People here and on other forums often talk about having had to clean,
fix, shim, adjust, tweak a new lathe in order to make it accurate and
useable. And that being willing to do so lets you start with a less
expensive mill, from HF or Vevor, say, rather than one from LMS or
Grizzly
I made list of improvements before I purchased here list.?
1) 4 jaw machine back plate.?
2) stead rest
3) carriage stop purchased from LMS
4) carriage lock
5) Install Aloris tool post?
6) follower rest installed
now the lathe is working great ****
To #6 made big difference in the running of lathe also modified drill chuck
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7) improvements on low speed was maybe buy a 6 Grove belt waiting for UPS.
8) exstension on cross slide just started.??
9) DC power feed have motor?
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A) Maybe power cross slide
tapper attachment.?
B) Apron shiel next order from LMS.?
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Dave
Note I did this not realize there another with almost same name
davesmith1800