What other machines do you have Bill?
I have a Burke #4 mill to go with my Homier 7x12.
One of the most impactful changes I made to my lathe to overcome
the "crudities," as you put it so well, was to install a real
toolholder. I went with the Series 100 Phase II QCTP, after making
the JWE compound mods. This dramatically reduced chatter and
improved rigidity. I don't find myself fiddling with those gib
adjustment set screws all the time now. (That never seemed to
accomplish much!)
Next thing I want to do is make some tapered saddle gibs.
B Flint
--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "bwmsbldr" <BWMSBLDR@J...>
wrote:
I moved to this list from a similar one that suffered from an
excess of Off Topic posts. I am hoping to participate in a list
that
is focused on the small chinese hobby lath. I have been machining
as a hobby since starting in HS in 1953 and own a selection of
machine
tools. Bought my HF 7x10 at a garage sale for $100 last year. I
have
added a number of accessories from HF lacking only a four jaw
chuck.
the current effort is to eliminate the play and adjustment
crudities
in the machine and repair it up to optimum condition. Fortunatly
having other machines will ease that project.
Bill Williams (Bill in
Boulder)
