Enginering Antics Custom part lathe, mill etc.

[ChopSuey]

Originally Posted by ADV8

One thing with a lathe with no brake means cutting a thread into a shoulder would be near impossible.

I get around this by flipping the thread tool upside down, set a stop or set up a dial indiator and zero out to your shoulder and run the lathe in reverse threading away from the shoulder.

Works great!