Re: New 7x12 delivered and on the bench.
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No. Both so called bearings were just bored out holes. Nothing fancy at all. A real mess to be honest. By lathe was not remotely ready to be used out of the box so to say. Nothing moved smoothly, binding and tightness on everything. I even had to grind a bit off the crossmember to get the tail stock off. And for added insult it had a noise when turned on. I finally traced the noise to the motor cover touching the belt. So had to move the cover. The only thing that has worked properly is the on and off switch. So the only plus about it is that I know that lathe very well.
george
On Friday, April 1, 2022, 07:31:07 PM PDT, j_r_abercrombie via groups.io <j_r_abercrombie@...> wrote:
On Fri, Apr 1, 2022 at 06:05 PM, gcvisalia@... wrote:
Yea, the whole leadscrew thing on my micromark 7x16 was a royal mess.......... As my leadscrew end bearings had no way to lube them I just drilled a hole in each one so that I can oil them occasionally.?
George- that's interesting to hear about your MicroMark 7x16 - I think they are one of the higher priced versions of the Sieg 7x. My MicroMark/MicroLux 7x14 isn't too bad, but wasn't really ready to use when I got it, and I am the third (minimum) owner. On my new Vevor one of the leadscrew blocks (does yours have bearings?) has one of those (not useful) brass 'oilers' with the ball bearing, the other end (hidden under the left cover just has a hole.
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