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C3 mini lathe bed and gibs

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28ten:

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Does he like home made fruit cake??
I tried 2 local places today and was quoted over £200  :jaw: essentially it's not a quick CNC job so they are not interested.
Anyway I shall be stripping the machine this weekend as I can't do much until I have sorted this.
My current work order is
Fix the bed
drill for a  saddle lock
re use the old gibs whilst milling the new tapered gibs

with that done I shall turn my attention to the cross slide
hopefully then it will be rigid enough to use the form tool for forming wheel treads
well that's the plan anyway........

Darren:
28ten,

My exp with a banana 7x12 was very poor, it was relegated to being used as a polishing machine as I eventually bought another lathe.

Now after John has fettled with it it is most certainly capable of precision work. People say it only affects the early lathes, mine is not that old. About 3-4yrs.


But if you really had to spend £200 and I assume plus vat and traveling and the extras that will no doubt crop up, I would be looking at replacing it.
If John sorts it out for you, then it most certainly would be a keeper, even if you ended up buying another lathe to go with it....

A few options available to you, but if you can get it fixed without spending too much then I would go that route myself.

28ten:
Darren
this lathe is about 12 months old, I bought is S/H unused. as it was raining I stripped this morning and I can confirm that is banana shaped.
what was the cross slide like on yours? this one is quite rough  :bang:

rleete:
Can you get a replacement bed?  LMS sells them for the minilathe, so maybe you could contact them to see if they are available for the C3.

Also, Grizzly sells the C3, maybe they can get replacement parts?  Might be cheaper than getting someone to machine the old one.

Darren:
The only problem, well two really

The new bed may be as bad as the old...or worse

Shipping costs....

I don't think it's really an option.... :scratch:

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