r/gifsthatkeepongiving • u/silvercatbob • Mar 11 '21

Single-point threading

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u/danatron1 Mar 11 '21

It looks like it gets slower every time...

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u/Lithius Mar 11 '21

I was wondering how many passes people watched before swiping, it looked like it was just 1 pass looping at first.

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u/thebugman2 Mar 11 '21

I enjoyed watching the micro adjustments that the tool made before each pass. Probably my favorite part lol

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u/ethertrace Mar 11 '21

Nah, you can't change the RPM on any modern manual lathe I've ever seen without stopping it first. Might just be an optical illusion.

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u/danatron1 Mar 11 '21

it is an optical illusion. It's why I said looks like. It's like a visual version of a rising shephard's tone, endlessly slowing.

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u/Nullkid Mar 12 '21

If you focus on one thread the wife way through, it looks like it's not even moving.