Metalmogul46 Hi, thanks for you feedback. It's great. Can't say much for the rest of it though.

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Charlie Myres Hi, thanks for your comments.

Hi, thanks for your feedback. It’s all daunting even now, it never gets any easier. I suppose it’s the challenge.

Hi, thank you for your kind comments.

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Sow's ear alright. A chicom pig for sure. It will never make it that long but I wounder how bad it will be in 50 years.

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Hi, thanks for watching. I’ve got more... when I get time.

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Yeah, I believe a couple of other lathe manufacturers used to do that. I could have done that but I haven't that much torque in my little lathe. regards

Hi, thanks, it was well worth it. cheers

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Hi.. glad you dropped by. Thanks for watching..

@@Thesheddweller My pleasure. I really enjoyed how you corrected your tailstock. Especially the method of supporting the boring bar with the angle plate and bearing.

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Fred Genius Hi, thanks for your comments, .

Hi Stan. Ah, but you have to remember 'jack of all trades Master of none’. Thanks for watching.

Cheers.

MisterG Hi, thanks for watching.

Hi, thanks for watchching. I’ve now heard of a few people having the same problem with the same type of lathe.

They're a kit. The manufacturers will build to what ever price point the vendor wants. Adding a decimal place adds cost.

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Hi, thanks for your kind comments.

I haven’t seen that episode on Stephans site i’ll go and look though. regards

@@Thesheddweller kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pJepp7Zi0c66dps.html go to 23:50 but the whole video is great - he is a very clever fellow.

@@sblack48 I’ve watched that episode now and yes its very good what he’s done with his machine. I wished I could afford to do things like that.

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Hi. thank you, I do try. Cheers

Dave Smith Hi, I hope that it's in good working order.

Hi, thank you.

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Hi. thank you , thanks for watching.

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Shirosake Hi, thanks for watching.

Hi Lohi Karhu, thank you for your comments, there were 11 items that had to be done before stripping the tailstock, all mentioned in the video. No, I didn't break anything the tailstock was so bad from new it was not doing the job it was designed to do. I believe that buying another one would have been as bad as the old one. Regards.

HI, Thanks for your comments. I have a clarkson mk1. There were no accessories and a burned out 1phase to 3phase capacitor convertor. the rest I’ve made. I hope yours has arrive safely. regards.

Hi thanks.

Hi, thank you for you comments,

Rick Palechuk if you think the tailstock was bad, you should see the lead screw gearing... Here's a taster - the hand wheel is an odd number on the index ring it shows 7.6 per revolution it is supposed to equate to 19mm but is in fact 18.8mm per revolution yet the lead screw is a 2mm pitch... Bonkers.

@@Thesheddweller I've got a Warco 290v new in 2019 & it makes me weep to see some of the crap quality, it look good but the detail finishing is appalling! After nearly 50 years as a Toolroom machinist I struggle to see how some of it was machined, by hand, shaper, chisel, angle grinder?

@@tonypratt1989 Hi, thanks for your comments, so far on my machine I have found the tailstock (now working fine), the main saddle hand wheel is supposed to be 19mm per full revolution (its actually 18.8mm), and today I’ve discovered that while trepaning from the back of the chuck to make the swarf drop down, I noticed the compound slide and the cross slide lifting even though they were clamped…! more work.

@@Thesheddweller I have a DRO [useful but the scale keeps the tail stock a long way from the chuck], I have thrown all the change gears away & fitted an electronic lead screw, magic bit of kit, re-machined the top slide all over & fitted a decent gib. Also have you noticed the inverted vee way on the bed is anything but 90 degrees, why, why, would you do that?

@@tonypratt1989 did you change the lead screw to a ball screw, or did you keep the original screw with your electronic feed. I would agree that the top slide being reset is a good thing. I know that my top slide needs a bit of a going over on my lathe too. I have a fear of the electronics having a wobbler halfway through a vital cut. I know I could make a mistake at anytime giving pretty much the same outcome but I like the mechanical link. Its an age thing. ;-)

cheers

Hi Alan, you're going to embarrass me if you carry on draping all that praise on me like that..... second thoughts... thanks... I know. 😀👍

Hi, fantastic idea, but the bore was also crooked.

SAMRODIAN Hi, thanks for watching. Yes it is a Warco its a wm250v. The most important thing to remember is the line boring bar needs to be plenty long enough, it also needs to be as large a diameter as you can get, but it must be able to freely pass down the chuck tube. Make sure you have all the the items to hand before you strip the tail stock. I would also do my best to get the temporary centre made of brass then when it's used that plenty of anti series oil is used. Have fun.

Hi, thanks for watching

Hi, Elias Akel, funny you should say that, I was thinking of making a very special hand wheel attachment to correct the 18.8mm(indicated 19mm) per revolution and perhaps make a reducer and gear to 10mm per revolution of the hand wheel to increase the accuracy. If I can, perhaps sort a solution to rapid traverse the slide to 40 or 50mm per hand wheel revolution. now wouldn't that be a nice alteration. it won't happen just yet because I'm busy with another topic. regards.

