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  @johnkunze5362Ай бұрын

  Got my lathe a month ago. They've upgraded the tailstock and it cuts a good center. Still rate the tailstock <80% because cam lever is difficult and in the way sometimes. Love the mill but I got a tick in the rotation(?)

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  @oldfarthacksАй бұрын

  Were it me, I would be chasing down that tick before you get out of the warranty period. There should be no ticks, clicks or any other noises. This could be a bad bearing. In the end, you will most likely be doing what I plan to do, which is to replace the headstock bearings with angular contact ball bearings. This allows a bit more accuracy in the bearings.

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  @alexjuvy475Ай бұрын

  I have that same post. I noticed the same issue. But i put it on my lathe, it works fine. Yes the tolerance is not exact. Any hews. My works fine.

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  @oldfarthacksАй бұрын

  I am glad that you got one of the good ones. The quality is very hit and miss, this is why I went to the Shars one, they demand a higher level of quality from the Chinese vendors.

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  @trollforgeАй бұрын

  Marlin, It is my understanding that the chuck is supposed to locate on the central boss of the backing plate, making the sloppiness of the stud to hole mating irrelevant... but I may be mistaken...

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  @oldfarthacksАй бұрын

  Overall you are right. But I was surprised by how much bigger the holes were than the studs. This can lead to minor misalignment when the chuck goes back on. I don't, at this time, know how much effect that this will have on run out.

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  @happyhunter33Ай бұрын

  correct, the holes could be 3 times bigger with a washer. the only thing that actually centers the chucks is the mating surface, not the holes

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  @Andrew-qo6brАй бұрын

  DO NOT WATCH! What a waste of time. Bad video. Muffled audio and it doesn't show/tell you anything.

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  @0GreatMerlinАй бұрын

  You should perhaps make this into two videos, the front section is a bit off subject.

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  @EitriBrokkr2 ай бұрын

  Flying saucer 👽👽👽 😅

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  @oldfarthacks2 ай бұрын

  Ya got to go with what you see. I looked and saw a flying saucer. Who know, I may soon make a project out of that, turn the sharp outer rim down a bit, drill in some small holes and then install a blinking LED in the middle.

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  @EitriBrokkr2 ай бұрын

  @@oldfarthacks if you keep up this format, content and these quality of videos, this channel is going to grow massively.

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  @oldfarthacks2 ай бұрын

  Thank you very much. I am still learning as I go.

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  @trollforge2 ай бұрын

  Now you can have a UFO camera bomb your intros! ;)

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  @oldfarthacks2 ай бұрын

  I like it, I really do. The only question is, should I deburr it, making them civilized?

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  @xrplspeedfreak39753 ай бұрын

  Thanks for the videos. Any chance you’re planning to make and sell the bushings?

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  @oldfarthacks3 ай бұрын

  The bushing sets are available on E-Bay. I just did a search on the terms: Ford running board bushings and got back a listing. If you put into your search bar : www.ebay.com/str/qdiltd?_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l161211 This will take you to the vendor's page. Look for the bushing set for the F150. The thing with these bushings is that they are slightly oversized and so you will need to use a Dremel tool with the thin cutoff wheel to slightly open up the slot in the bushing. You can then insert them into the hole.

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  @White.Elemant3 ай бұрын

  Dang, I got lucky with mine. Bought a cheap set from Bangood, Machifit brand. It's ok for my purposes, need to clean it up properly though, as the stuff from china tends to, it pretty gritty 😂

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  @oldfarthacks3 ай бұрын

  Congratulations, it's nice to know that some good stuff actually slips through. And yes, the Chinese are noted for leaving things that float on water like very small rocks in their products.

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  @White.Elemant3 ай бұрын

  @@oldfarthacks chines lead also floats 🤣

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  @CesarAbeid3 ай бұрын

  You're the only one on the internet doing this. I love it. It's been 6 months now. Has it held up? I want to do the same but have no appropriate tools to do the grease fittings, so I likely will just replace the bushings. Mine is an 2007 Navigator, same color as yours!

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  @oldfarthacks3 ай бұрын

  Yep, it's still working well. Went through some very cold weather and worked quite well, nice and smooth. You can get bushing sets on E-Bay, you do have to widen the slot in them to make them fit, but then it's reasonably easy.

