One of my pals thought it would be funny to swap a gear on my lathe transmission. One of my gears has 120 on one side, and 127 on the other. I tried to cut a thread today and for the life of me could not hit it twice...super close, but no cigar. I chased every bit of slack out of my lathe. I built new tight fitting keys, added set screws to the leadscrew to remove the micro slack....still nothing. I was about to tear the gearbox down when he called and asked what I was working on....he fessed up. I have never noticed that gear was there, its not even used on the charts.....argh!
He got me good. And now my lathe is better than new tight...lol.
He got me good. And now my lathe is better than new tight...lol.