Nick's Taig Lathe and Milling Machine Blog

A Blog containing the latest news, projects and pictures about the Taig Lathe and Taig Milling Machines. A complement to my main Taig Lathe pages at cartertools.com

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Some Quick Clamps

I needed some clamps for holding word down on a sub plate that were less time consuming to adjust for workpiece thickness. This type of clam...

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Shimming The Dovetail To Align The Y Axis

Refer to my setup guides, V1 , V2 part 1 , V2 Part 2 first. Sweep the indicator mounted in the spindle on the Y-axis. A 6” paralle...

Friday, June 18, 2010

Joseph Osborn’s Indexing Pin Setup

Joseph writes: I finally got my index pin block made. After failing to find any suitable aluminum locally, I had to get it online. I used yo...

Clint Chron’s Taig Lathe & Project

Clint Says: The motor setup is the Penn Industries unit with controller. I have attached one more picture of my setup. I had always wanted a...

Bob Eckstein’s Vortex Cold Air Gun

Bob says: I have recently made several small vortex tubes which provide a stream of cold air that can be directed at cutting heads, lathe to...

Some Links

Ken Ferrell , Woodchuck Tools, sells wood turning tools made on his Taig Mill. Thomas Performance Parts makes motorcycle tools on a Ta...

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Scanning and Software

Playing around a bit this weekend. I was watching a show on Revision3 (more later) called "Hak 5" and they mentioned a site calle...

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