Thank you Nick! I'm really happy you said this; my intention besides to share my excitement for the new machine, is to help in any way I can other novice machinists like me. Cheers Dimitris

Thank you very much for the comment, I really appreciate it! I don't know if the video is detailed enough, but my intention besides to share my excitement for the new machine, is to help in any way I can other novice machinists like me. Thanks again. All the best Jimmy

Thank you very much! More are coming...soon Be well and safe Jimmy

Merry Christmas and happy 2021 to you as well! Be all well and safe Regards from Greece Dimitris

Hi Paul, Thank you so much for the comment! I can't wait to start new projects, but first it will come a small surprise... Take care too Dimitris

Ευχαριστώ πολύ Κωστή μου! Ελπίζω σύντομα να πάμε να πάρουμε και τον δικό σου τόρνο! Δημήτρης

Thank you very much! All the best Jimmy

Ευχαριστώ πολύ, να είσαι καλά!! Δημήτρης

Thank you Daniel! It's exactly like you said it, ensuring an acceptable accuracy and long service life if possible. I haven't notice a gear head lathe on Rob's channel, I'll check it. Take care Jimmy

Hi Russell, Thank you for the comment! Yes it looks capable, but I'll find out more as I'll use it. I can't wait to start new projects; actually I have finished one and you will see it soon, I hope. All the best Jimmy

Thank you Tom, I really appreciate your comment! Glad to share as always. All the best Jimmy

Thanks for the comment, I appreciate it! I know Hafco AL-250G lathe, it is the same lathe and I think that its build by Weiss as well. I must say that I'm satisfied with the machine, it's really capable lathe. For any troubleshooting in the future I think this series of videos will interests you: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g6qpit1huZiulmw.html Thanks again. All the best Jimmy

Thank you so much for your comment, I really appreciate it! Fortunately for me there is an elevator on the building plus the help I had from my friend Kostas and so I managed to move the lathe to my apartment. I don't like also the turret toolpost so I'm looking to buy a Multifix size A to fit on the top slide. Thanks again for the comment. All the best Jimmy

Luckily all high gears didn't create any loud noise, contrary I noticed noise at middle speeds 410 and 550rpm; it have been past 3 years since I bought and use the lathe, now the noise from middle speeds is much less. As for skimming the face I haven't done it yet, but definitely worth doing it- thanks for pointing out! All the best Dimitris

I apologize for the late reply. Thank you very mych for your comment, I really appreciate it! No I haven't fitted a QCTP neither a 4 jaw chuck; both are needed but at the moment I can't afford buying any of these. Now, as what QCTP I will choose, this will be a Multifix A size, but I haven't figure out how to attach it. For the 4 independent jaw chuck definitely you will need a back plate. All the best Jimmy

Thank you so much! Cheers Jimmy

Thank you!It has some nice features for its size, I think. All the best Jimmy

@@JimmysCanal You are y

@@kenmachine9951 Thank you very much, I appreciate your comment! I'm enjoying the lathe and that's for sure. Have a great day too! All the best Jimmy

Thank you very much for the comment, I appreciate it! I'll agree with you, a 'soft table' (kitchen countertop in my case) is not the best; proper leveling can only be achieved with a very sturdy base that would has at least 2 times the weight of the lathe itself plus leveling feet. Now, what I'm planning to do let's say as 'middle solution' is to lift up an put the lathe on the cast iron feet the manufacturer makes for it; I don't know if will change something, but I think it worth trying. Thanks again for your comment! All the best Jimmy

Hello Jesmond, Thanks for asking. It's recommended the use of hydraulic oil ISO 32 or 46; you can use any of these oils on the headstock (if the head has gears in oil bath) as well in the gearbox. Thank you for the comment! All the best Dimitris

Thank you my friend! All the best Jimmy

Hi Flora, I apologize for the delayed answer, I was on trip and couldn't reply. Thank you for the proposition but I would rather prefer something tangible instead of a video (I have seen already a video of Weiss factory through your web site). To clearer what I mean by tangible, you can send me if you want, the Faceplate and the extra gears (35T, 40T, 45T, 50T, 55T, 70T, 80T, 87T) for the WM 250G lathe. If you want to contact me, you can find my email in 'About' page of my YT channel. Best regards Dimitris

Çok teşekkür ederim! Mükemmel değil ama yaptığım şeyler için fazlasıyla yeterli. Yunanistan'dan Saygılarımızla Jimmy

