
If you do not own a milling machine (and even if you do) what you can achieve in your workshop is greatly enhanced if you own a spindle or two for use with your lathe Spindles come in many shapes & sizes ranging from 19mm (075 in) to 57 mm (225 in) in diameter depending on the uses envisaged for them This book describes the design construction & use of a variety of spindles that will be of interest to the amateur engineer Milling grinding & drilling spindles are covered along with a unique light gear-cutting frame for clockmakers The emphasis is on spindles that are easy to make & have as few parts as possible; all but one for example use sealed ball bearings (the exception uses tapered collar bearings & thus needs to have seals installed to protect the bearings) The basic spindle described uses the same spindle nose as the Myford Super 7 lathe; this allows all chucks plates collets & closers designed for the lathe to be used with this spindle It can also be modified for other lathe nose standards