 6 inch 6J set thru installation.
Sometime ago in preparation in the eventual quest to upgrade I bought an Aloris BXA and a few holders for the future lathe. Just as I was in conversation with the 1340 seller a couple if weeks ago, I bought a Rohm 6 inch 6J set thru to install in the 1340. Now, that all deals broke down, I decided to put some attention on the old 1236 and use these nice pieces of tooling on it.
First of, I Ieveled the lathe before I did any testing. I am only concerned in the taper on the normal stick of around 2 inches of barrel for chambering. Installed the BXA and set up a holder with DCMT 32.52 and another with DCGT 32.52. Using an aluminum bar stock I fine tuned the height till I faced off a nice front with no fingernail test detectable knob.
Time to test for taper, made a few passes and measured the short stick out. Fairly straight.
Next up in a day or so would be the Rohm 6 inch 6J set thru installation.
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