RE: Taig, gimme the scoop

At 10:28 PM 3/6/01 -0700, Tim Goldstein wrote:

>a toy and a junky one at that. I bought the Taig used for $35 and that is
>about it's worth.

Tim, I'll give you $50 for your Taig.

Seriously. :-)

I have one each of Taig and Sherline.

The Taig is a more basic lathe than the Sherline, in that it has a
rack-and-pinion carriage drive (on mine, years ago replaced by 1/4-20
allthread leadscrew drive) and has no threading capability.

But it is more sturdily built, has a larger diameter capability and the
accessories tend to be less expensive.

I've never regretted buying mine--new, about 15 years ago. I have a few
3-jaw chucks (one with full-circle jaws) and one of the beefy 4-jaw, the
collet set (probably the cheesiest aspect of the lathe--they're no standard
taper) and the topslide (as well as the obligatory tailstock and a live
center for it). I just made a batch of toolposts so I can keep all my
favorite tools mounted up. Quick-change in a way.

The one major thing I plan to do with mine is drill and ream the spindle
through-hole so that I can put 3/8" material through it.

And, I plan to replace the 1/4-20 carriage drive with the 5/16-20 LH
leadscrew I recently removed from my Sherline mill's Z axis. That way, the
handle cranking versus carriage movement will match the Sherline's (which
also has a LH leadscrew for the carriage).

There is an active Taig user's email list here on Yahoo at
taigtools@yahoogroups.com.

Best regards,

Randy

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