Hi, Do you live near burton on Trent? Regards

@@Thesheddweller Unfortunately not, about a hundred miles away in Hertfordshire. Thanks for you reply, all the best for now.

jim taylor Hi, thanks for watching. I think the item you are talking of is a 'button' it's home made, it is basically a similar shape to a button mushroom, where the stalk is bored to fit the end of a DTI. It is held in place with a small screw. The top of the button is a gentle curve and the sides roll off. It enables a DTI to read poor surfaces without damaging the instrument.

Im looking at blue device that is on your lathe bedway the attached to the apron by the look of it

@@jimtaylor6979 Hi, yes… it is a depth gauge that has been modified to work in either direction. the modification consists of supergluing 3 rare earth magnets to it. two on its back and one in the end of the probe.all you have to do is lay it on any slide and make sure the probe connects to a metal surface...

@@Thesheddweller Hi Nice very clever thank you for that

Hi, thanks for watching, the extension has no bearing on the quill, it was drilled through with clearance in mind.

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you’re welcome

Hi, thanks for watching.

Hi, Burton on trent.

@@Thesheddweller the land of Marston's pedigree 👍My uncle worked at RR Derby back in the day. I was brought up nextdoor to RR Hucknall as it was then.

@@chrislee7817 I’ve flown in and out of Hucknall a few times. I live just up the road from the marston’s brewery.

@@Thesheddweller by chance do you ever do machining jobs for people? I'm building a ducati Supermono (Chech it out) I need to make a rocker box for it.

@@chrislee7817 I do make, one off, items for cars or bikes, mainly vintage or classic and usually parts that can't be obtained anymore. www.thesheddweller.com has a direct connection to my email address.

Hallo, bedankt voor het kijken .. Cheers.

Hi, the lathe I have is a generic chinese lathe from Warco wm250v model

@@Thesheddweller I've got a small Chester lathe but I think it needs a lot of tlc to put it right. Looks just like yours hence the question. Thanks for all the content 👍

Hi, thank you. cheers

Hi, It was new, it just wasn’t very good. Another one was likely to be as bad because it would not have been true to my lathe slides or head. These items are supposed to be married components.

the lathe I have is good enough for anything I need. but watch this space. regards

Hi, Agreed.. but being cash strapped doesn’t help.

Hi, thanks for watching. I agree, the focus is a bit manky at times, but I can’t see what is happening in the camera monitor very well because it’s so small and it,s the only camera I had. When the shot is done, it’s done, I can’t go back and reshoot.

@@Thesheddweller Have you tried yelling at the camera? it seems to work for that crazy Canadian guy Superb workmanship btw.

@@axeman2638 Camera will probably fall off its stand if I do its only a cheep chinese made camera (I know I shouldn’t say “cheap Chinese” because it mostly does what I want and it owes me nowt).

Hi, thanks for your comment👍 see my FAQ’s on my web site www.thesheddweller.com about junk lathes

@@Thesheddweller sorry, that was a bit harsh

@@quickturn66 I do understand, i have been promised a Colchester student but I can’t move it.

@@Thesheddweller what's the issue of moving it I've moved my 1440 lathe and a few Bridgeport's. We even moved my friends Bridgeport down a flight of stairs to the basement. We take off what we can and use a long pry bar to get some 1 inch stock under the machine (several pieces) and can push the machine along as the bars come out we pick them up and feed them back in front, like the Egyptians. We use ramps and the same rollers and a winch to get it on the trailer. Two winches working against each other to get it back on the ground. If you're clever enough to fix that tail stock you should be able to move a lathe, I'd like to help. If I lived close I'd help you get it done. I'm spoiled with my prototrak Bridgeport, 1440 lathe, hardinge 5c collet lathe ect. but I had to fight for them and move them myself actually twice because we moved.

@@quickturn66 Hi, err, it’s my fault really, because I can't be bothered to Hire a drop tail truck, I have a gravel drive from the garage to the workshop, 50m long then I’ve got to take the side off the the shed to get it in there, aaand I’ve got to cut the floor up and reinforce the foundations… thats a lot of work, for a ‘rather nice lathe’. oh, and I’m a pensioner with limited funds.

Hi, Thanks for your comment. you're so right trouble is, I’m a pensioner and I only have limited funds available. :-)

I happen to have a Harrison M250. I got it used and it's in remarkably good shape. I use it almost every day and it has served me well. However, I live in the middle of nowhere and there's no 3 phase electric available here so I had to build my own rotary 3 phase conveter. That one made me think a lot, and do a ton of research, but I nailed it and has been serving me well for over 2 years now. Cheers.

@@onestopfabshop3224 Hi, both of my grinders are 3Phase and I bought a 3phase converter from Machine mart for about £350 thats proven to be quite good too.

Hi David, there’s a few very good reasons why my first few machines were Warco machines. I’m a Pensioner and can't afford to buy better known brands, after I had purchased the first three machines Lathe, mill and band saw, I decided this was false economy and purchased used machinery, Shaper, grinder and some work holding devices. Yes, you are right, but there are many people out there that are less fortunate than me.

It's the never ending argument British/European used [abused?] vs new Chinese machines

It is made in china, its a bit hit and miss in places but overall it does its job.

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@@Thesheddweller I was in Axminster Powers Tools several years ago, when a customer came in to complain about the £1400 chinese lathe he had bought there. He produced the tailstock, and showed everyone the underside. It was a rough casting, completely unmachined!

@@trialen Hi, yes they do miss a a thing or two.