MAN!!! I need ta' restock the lathe room, LOL
Powerwagon,
I thought about that, but the hassle of transporting the bed back and forth and finding a company locally that could do this was more trouble then I was willing to go through.
Also I didn't know about the wear until I started using the tailstock a few times. Also after I had just built-up the entire lathe I didn't feel like taking it all apart again.
67Dart,
It can just hold and spin a 11.75" discrotor, so I'd say it has a max. 12" swing.
There's a small part of the bed near the headstock that can be taken out, if perhaps a larger chuck is used or something.
I had also found the chuck couldn't grab and hold a workpiece true anymore so I fabbed up a lightweight Dremel grinding-tool and tediously trued up the chuck jaws with it. Seemed to work nicely and good fairly good results with it...
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6V4eq0vFqY"]Lathe headstock Truing - YouTube[/ame]
I've always wanted to have one, and before I got this lathe I had never owned or used one before, so I had to learn to use it starting from the very basics by doing stuff and do lots of reading up on lathe-use.
Now a few years later I built a few fun items with it, like a blower-pully, a cambearing tool and a rear-axle housing narrowing jig for instance.
Some more info and pics are on my site;
http://www.bigblockmopar.nl/2013/04/blower-pulley-spacer-machining/
http://www.bigblockmopar.nl/2012/01/8-34-rear-axle-narrowing/
Powerwagon,
I thought about that, but the hassle of transporting the bed back and forth and finding a company locally that could do this was more trouble then I was willing to go through.
Also I didn't know about the wear until I started using the tailstock a few times. Also after I had just built-up the entire lathe I didn't feel like taking it all apart again.
67Dart,
It can just hold and spin a 11.75" discrotor, so I'd say it has a max. 12" swing.
There's a small part of the bed near the headstock that can be taken out, if perhaps a larger chuck is used or something.
I had also found the chuck couldn't grab and hold a workpiece true anymore so I fabbed up a lightweight Dremel grinding-tool and tediously trued up the chuck jaws with it. Seemed to work nicely and good fairly good results with it...
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6V4eq0vFqY"]Lathe headstock Truing - YouTube[/ame]
I've always wanted to have one, and before I got this lathe I had never owned or used one before, so I had to learn to use it starting from the very basics by doing stuff and do lots of reading up on lathe-use.
Now a few years later I built a few fun items with it, like a blower-pully, a cambearing tool and a rear-axle housing narrowing jig for instance.
Some more info and pics are on my site;
http://www.bigblockmopar.nl/2013/04/blower-pulley-spacer-machining/
http://www.bigblockmopar.nl/2012/01/8-34-rear-axle-narrowing/
