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Tom,
Thanks for the tip about cutting steel threads by advancing the compound versus cutting Delrin threads using the cross slide. I did not know that about Delrin but it makes good sense.
Ed
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Nice... I have a quick-withdraw too on my Holbrook (on the cross-slide, which has two sets of dovetails so taper attachment and power cross-feed are independent), but for no readily apparent reason they left out leadscrew reverse on the model C... All the other Holbrooks got it :( I have to rely on the VFD and transmission brake to stop when threading, Dammit!
I have a cunning plan to add it, it's getting the stops to work (without a horribly complicated mechanism) on threading that has me stumped...
Dave H. (the other one)
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