I have the 17 inch saw with the cast trunion and as some has mention the only issue I have had with my saw after 5 years is the tires failed within a week after buying but I put the urethane on and...
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I have the 17 inch saw with the cast trunion and as some has mention the only issue I have had with my saw after 5 years is the tires failed within a week after buying but I put the urethane on and...
I have the same set up as you and had some wobble. I bought a few machined washers or shims of different thickness and put them between the chuck and lathe and fixed the wobble in the chuck. You...
I bought nuts the same size of my spindle 1 1/8 and glue them in a wooden block and them cut a grove and use all different sizes of PVC couplings with craft foam glued to the blocks and just screw...
I change out my lathe with a 3 phase and VFD form automaton direct control I easy to program and you can get a 3 phase as large as you want I bought a 2hp works great. In fact did this to my drill...
I too have the 180 wheels from Hurricane Turning tools Steve is a great guy to buy from.
I build fishing rods and the epoxy I use is a 2 part which is applied while the rod is turning and it levels out. I use the same on the cracks that I fill you can use a little heat and the air...
I have a 1642 2hp that I had to do the same thing, took VFD off check all wires and still did the same thing. the lathe was only 3 months old then it final got to the place that it would not work at...
I have a couple that I bought from AutomationDirect.com they are easy to program.
One note you will loose some torque, the best way is to get a 3ph motor with an inverter. I installed one on my midi lathe. Bought it from Automation Direct, but you might spend as much as you would...
Here is what is did when I built a dryer for drying fishing rod fisnish. Built a cabnet which is about 8' long and 22" wide and 3' tall. On one end cut a hole and installed a small air filter then...