Hello Ted, I apologize for the late reply. To me there are two negative and two positive things about variable speed lathes: First is the circuit that drives the motor, it's not always the best on design (speaking for the Chinese lathes) having as result lack of power on the motor. The second but relatively minor issue is that the feeding-threading gear box (on most of the variable speed lathes) has a bit limited range, you need to change more often the combination of the gears on the banjo to achive other set of threads and feeds through the gear box. The positives are the wide speed adjustment range in combination to higher spindle speeds and the easiness to CNC modification. Now, geared lathes have steady power based on the motor's HP and the spindle gears and wider feeding-threading abilities. The downside is first the limited speed range and second the difficulty of a CNC conversion. All the best Jimmy

Ευχαριστώ πολύ για το σχόλιο φίλε μου, το εκτιμώ! Το τσόκ που φοράει ειναι 125mm, ο εργαλειοδέτης φοράει εργαλεια 16mm. Περιλαμβάνει ταψί για τα γρέζια απλά εγώ δεν το χρησιμοποίησα. Τα ρουλεμάν της ατράκτου είναι κωνικά, όσο για τις γλίστρες είναι σκληρυμένες. Όσο για τα ανταλλακτικά βρίσκεις από Ελλάδα. Για το κάθετο σεπόρτι φρεζαρίσματος το αγοράζεις ξεχωριστά. Συγνώμη που απαντάω συνοπτικά αλλά δεν γίνετε να απαντηθούν όλες οι ερωτήσεις αναλυτικά γιατί θα πρέπει να γράφω για ώρες, αν θέλεις στείλε μου το mail σου η μπορείς να βρεις το δικό μου στις πληροφορίες του καναλιού. Στείλε μου ένα τηλέφωνο επικοινωνίας για να τα πούμε καλύτερα, θα χαρώ να βοηθήσω. Καλή συνέχεια Δημήτρης

@@JimmysCanal ευχαριστώ πολύ Δημήτρη. Έχεις δίκιο για την σύνοψη. Είναι ένα θέμα που θέλει πολύ συζήτηση και πολύ χρόνο...θα σου στείλω μειλ. Καλορίζικο και καλες δημιουργίες με ωραια βίντεο... ο τορνος πάντως φαίνεται να τα σπάει.

Όποτε μπορείς στείλε mail, θα χαρώ να τα πούμε! Ευχαριστώ και πάλι! Όσο για τον τόρνο είμαι πολύ ευχαριστημένος!

@@JimmysCanal το μειλ σου δεν το βρήκα αλλά σου έστειλα στο fb pm.

Yes, it is perfectly ok. Cheers Jimmy

Καλησπέρα, Τον αγόρασα από την εταιρία: www.internationaltools.gr/ Κ.Χ. Γεωργόπουλος τηλ. 2103460133 ζήτα να μιλήσεις με τον Άκη. Καλή συνέχεια Δημήτρης

@@JimmysCanal σε ευχαριστώ πολύ

Hello Igor, Send me your email or else you can find my email in the "About" page of my channel; send me a message and I'll reply back with the pictures you want. All the best Dimitris

Τον αγόρασα από τον Γεωργόπουλο (International Tools) Σπύρου Πάτση 81, Βοτανικός.

Thank you for your comment sir. I don't know for clutch, but the next in size model of this lathe has a forward-reverse lever switch at the right side of the apron.

@@JimmysCanal that one, like clasic industrial lathe. Also a pedal brake is very good but we can't get in those cheap lathe machines

It would been very nice to have a foot brake for this machine... perhaps a future project. Thanks again! All the best Jimmy

@@JimmysCanal I will post if is arriving with.

Thanks.

Yeah... :-) Cheers Jimmy

Όχι, είναι καινούργιος. Για ερασιτεχνικός τόρνος με το μέγεθος και τις δυνατότητες που έχει, ναι αξίζει. Για να έχεις ολοκληρωμένη εικόνα νομίζω πως καλό θα είναι να τον δεις από κοντά. Καλή συνέχεια! Δημήτρης

@@JimmysCanal an epitrepete kato apo 2000 euro kostizei??

Ναι, κάτι λιγότερο από 2000 ευρώ, όμως πήρα και άλλα πράγματα μαζί με τον τόρνο και πήρα προσφορά για όλα.