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  @CesarAbeid3 ай бұрын

  I worry about getting the old bushings out. I don't have the lathe to make that jig with a bolt... @@oldfarthacks

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  @acase114 ай бұрын

  I just did this repair to my running boards for my F150. Same kit and the fitment for the (x4) larger bushings on the motor shaft was awful. Garbage actually. My dad and I had to Machine 4 new bronze bushings since the ones in the kit were almost 0.75” larger in diameter than the bore hole in the hinge. The smaller ones did fit but require a slit in them which wasn’t bad.

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  @oldfarthacks3 ай бұрын

  Thanks for the info on the motor bushings. In my case, I did not do that because I needed a whole new bracket for that end and so just ended up buying a complete motor and bracket set for a bit over a hundred bucks. I will have to do the bushings when I do the driver's side on the Navigator, so I will look into that as I do up an additional set of videos to add to this set.

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  @electropancake15544 ай бұрын

  If you just loosen that shoulder bolt ever so slightly it’ll work as it should, I’ve bought many of this same one and they all come tight like that.

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  @oldfarthacks4 ай бұрын

  The bolt should be tight, but it is specified to be a running fit to the clamping ring. It is supposed to be tight to hold the clamping ring and allow for smooth operation. I could have fixed this any number of ways, but one of my goals was to get a properly manufactured product. I am on a one man quest to get the Chinese to actually make good products, instead of what amounts to the kits that they are making. I ended up spending a bit more and got one sold by Shars. That one was correct, but even there I had to have them replace one of the tool holders.

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  @electropancake15544 ай бұрын

  They’re made like that for adjustment, you machining .025 out is what made it inoperable

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  @oldfarthacks4 ай бұрын

  The problem here was with the cam and teeth on the back of the locking blocks, they did not engage properly, the locking blocks were not properly machined.

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  @mrphotomanseattle4 ай бұрын

  MINE SHOWED UP A WEEK AGO. MY TAIL STOCK IS FINE BUT TRYING TO ADJUST THE CROSS SLIDE HAS BEEN IMPOSSIBLE. AFTER DISASSEMBLING AND REASSEMBLING MULTIPLE TIMES I FINALLY NOTICED THE GIB IS BENT. I'M GOING TO CONTACT VEVOR AND SEE IF THEY WILL SHIP ME A REPLACEMENT.

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  @oldfarthacks4 ай бұрын

  I wish you the best of luck. I tried to get them to replace the foot plate for the tail stock and in the end all they did was throw lots of money at me, a massive discount. But making a gib should me a reasonable project. I haven't yet had to take my cross slide apart so I don't know how that gib is set up.

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  @its_Eisen4 ай бұрын

  Hey Marlon, just finished the video series whilst researching for my rebuild and install on my '98 Ram. These videos, and your ideas are going to be tremendously helpful, and I really appreciate you taking the time to share your process. 👍

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  @oldfarthacks4 ай бұрын

  Thanks. Glad that you find them helpful.

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  @its_Eisen4 ай бұрын

  I pulled those stops out of mine, and was surprised that they had little "wings" in the rubbers, and slots in the bracket that aligned the circles correctly. I thought it was a little odd that they'd add those to something I didn't think would need to be aligned.

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  @oldfarthacks4 ай бұрын

  One can never quite tell when something is going to be over designed. Thanks for the comment.

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  @collinwachman85154 ай бұрын

  What size bits did you use for the zirk fittings?

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  @oldfarthacks4 ай бұрын

  Those fittings came from Amazon. the listing is for: uxcell 201 Stainless Steel Straight Grease Fitting M6 x 1mm Thread Hydraulic Grease Fitting Accessories The drill that I used would be the normal drill for a 6mm screw, that being a 5mm drill.

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  @paulg54205 ай бұрын

  Hi there, where can I buy these pins, it’s for my 2015 Lincoln Navigator, thanks for your help

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  @oldfarthacks5 ай бұрын

  Hi Paul I made these pins myself, using the stock pins. Stuck them in my cheap Chinese mini lathe and did the deed. This is shown in this video: studio.kzread.infoo17Wr1HZkgM/edit

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  @user-hy7cg9jg5r5 ай бұрын

  Never mill on a drill press, especially not with a large-radius cutter. That tiny skinny arbor neck, just above your chuck, cannot tolerate that sort of side load.

