Still parts to swap
10" bed, lead-screw, tool post. Will swap for parts, tooling, back-lash mods to the hand controls, pieces of lead or good metal to work, leather tools or supplies, old, cool stuff, what-ever. I also
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G. <truedblued@...>
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#67848
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Re: lathe height
The Dr.'s disabled me from work where I've been working in the Coal Mines since 1975. I had to figure out how to fix my shop to ergonomically fit me. I made a blueprint of what was going where. I
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Paul King
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#67847
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Re: lathe height
Sit on your chair or stool, measure down to the floor what ever is comfortable to you to operate your lathe. Since we are all different heights,there is no set bench height.My bench is 36" high. The
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mike kolchins
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#67844
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Re: lathe height
I used my neighbor's floor standing wood lathe one day and it was at the perfect height for me. When I set up my 8x wood lathe I measured his from spindle to floor and it was 44" so I set mine to the
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Vince Vielhaber
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#67843
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Re: Real Bull 7x14 lathe questions?
I have the LMS 4100. THE BLDC and Atmel-based control are great. Yes, I've stallled it both on my mill (LMS Hi torque with extended solid column) and lathe. On the mill it went into protection. On the
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WAM
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#67841
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Re: Real Bull 7x14 lathe questions?
Actually I think I'm wrong, it seems the 'new' versions just have fancier controls, but are the same PWM DC drives, not the brushless 3-phase drive the Sieg has. They're 550W vs 250W so they'll have
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Tony Smith
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#67842
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Re: Real Bull 7x14 lathe questions?
Gerry the brushless motor in my sc3 is hugely different than in my gaui x5 heli, I can't believe the power that little beast has its nasty , and some one wants more power, with 12 cell battery yikes.
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Don Leitch <don@...>
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#67840
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Re: Real Bull 7x14 lathe questions?
I agree with Tony on this Reading the two spec sheets the only difference appears to be the digital readout and relocation of the speed and direction knobs down onto the face of the cover. The
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gerry waclawiak
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#67838
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Re: Real Bull 7x14 lathe questions?
2500 in is little I can stall my lathe at low speed easily enough. I haven't seen the new super duper version to be able to make a comparison. Sieg & RB probably use the same motors anyway, I doubt
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Tony Smith
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#67839
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Re: Real Bull 7x14 lathe questions?
Andy, I agree with what you say about speeds, my RB is several years old and the two ranges run to 1250 and 2500rpm approx. The torque at low speed does depend to a considerable extent to how well the
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gerry waclawiak
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#67837
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Re: Real Bull 7x14 lathe questions?
I'm sure you're right, and that it should read 50 to 1250 in Low, 100 to 2500 in High. Whether there's enough torque at the lower end of either range to be useful is perhaps questionable. I understand
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andyf1108
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#67836
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Re: Which lube do you use
Roy wrote......The problem is cast iron swarf is a powder; there's enough carbon in it that cutting oil would just make a mess........ True, in black/grey cast iron there is enough free carbon powder
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Ellis Cory
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#67835
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Re: Real Bull 7x14 lathe questions?
statement as says: Seems to be just a bit of Chinglish. It's not much of gearbox if it only changes between 50 & 100 RPM for the low range. Actually the description on the old version is the same, so
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Tony Smith
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#67834
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Re: lathe height
The general rule for lathes and mills is the handwheels (carriage handwheel on the lathe) should be about elbow height. This is just a rule of thumb. I got a deal on two bar stools, nice black leather
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OneBike2Ride
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#67832
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Re: lathe height
In article <1360120342.56572.YahooMailClassic@...>, Mark Schwiebert <maschwiebert@...> wrote: The answer to that is to replace your safety glasses or goggles - you DO
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lists <Stuartlists@...>
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#67833
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Re: lathe height
My own preference is to have the cross slide handle at elbow height. Andy
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andyf1108
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#67831
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Re: Real Bull 7x14 lathe questions?
Tony, the "new" verion in your second link still has a gearbox, if the statement as to spindle speed in the table below the picture is anything to go by. It says: "Spindle speed 50-2500/100-2500RPM",
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andyf1108
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#67830
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Re: Real Bull 7x14 lathe questions?
two speed leadscrew and a H-shaped. Real Bull have had the 'Super' version of their lathe for a while. Old: http://www.realbull-machine.com/en/cpzx_xx.asp?ProID=1678. (I've got one of these, same
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Tony Smith
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#67829
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Re: Real Bull 7x14 lathe questions?
Hello Andy. As far as I am aware Real Bull ?as of 2 months ago did not produce a version with a brushless motor. Hugh at Amadeal will have the up to date info on this. John L?| Spain
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John Lindo <bechetboat@...>
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#67828
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Re: Real Bull 7x14 lathe questions?
I'd be slightly wary, Bob. Hitherto, Real Bull mini-lathes have all had two speed ranges with the usual hi/lo gears. Of course, it may be that they have decided to produce a version with a brushless
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andyf1108
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#67827
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