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    2899-Testing Lathe Accuracy

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    The document describes several simple tests that can be performed on a lathe to check its accuracy and alignment. These include checking the alignment of the headstock and tailstock centers, using indicators to check for variations when the spindle is turned, testing live center running truth, and using mandrels or rules to check general alignment for between-center turning.

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    2899-Testing Lathe Accuracy

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    The document describes several simple tests that can be performed on a lathe to check its accuracy and alignment. These include checking the alignment of the headstock and tailstock centers, using indicators to check for variations when the spindle is turned, testing live center running truth, and using mandrels or rules to check general alignment for between-center turning.

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    The document describes several simple tests that can be performed on a lathe to check its accuracy and alignment. These include checking the alignment of the headstock and tailstock centers, using indicators to check for variations when the spindle is turned, testing live center running truth, and using mandrels or rules to check general alignment for between-center turning.

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    The document describes several simple tests that can be performed on a lathe to check its accuracy and alignment. These include checking the alignment of the headstock and tailstock centers, using indicators to check for variations when the spindle is turned, testing live center running truth, and using mandrels or rules to check general alignment for between-center turning.

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    TESTI NG

    LATHE ACCURACY
    T
    HB most important test of a
    lathe lies, no doubt, in the
    accuracy of the work and
    the manner in which it is produced
    -a skilled operator being able to
    overcome considerable basic in-
    accuracy. Even if the work is of
    a relatively simple character, ample
    scope for error exists-provided
    there is sufficient variation to test
    all aspects of alignment.
    This is to say, a lathe may be
    accurate for one type of work but not
    for another, and experience of it
    can indicate where to expect errors,
    though the reason why may not
    always be immediately apparent. How-
    ever, there are various simple tests
    which are largely a substitute for
    work experience and which can
    be useful for discovering errors, for
    truing the machine (if possible), or on
    occasion for setting up.
    FI XED CENTRE /
    13 DECEMBER 1956 831
    A simple but important test, A, is
    the meeting of headstock and tail-
    stock centres. When the fixed centre
    has noticeably dropped, wear of the
    underside of the tailstock and possibly
    of the bed itself is indicated. The
    effect on between-centre turning may
    be small or non-existent, but care
    will be necessary when using centre
    drills or boring cutters from the
    tailstock-a degree of lift then
    being necessary for the tools to centre.
    The same effect also obtains when
    supporting chucked work from the
    tailstock. This test should be made
    with the barrel both close in and well
    extended. A sideways error of the
    same kind can often be corrected by
    adjusting the tailstock.
    A more severe test of the same sort,
    B, can be made with an indicator,
    which can be a dial type or one of the
    small inexpensive varieties. The
    indicator is mounted in a chuck or on
    a driving plate with its plunger bearing
    on the fixed centre. Then the machine
    spindle is turned, when a steady
    reading shows perfect alignment, using
    a small mirror to see the instrument
    upside down and from behind.
    Where there are variations in read-
    ings, as is virtually always the case, it
    can be seen in which direction (vertically
    or sideways) they occur, and the tail-
    stock adjusted to correct sideways
    error.
    A live centre test for running truth,
    B, can be made of the one normally
    in the spindle and of others of the
    same taper with the indicator mounted
    on the slide-rest. This can sometimes
    reveal that the centres themselves
    have not been ground true; and in use
    it may be advisable to keep them to J
    one position-spindle or tailstock-
    marking for fitting in a certain
    manner.
    GENERAL ALIGNMENT
    A test for general alignment of
    headstock and tailstock for between-
    centre turning can be made employing
    a mandrel, C. Any suitable piece of
    rod can be used, carefully centred,
    reduced in its length, and with the
    ends turned the same size.
    A tool mounted on the slide-rest
    can be brought close to one diameter,
    leaving a small gap, t
    checked on the other
    piece of white paper on the bed
    providing a light background against
    which to see the gaps. Finally, the
    tool may be set to touch the diameters
    lightly when traversing the saddle.
    This aids reasonable setting of a
    lathe before work begins, and as an
    alternative to a tool an indicator
    can be used.
    A faceplate may be checked with a
    rule, D, and when mounted on the
    spindle and rotated is tested for face
    wobble. If chuck work is machined
    true, a test can be made on the face-
    plate of cross-slide alignment-in two
    stages, E and F, using a tool or an
    indicator.
    Testing along the near side along
    line X-Xl, no error may be shown if
    the faceplate was machined on the
    lathe, for alignment corresponds to
    the cross-slide. Testing on the far
    side, however, on line X2-X3, any
    error is doubled and can be easily
    seen.
    Topslide setting can be tested as
    G, an indicator on a mandrel and a
    rounded rod on the slide-rest. With
    the slide out of alignment, movement
    is along such as X4-X5, and checking
    with saddle traverse, variations are
    shown, whereas with a true setting
    readings will be all the same.
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