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  @oldfarthacks5 ай бұрын

  Yes, I understand the problem with that taper. Still we have to have a bit of fun from time to time. At this time, I am only making a few test cuts to see if the X/Y table is usable. If I decide to actually use this as a mill, then I will alter the spindle and chuck by putting a screw into the end of the spindle and threading the center of the chuck so that they screw together, locking the chuck to the spindle taper. Yes, I know, it would be better to drill all the way through the length of the spindle and put in a draw bar, but that's quite difficult in such small stock. Still, that could be a wire EDM project, so who knows.

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  @bazzer6215 ай бұрын

  Sorry but shouldn't that read "what could possibly go right"?

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  @oldfarthacks5 ай бұрын

  I'm in Missouri, the land of the Hold my beer and watch this people. We believe in things going right. LOL

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  @bazzer6215 ай бұрын

  @@oldfarthacks unless it has a Chinese origin 😂

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  @oldfarthacks5 ай бұрын

  Well, there is that. 眾所周知，中國人不遵守所有規則。

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  @donaldthomson89655 ай бұрын

  wrong machinery clamping ????????????????????

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  @oldfarthacks5 ай бұрын

  Nothing but the finest Ozarks engineering practices. This is the heart of hold my beer and watch engineering. Where no one even blinks when you tie two strings onto your windshield wiper arms cause the motor burned out and then you work them manually.

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  @donaldthomson89655 ай бұрын

  do you know how to use anything fuck

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  @castguy19495 ай бұрын

  👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

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  @oldfarthacks5 ай бұрын

  Spoil Sport. This is just to see what happens and can something be done. Is this a good setup, clearly not. Is it useful for a production shop, good heavens no. But it's fun.

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  @paulbfields82845 ай бұрын

  First of all you don’t use a drill chuck to mill with.. second you don’t use a drill spindle to mill with… third of all you don’t buy any x y table unless it says Bridgeport …

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  @oldfarthacks5 ай бұрын

  Oh in principal I agree with you. But this is an experiment to see what can be done on a very tight budget. Sad to say the Bridgeport route is not for the tight of budget people. Also this is for a hobby shop. So I am exploring the limits. And yes, I know that there is a problem with the chuck falling off the spindle with side loading. That will be fixed in another video.I will be adding a holding screw that comes in from the bottom, through the chuck and into the spindle. I need this even if I decide to change to a different type of chuck such as a collet type.

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  @paulbfields82845 ай бұрын

  China…. =….. junk

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  @gentharris5 ай бұрын

  Only about 50 things I can see wrong there......

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  @oldfarthacks5 ай бұрын

  I will have to try harder. But still, it's a start.

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  @PeckhamHall5 ай бұрын

  I could have got a 500-watt drill press for £25, 😪 I should have had it.

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  @oldfarthacks5 ай бұрын

  Indeed, anytime you can pick up a functional tool for a reasonable price you should do so.

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  @PeckhamHall5 ай бұрын

  😮😊

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  @oldfarthacks5 ай бұрын

  😜

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  @wyliemacbean11576 ай бұрын

  I did find it very useful. I have a 1966 Weiler LZ330 lathe that I have restored and rebuilt. I was lucky that it was in good condition when I bought it, although it has cost me quite a bit to fix it. I am now short of money and your video has led me to the Shars website. Thank you very much. Have a great New Year, cheers.Wylie

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  @oldfarthacks6 ай бұрын

  Glad to be of help. I wish you all the best in the coming year.

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  @RustyInventions-wz6ir6 ай бұрын

  Very nice work. Merry Christmas

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  @oldfarthacks6 ай бұрын

  Thank you.

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  @achardjc6 ай бұрын

  There were long videos of a closeup of the back of your wrist while you were working. But I still got value out of this. And could I not grease my running board hinge assembly assembly without taking it off? I do not think the ones on my Ford Expedition have grease fittings. But maybe I overlooked them. Thanks.

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  @oldfarthacks6 ай бұрын

  Thanks for the kind words. I am glad that you found this video useful. As to grease fittings on your Expedition, they are not a standard Item. I added them to mine. Look at the play list for this video series and you will find the video where I altered the pins to take grease fittings.

