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Re: Yet another "this or that lathe" topic
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 10:45 am
by Tyler
Mine has a brake. Same idea I guess. A brake is a GREAT feature.
Re: Yet another "this or that lathe" topic
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 11:08 am
by caskwith
That would be a feature I wish I had, not needed for my collet chuck but would be very handy when running the 6" 4 jaw.
Re: Yet another "this or that lathe" topic
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 7:09 pm
by PremalChheda
Is the clutch system on the myford via belt or gears?
Re: Yet another "this or that lathe" topic
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 3:08 am
by Massis
neither really, it's an actual clutch in the upper motorbelt pulley so that the motor belt no longer drives the main pulley, if that makes sense?
afaik it's a big pulley on a taper which engages and disengages that pulley
Re: Yet another "this or that lathe" topic
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 8:59 am
by caskwith
Yep as mentioned above it's a bronze tapered clutch plate with spring arm attached to an eccentric lever.
Re: Yet another "this or that lathe" topic
Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 11:20 am
by Massis
Re: Yet another "this or that lathe" topic
Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 2:16 pm
by Charl
Is it the ladies model? That pink on the cross slide is a dead give-away!
Enjoy setting it up!
Re: Yet another "this or that lathe" topic
Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 2:26 pm
by caskwith
Have fun!
Be sure to devote some time to work on the sliding surfaces, a few hours deburring, stoning, cleaning and lubricating with quality products will pay great dividends down the line and it is so much easier to do it now while it is clean.
Re: Yet another "this or that lathe" topic
Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 3:40 pm
by Massis
Charl wrote: Is it the ladies model? That pink on the cross slide is a dead give-away!
Enjoy setting it up!
Actually they're quite clever at optimum: there's three small tins of oil & lubricant delivered with the lathe, marked in those same colours (white, black and pink) to make oiling easy for dumb f*cks like me... No idea why they chose pink but it's bright, funky and gives me an excuse to call my lathe 'her'