Hello, Of course it can

No, I'm using Hydraulic Oil ISO 46; once the quantity I have will finish, I'll change to Hydraulic ISO 32. All lathes and mills gear boxes, uses Hydraulic oil. All the best Jimmy

@@JimmysCanal how about update that gear now bro.that is good lubricate using hyd oil? couse viscosity is different with gear oil.bro

At the moment there is no need to change the oil on my lathe; the quantity of the new ISO 46 oil I have is enough for a year, so there is no imminent change to a thinner grade oil. Here is a link that will answer to all of your questions on hydraulic oils and there use on machine tools: www.lathes.co.uk/latheparts/page17.html All the best Jimmy

@@JimmysCanal thanks bro that help me

Glad to hear that! Take care Jimmy

Thank you for the comment, I really appreciate it! You are absolutely right for what you said about leveling; I will really like to know more about, can you suggest me where to look? Thanks for the tips as well, the magnet will definitely help! Regards from Greece Jimmy

@@JimmysCanal Lathe leveling or a better description would be getting the lathe bed to a parallel non twisted condition requires a complex explanation. It also depends on just what equipment you have available. I can say without a doubt it's worth all the time and trouble it takes. The first step unless your going to run a full series of tests over the full machine would be to get the tail stocks internal Morse Taper centered to the head stocks center of rotation. To do that, run the lathe carriage up as close to the head stock as you can get it. Mount a magnetic base and your dial test indicator to either the lathe face plate or lathe chuck. Then move the tail stock up until it's internal Morse Taper can be reached with the dial test indicators ball tip and it can be can be set just inside that taper with the shortest extension possible on the magnetic bases arms. Swing the indicator side to side by rotating the lathe spindle. Adjust the tail stock until it's zero / zero in both directions. NOTE!!!!! Very important, the tail stocks vertical elevation CAN NOT!!!! be checked in this way. Gravity effects will bend the magnetic bases arms and the dial test indicator enough the measurements will be meaningless. It will work well enough to get the tail stock centered and that's your initial starting point. With that done then the best way to make the critical turning tests and measurements is to mount the work piece between centers and make a light longitudinal pass along the work until it fully cleans up. Then measure each end of the work. Lets say the tail stock end is slightly small compared to the head stocks end. That means the lathe bed at the tail stock end needs to be slightly twisted towards the cutting tool or moved higher at the tail stocks side that's furthest away from the operator. I highly recommend printing off this whole PDF located here Testing Machine Tools - PEARL HiFi and reading it in detail until it's fully understood what's being tested, how it's done and why. That PDF forms the basis of machine tool tests and alignment checks that are still used today on the latest and worlds best CNC or manual machines being built today. If you read and fully understand it you'll then know more than probably 90% of hobbyist's and a great many professional machinists know about the subject. The test methods within that PDF aren't the only way the tests can be done. But there proven to work as well or better than any other methods. The worlds most perfect lathe "leveling" does not provide a fully finished condition. Because of unavoidable flex and movements within the machine due to cutting forces that perfect level condition only gets you very very close. Further tiny but critical adjustments away from that perfectly level condition are required to help compensate for those cutting loads and forces. I can and have adjusted machines in mostly new condition within .0002" -/.005 mm over a part length of 12" / 305 mm

Thank you so much for your reply, I really appreciate it! I have already download the PDF and as soon as the government allow for shops to open (we are still in lockdown), I'll go and print it! Thank you once again for the comment and the all the informations you shared! Be well and safe Regards from Greece Dimitris

@@JimmysCanal Glad to be of help, it's unfortunate, but information like that PDF isn't easy to find nor is it all in one place. It's also unfortunate that most people with machine tools at home don't fully understand or appreciate how important those test checks and adjustments really are. In industry it's a lengthy first step on any new machine installation. Yet to some our far less rigid machines don't need it?

I have seen videos about leveling a lathe and even though I'm an amateur I can understand that most these videos lack of information. But I don't know if this happening because of the subject's complexity that's impossible to explained in a short video, or because the persons who making these videos are lacking of knowledge and simply makes them just to increase their views and subs? Anyway, I don't want to tired you more with this. Thank you once again for the informations you shared with me, I really appreciate it. Be well and safe Dimitris

Οι λόγοι είναι απλοί, πρώτον γιατί ήταν σε προσφορά και δεύτερον γιατί η τιμή για τον αντίστοιχο σε δυνατότητες Optimum ήταν παραπάνω από την διπλάσια τιμή της προσφοράς που πήρα για τον συγκεκριμένο.

Depende de la marca y las prestaciones que tenga un modelo, teóricamente a partir de 1500 Euros. Saludos Jimmy

Tornó cómo él que está en la Mesa

lo siento pero no puedo entender lo que quieres decir.