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  @dannywaller95816 ай бұрын

  *promosm* 😇

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  @oldfarthacks4 ай бұрын

  Thanks for the tip but that may violate KZread creator rules.

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  @PeckhamHall6 ай бұрын

  If you turn the base 180° and slim it the thickness of the double cross slides you in theory be able to get full travel or more than before on the X Y movement but you might need to shorten the column/pillar aswell.

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  @PeckhamHall6 ай бұрын

  Great stuff, Marvin. hope you can get some more subs, mate.

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  @oldfarthacks6 ай бұрын

  Much appreciated

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  @PeckhamHall6 ай бұрын

  Or a flat garden slab or 2 maybe.

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  @oldfarthacks5 ай бұрын

  An Idea, I love ideas I do.

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  @PeckhamHall6 ай бұрын

  That looks great Marvin, maybe you could extend the column of the piller drill, you could use a large old fire place harth and get it cut in half reversing the base of the drill with 2" to 4" packing under it. With 4 bolts through everything for the drill and cross slide it would work and be quite flat and solid with the ability to shim any error. The printing the shrinkage rate for nylon in plastic injection moulding is around 1.6% so just add 2% to the dimensions to help with the sizes or work out from just correcting from your first sample.

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  @oldfarthacks6 ай бұрын

  For now, I will be using this for small projects. This whole thing started with me being curious as to just how good the cheap Chinese tables were. With that said, your idea about extending the column is the best way to add a bit more utility. This would involve getting a new pipe for the column, one that is longer than the current one. Of course, I could also go insane and make the drill press into a machine where the there is an inner and outer column and then put in a gear drive to change the column height. Either that or just find a cheap vertical mill.

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  @achardjc6 ай бұрын

  Unobtanium brackets. Ha. That is exactly right. The customer has to buy the whole bracket. Maybe with the running boards attached. I replaced my motor on my driver side automatic step rail. My local Ford dealer quoted me over $1100 for the motor alone. I got an OEM motor online for $80 and was able to replace it myself with help from KZread.

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  @oldfarthacks6 ай бұрын

  I am glad that you found the motor on line. There are also people selling new front bracket assemblies. They come out of China of course, but they do work.

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  @kevinriley81956 ай бұрын

  ever thought of selling a set of these? I would buy a kit for sure, nice work!

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  @oldfarthacks6 ай бұрын

  Thanks. I have thought about it a couple of times, but I don't know if I could actually make it into a viable product.

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  @edwardaloftis67057 ай бұрын

  I don't bother with those because they are not built correct. I use an x, y table from Mico-Mark.

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  @oldfarthacks7 ай бұрын

  The whole goal here was to see what you can get for a low price and see if it can be made into something useful. This is going into my hobby area, where it will get used maybe once a month. Yes, these are not top of the line equipment.

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  @mattwellman22057 ай бұрын

  Where did you get the pins or did you make them? I think a grease zerk on the end is a great idea.

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  @oldfarthacks7 ай бұрын

  I made them using the stock Ford pins. You can see the process in this video from my series on this process. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oWVrudRqeL3Rl7A.html

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  @mattwellman22057 ай бұрын

  @@oldfarthacks thank you. I’m going to try this myself.

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  @CHClNOfullmelt7 ай бұрын

  when placed without any adjustments its off to the left probably because the headstock of this lathe has the same problem, it doenst make full contact with the bed and its slightly tilted, i have the same model

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  @oldfarthacks7 ай бұрын

  There are any number of errors possible here. In my case, the V cut into the base is too shallow. One of these days I will recut that to the right size. But part of what is going on in this series is seeing if I can get the supplier to actually fix the problem.

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  @TlD-dg6ug7 ай бұрын

  Are you indicating off a pice of rolled steel? It certainly looks that way.

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  @oldfarthacks7 ай бұрын

  No, that was a precision triangle from a set. The one in question was the 45 degree one.

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  @ProfWisecrack7 ай бұрын

  Thank you!

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  @oldfarthacks7 ай бұрын

  You're welcome!

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  @donavinnezar7 ай бұрын

  thank you for the brief review !

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  @oldfarthacks7 ай бұрын

  I am pleased if it was of use to you.

