does anyone know anything about the quality and hardness of th elathe bed and ways? Seems like it could be a great lathe when they get one a little larger if the quality is good.
Making sure you have perfect vertical and horizontal alignment of the tail-stock to the spindle.
This particular model has the tail-stock 0.001" above center hence the use of a torque wrench to pull the tail-stock down into perfect vertical alignment.
Just my take on it ... super nice 16x40 lathe though ... just wish a version that didn't use a 3-phase motor (don't like spending an extra $1000+ on a freaking rotary phase converter).
if you change the alignment on your tailstock you can remove a taper or add a taper to your workpiece. It is a pain in the ass to adjust if you haven't done it before. Best advice is leave plenty of material on your workpiece to adjust the tailstoock into alignment.
Gordy,,whats the shortest barrel that can be set up in that lathe for chambering/crowning???
xpfuzz 1 year ago
" just wish a version that didn't use a 3-phase motor (don't like spending an extra $1000+ on a freaking rotary phase converter."
Why not a VFD?
progunone 2 years ago
does anyone know anything about the quality and hardness of th elathe bed and ways? Seems like it could be a great lathe when they get one a little larger if the quality is good.
chromeboy579 2 years ago
Making sure you have perfect vertical and horizontal alignment of the tail-stock to the spindle.
This particular model has the tail-stock 0.001" above center hence the use of a torque wrench to pull the tail-stock down into perfect vertical alignment.
Just my take on it ... super nice 16x40 lathe though ... just wish a version that didn't use a 3-phase motor (don't like spending an extra $1000+ on a freaking rotary phase converter).
BlindRevolution 3 years ago
what is the purpose of changing the aligment on the tail stock !
gonein1minute 3 years ago
if you change the alignment on your tailstock you can remove a taper or add a taper to your workpiece. It is a pain in the ass to adjust if you haven't done it before. Best advice is leave plenty of material on your workpiece to adjust the tailstoock into alignment.
alderaforall 3 years ago
... or you can use a co-ax indicator ... I find this to be extremely fast and easy instead of using the test bar method.
HillbillyMachinist 3 years ago
@gonein1minute Offsetting the tailstock allows you cut a taper in auto feed over the entire travel of the z axis.
curly27784 1 year ago