- #TATKAL PASSPORT TIME HOW TO#
- #TATKAL PASSPORT TIME FULL#
- #TATKAL PASSPORT TIME MODS#
- #TATKAL PASSPORT TIME VERIFICATION#
I keep an assortment of steel, aluminum and brass on hand. Under the Tatkal scheme, the passport is dispatched within 1-3 days from the time the applicant submits the application with required.
#TATKAL PASSPORT TIME VERIFICATION#
There is nothing worse than wanting to make a part and not having a piece of metal to make it out of. The objective of launching the Tatkal passport application scheme is to issue a passport with quick verification and faster processing. The older lantern posts will drive you to drink. 1 thing I would look into is a quick change tool post if your machine doesn't already have one. I lucked up and got a 0-9" set for next to nothing.
#TATKAL PASSPORT TIME FULL#
Micrometers, a full set is handy, but expensive and you can get by without them as long as you have calipers. You also need a cutoff tool.Ĭalipers, I keep a 6", 8" and a 12" digital handy and use them for everything. I've probably got 30 of them all cut a little different. Not to mention the HHS blanks are dirt cheap and you can form them for any purpose. Most carbide tipped tool also take more HP to run than a properly formed HHS tool.
#TATKAL PASSPORT TIME HOW TO#
It is really easy to make, and works like a dream.For cutting tools, learn how to cut your own and buy HSS blanks. Again no drawings, but if you want me to, I can knock you up a sketch from memory, to give you an idea of how it works. If you look at the picture of the lathe in the above mentioned post you should just be able to see the operating lever for the cross slide. My modded ones had been in about 5 years and still had loads of life in them. Hobby Machinist forum Hobby Desk, Hobby Cnc, Hobby Shops Near Me. If you did a lot of power feeding or thread cutting they were ready for replacement after a year. ATLAS LATHE Diy Lathe, Industrial Machine, Home Workshop, Machine Tools, Tools And. The problem with the originals, even when new, you had to file them up to make them slide because of all the casting marks, and by the time you were finished getting them to run, they were almost knackered anyway. Steel for the holder, brass for the actual nuts. The Mazak half nuts were replicated the same as the originals, except I didn't put the rounded corners on. It shows a pic of the lathe on the risers. One side of the channel was bolted to the original mounting holes in the base, then the lathe was bolted and levelled onto the four upper faces. I just got some 4" wide u-channel girder cut into lengths that were the same length as the feet, and one was put under each corner. To lift my lathe I did it between the metal stand drip tray and the base of the lathe feet. Shame you didn't ask a few weeks ago, I could have taken pics for you.
#TATKAL PASSPORT TIME MODS#
I can do you a few sketches of some of the mods if you need them. I am sure there are a lot of little mods that I have forgotten about. I have just sold mine, but I will list a few of the mods that I did, I am sure I can't remember them all.ġ Fitted detente ball on back gear selector handle to stop the back gear jumping out of mesh.Ģ Fitted modified Myford resettable friction dials to cross and compound slides.ģ Fitted thrust bearings to screws on cross and compound slides.Ĥ Fitted a lever under the power crossfeed button to make it easier to operate.ĥ Made my own steel carrier and brass halfnuts to directly replace the mazak ones.Ħ Fitted thrust washers either side of leadscrew end carrierħ Made a resettable carriage stop with three adjustable stops.ĩ Made a set of risers to bring the lathe to a better height.ġ0 Made and fitted a bronze support bar under where the leadscrew exits from the reverse gearbox. There are a lot better lathes available than this one, but to me, if you can use a lathe to its full abilities and get used to its little idiosyncrases, then you can get them to sing, and this one is like a diva. I just hope it can go to someone who will appreciate it as much as I have over the years. But the Babbit head definitely gave better results when it wasn't worn out, a lot smoother all round. Bearing heads are very good on these machines as long as you let them warm up for a few minutes to get the spindle to the correct length and take the roughness out of the preload on the bearings. I had a friend regrind the bearings for me because I couldn't get a second mortgage to pay for the cost of the 'special' bearings. Eventually this was so worn it could not turn very accurately, and I was unable to get it recast and bored, so I fitted a second hand Timken bearing head on it. As far as I can ascertain my lathe was made either 1937 or 38, and when I first purchased it, it had a Babbit head on it. While the time-frame for issuing a normal passport has been reduced to 11 days, passports under the 'tatkal' category are issued within a day's time, Muraleedharan told Lok Sabha.