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  @PeckhamHall7 ай бұрын

  Well done, it's ashame about only having 2" on the Y axis, but maybe you can squeeze some more by mounting further away from the pillar. But if the side of the pillar is only 2" away from the centre line of the chuck, then that's your lot. Can you show us how the thing cuts as I might be interested in a small drill/mill. What is your next project? Are you into model making? Maybe making a model, steam, locomotive out of brass brazed or or glued using off the shell wheels and motors or even a steam-powered something or other?😊

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  @oldfarthacks7 ай бұрын

  Hi James The limitation is in the saddle of the table. I will most likely make a video to show what is happening there, it's the range of movement of the block on it's screw from what I see. I will be doing a cutting video on this. And yes, I do have a project in mind where I will most likely do some work on this table. I have a PM Oscillating steam engine that I bought in the 1980s that I need to put together. Most of that will be done on my lathe, but there are some things that I will use this table to complete.

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  @PeckhamHall7 ай бұрын

  @@oldfarthacks steam engines, great stuff, no one is making them anymore, it a dying art, I'll be watching mate.😁

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  @mattrich6807 ай бұрын

  Everyone else says, "the tailstock is not ever really centered" when the problem is obvious. Thanks for noticing, and giving me the idea of contacting Vevor. My lathe arrived last nigh, exact model. I'll attempt shims, but if that doesn't work I'll contact Little Machine. Thanks for the video.

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  @oldfarthacks7 ай бұрын

  I wish you all the best. That they did not machine that plate correctly was irksome to me.

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  @PeckhamHall7 ай бұрын

  Looking good 👍

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  @oldfarthacks7 ай бұрын

  A few more tests and then I will make some chips to see what is really there. The setup for that will be a mess, using a tiny drill press is not the most stable of spindles for milling.

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  @PeckhamHall7 ай бұрын

  @oldfarthacks If you're planning on just milling aluminium and brass, I would use small Llanishen burrs and run them in the direction so it will not pull out of the drill chuck,but that's really on thin wall stuff.stay away from fluted tools unless you are machine straight down like hole drilling and if you do! I would go for a 1 flute cutter or 2 flute ball end as your horsepower is going to be like a donkey at the dog food factory I would expect. Look forward to seeing it in action, my friend. All the best 👍

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  @oldfarthacks7 ай бұрын

  Good advice James. That silly little drill press is quite limited, so I was planning to use light cuts with slow feeds and easy cutting tools.

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  @jonathanandtalley43917 ай бұрын

  I have a vevor 7x14 with tailshock and dose not sit flat so ya I need to get one of those tailshock before I can do anything. Thanks you for your help. 😅

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  @oldfarthacks7 ай бұрын

  Always glad to be of any service to the community of hobby machinists.

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  @PeckhamHall7 ай бұрын

  I think you need to use something a bit longer, like an engineering straight edge. I would have clamped it down until the angle read zero run out on your gauge indicator (put gauge to the far left a possible). You then need to move the gauge to the far right as possible but leaving the straight edge in the same position. This will give you your run out. Start with the axis at the bottom, then use your 1-2-3 block to do the other axis, and don't forget the +/- any deviation from the first axis. Hope this helps, I'm no expert, but I think this will help, maybe, good luck, my friend. If you got runout, record it over a set distance. p.s clamp the lot down to some first if your gauge can't fit on base and confirm and run out with a feeler gauge.Jim

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  @oldfarthacks7 ай бұрын

  I'm going to have to do something. The problem is that I have no tools that I know to be square. I have a couple of small machinist squares, but they are new to me and Chinese and so unproven. Such fun. I will find a way. I may end up loading some plastic onto the table and then try and use the drill press, which is another little bit of Chinese junk, to mill and then I can measure that. This is what the delay in this series is about right now, more thinking and less hands on.

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  @arthurmoore94887 ай бұрын

  Appreciate the simple fix. While I haven't run into this problem, it's nice to know how to solve it when I eventually do. The classic method I see on the old machine's I've restored I have is to machine a groove in the hand wheel and use a piece of metal as a spring. But, this is easier, to do and easier to install.

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  @oldfarthacks7 ай бұрын

  Thanks. I was looking for a way to add friction and was going to use a spring and a ball, but the, messing with the magnets on my desk, it struck me, hand wheel aluminum, dial wheel steel, magnet, yes.What can I say, the idea stuck.