bc.gold 3,403 #1 Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) My personal experience. The bed casting, examine it for large voids filled with body filler then painted over, the tail-stock quill has a long key slot a very small pin keeps the quill from turning use a large drill this pin is prone to breaking. The foot brake serves several functions, if you tap the brake this disconnects the lathe from power, second the brake is intended to stop the chuck, now that large chuck has a lot of kinetic energy stored. if for some reason you need to apply a panic or emergency stop. The key on shaft part number 66 will try to shear itself, once this happens the entire head stock will over time self destruct. The gears no longer properly mesh and the head stock begins to emit strange noises. A lube change will show metal. Warranty is not worth the paper it's printed on, I had sent a video with full sound to the rep, this went ignored until I publicly posted the same video then sent another link to the rep. After the video became public they sent me every gear, bearings, shaft and thrust washer to do the repair. Soon after I sold the lathe. Buy an old American or English manufactured lather. Edited January 27, 2021 by bcgold Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 27,509 #2 Posted January 27, 2021 This is good info, thanks @bcgold. I have been kicking around ordering this lathe for myself. Now I think that I will hold out for something else. https://www.ebay.com/itm/8-16-1100W-1-5HP-Mini-Metal-Lathe-Metal-Gear-Digital-Display-Metalworking-/154153108794 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WVHillbilly520H 10,373 #3 Posted January 27, 2021 21 minutes ago, Achto said: This is good info, thanks @bcgold. I have been kicking around ordering this lathe for myself. Now I think that I will hold out for something else. https://www.ebay.com/itm/8-16-1100W-1-5HP-Mini-Metal-Lathe-Metal-Gear-Digital-Display-Metalworking-/154153108794 Dan, if used everyday to make yourself $$$, then no walk away but you are making 1 or 2 parts a week and not "hogging" the tools to take more material than nessecary it should be ok, that lathe only has a 4" swing. (1.5" head stock bore) so object weight couldn't be to much of a concern, I know in my shop years material, speed, feed and depth of cut and operator lack of finesse ruined more machines than the manufacturers of the machine, JMO and experiences, Don't run chucks it full RPM , light to moderate cuts and don't put oversized/heavy parts/material in a light duty machine. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 27,509 #4 Posted January 28, 2021 46 minutes ago, WVHillbilly520H said: that lathe only has a 4" swing. (1.5" head stock bore) I was impressed that this small of a lathe had a 1.5" head stock bore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WVHillbilly520H 10,373 #5 Posted January 28, 2021 14 minutes ago, Achto said: I was impressed that this small of a lathe had a 1.5" head stock bore. Most of the the LeBlonde lathes I ran at Walker barely fit 2" stock, the 1 you linked above has quite a bit of accessories coming with it, if you haven't ever heard of our used a ProtoTrak mill, you should look into one of those (used) as well, basically a CNC Bridgeport but so easy to program no "G" or "M" codes 100% conversational, https://www.ebay.com/itm/PROTO-TRAK-BEDMILL-2-AXIS-/224309704562?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292, it will mill circles , pockets in automatic or manual, I just ran it in 2 axis and used the quill for "Z" depth/height settings. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bc.gold 3,403 #6 Posted January 28, 2021 Not every lathe use the cam lock system which allows reversing chuck rotation without having to chase after a chuck rolling across the shop floor. Most modern lathes will accept collet's 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WVHillbilly520H 10,373 #7 Posted January 28, 2021 The old Leblond lathes I used had spanner lock ring/nuts and when tightened properly had issues with reverse rotation, most were 10-12" chucks with 2 18". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
