Hello Barry,
Thanks VERY much for your response!
--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "barryvabeach"
<barryvabeach@...> wrote:
Vikki, I bought it and was not very pleased. As you saw, I could
never get it to the right height. Plus the tool rest was not rigidly
attached to the round bar portion of the post which controls
elevation.
Noticed that it was just stuck together with a roll pin, how long that
would hold up while rounding off square stock, I don't know.
My first attempt was to fabricate a wooden block to fit
on the top and inside of the tool rest and tapped the rest and that
fixed the height problem.
I am considering that approach too, a reasonably easy fix. Jacking up
the tool post itself by a half inch doesn't seem to be a real good idea.
The rest still jumped around in use so I
drilled lengthwise from top to bottom through the rest and the post
and inserted a machine screw ( with the nut on the bottom ) and that
worked to make it more rigid.
If I put the support rod down far enough and crank down on that
retaining screw, so far it seems stable enough.
The slop in the assembly itself was what was inspiring me to think
about making a replacement support rod. Bottom would fit the hole and
the top could at least be a press fit.
I grew unhappy with the way the rest
attached to the tool post
That does indeed suck. At least it gives a use for the original tool
post since it won't fit in the QCTP (probably too heavy for that
anyway). Having had it for all of a couple hours now, it seems like a
very poorly thought out design overall.
and ended up making a very simple board
that clamps to the ways and mounted the tool post in that.
If you might have pix of that, I'd sure appreciate seeing it.
I am not
sure what you are asking when you asked about thread on the center.
After getting the red glop off it, it appears to be a jam fit into the
spindle, no draw bar needed.
Good luck with your mods.
Thanks!
This thing is not a wood lathe, but will probably do for smallish
projects.
I'm less than pleased with this too. Shipping it back is more trouble
and expense than it is worth :-(.
I think the solution to this is, that if one wants to do wood turning
one gets a real wood lathe :-).
Will probably do until I figure out something better.
Thanks & take care, Vikki.
