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| bogstandard:
Colin, You must have realised by now that it wasn't a good thing showing a shot of the khazi, you left yourself wide open to the weird sense of humour that abounds here. But hopefully that has now subsided and we can get onto more serious matters. I can see one major problem you have with your lathe from the pics you have shown. I would suggest you get it bolted to something rigid. Get rid of any rubber feet, and even bolting it thru the casting and drip tray onto a piece of old worksurface (as long as it isn't warped) will make it 1000% more rigid than you have it now. Unsupported, the castings bend and twist like a rubber band. Then you can start to ask the lads how they tweaked theirs to get it cutting well, and I am sure you will soon get it sorted. Bogs |
| Jonny:
Nice one Colin at least you havent got to run far. Know what you mean with that mini lathe, i bought one 3 years ago couldnt do a thing with it except file/debur 130 SS round posts. Did find a good use for the lathe last year and thats powering up those flexi shafts. Mines got the latest US board in went back twice. Other problem is the motors got no torque, you can quite easilly slow it down from 2000 rpm and stop it by grabbing the chuck with three fingers and thumb. Cant even spin polish aluminium any pressure put on slows spindle and need to do things like this quickly http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL15/728921/1243489/103092340.jpg Only bought it for some late night stuff ie keep noise and vibes down. Alright for plastic and wood. |
| colin563:
yeah im getting fed up with this lathe pulling my hair out with it thinkinking of getting rid of it and purchasing something else when funds allow spent silly money on mill & a bit of tooling been looking at this http://www.warco.co.uk/WM-180-Variable-Speed-Lathe-6D064B881E.aspx its about twice the weight than the mini lathe but a similar size as thats all the room i have for 1 thanks colin |
| colin563:
just made a few changes in my very small room iv just purchased this lathe form a forum member crewcab dave what a great chap he even delivered this lathe what more could i ask thanks crewcab just waiting for the midlands show to pick up a few bits cutting tools mainly and a rotary table and a few other bits also hoping to get a selection of metals aswell it took a bit of sqeezing to get this lathe in |
| chuck foster:
im not even going to comment on the crapper :lol: .........................but the lathe and the rest of the shop looks very nice! :thumbup: :dremel: chuck :wave: |
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