Pultra P type runout ( or more precisely lack of )

[Dell]

Hi all

i have just finished restoring my recently purchased Pultra P type and am gobsmacked at how little runout there isn’t, I used my Verdict finger dti that has just come back from Verdict after being serviced and regulated so I know it’s working fine, I had to do a video of it so I could check it on a big screen because I couldn’t see any movement on the needle with my old eyes, I set the finger against the internal spindle taper and run the lathe very slowly and as can be seen in the video I adjusted the arm of the holder a couple of times just to make sure the finger was touching properly I am well impressed.

Dell

[oldhippy]

That is excellent.  Pultra lathes are not expensive and not known to be that good.  

[Dell]

Thanks

I have had a few Pultra’s a 10, a couple of P types, a 17/50, a couple of 17/70, and they have all been pretty good Re runout but not quite as good as this one , this one is definitely a keeper, I have a full set of imperial 10mm wire chucks and a fairly full set of metric plus lots of accessories.

They had to be pretty good for the government to have had lots of them for the war effort although a lot have been well used and abused.

Dell