Actually, the brass nut on my is jammed. Should I attempt to free it
up? Not sure how to do that. I looked at that nut I thought that
could be the problem.
Also, my was not a kit, it was assembled. Bought the milling attacment
as well.

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 19:43:12 +0000 (UTC), () wrote:

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msterspy wrote:
Bought a Taig lathe about six months ago. I am a little dissapointed
in the quality, particularly the cross slide. It binds as you turn the
dial. Looks like the piece that the lead screw threads into may be
cocked? Not sure. Also, very poor instructions came with this lathe.
Anyone have similar experience?
M

Did you buy the assembled lathe or the kit?

The kit requires a little fitting and running in (thats why it is a kit). On
mine, I experienced a similar issue until I removed the cross slide and
looked at the brass nut underneath. There was a little burr that caused it
to bind up in the hole it sits in. Since it couldn't pivot to take up runout
in the leadscrew, it felt like it was binding. I cleaned it up a touch and
that fixed the problem.

The other possibility is that you have the gibs too tight.

If you are a little dissapointed with the Taig, you would probably be
mortified with anything else in the same price range. Once set up and
adjusted propperly, the Taig will do very nice work for a long time.

-- Joe