Noah Barfield
09-05-2011, 2:12 AM
Hi all,
I just got my new Jet 1642-2 yesterday and added some wooden legs a la Dominic Greco's plans. The lathe is slightly out of level with the left hand (motor) side needing to come up a bit. However, this evening when I checked the alignment between the headstock taper spur and the tailstock taper spur, they match exactly--touching tip to tip. Should I leave it as it is or should I level it anyway? If I level the bed by inserting shims under the left side legs, would it bring the spurs out of alignment?
Thanks in advance,
Noah
I just got my new Jet 1642-2 yesterday and added some wooden legs a la Dominic Greco's plans. The lathe is slightly out of level with the left hand (motor) side needing to come up a bit. However, this evening when I checked the alignment between the headstock taper spur and the tailstock taper spur, they match exactly--touching tip to tip. Should I leave it as it is or should I level it anyway? If I level the bed by inserting shims under the left side legs, would it bring the spurs out of alignment?
Thanks in advance,
Noah