Anyone having a Optimum 320x920 Lathe?

[NeoTech]

And know how to work the gearbox for turning threads.. ?

[Jonny]

Might be better if you posted a link to the lathe or a piccy.
I think it might be one of those where buy 10 you can have your own name on.

[Jasonb]

Have a look on the grizzley tools site, find the lathe closest to yours (13x36) and then look at teh instruction manuals which are a lot better written than most supplied with these lathes.

Also search here for "Crusader" which is a similar sized machine and thread cutting has been discussed.

[NeoTech]

http://www.optimum-machines.com/products/lathes/d-320-x-630-d-320-x-630-vari/index.html

This is the machine anyway.. the manual sucks bananas... Gonna google the other ones suggested.

[NeoTech]

Hmm couldnt find any on grizzly that resembled the machine. And that old thread had a dead link to what seemed a great program. =)

[Jonny]

Same as Chester Crusader and many others.
http://www.chesteruk.net/products/detail/657

It was on Grizzly site some time back as a current model you will have to open up the many manuals, best of luck.
Boggies your man though g4003 is currently different its a Craftsman. http://www.atfreeforum.com/chesteruk/viewtopic.php?t=347&mforum=chesteruk

[John Hill]

It looks like a close cousin of my lathe, maybe identical twin!

So whats the problem NeoTech?

(You dont need a book, you just need to know how to crack the code as all the information is on the machine.)