I got a call this morning from a friend in the States... He picked up my lathe
at Woodcraft in Sacramento and is on his way down!!

My wife and I spend all day rearranging the shop...
Put a lot of non-shop stuff away, made other stuff more compact, even turned her
"break area" into a work station for her wood burning..

The ol' Jet is 4 feet closer to a wall now and there's a huge open space near a
220v outlet for the Nova XP..
Life is GOOD!


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

mac davis wrote:
I got a call this morning from a friend in the States... He picked up my lathe
at Woodcraft in Sacramento and is on his way down!!

My wife and I spend all day rearranging the shop...
Put a lot of non-shop stuff away, made other stuff more compact, even turned her
"break area" into a work station for her wood burning..

The ol' Jet is 4 feet closer to a wall now and there's a huge open space near a
220v outlet for the Nova XP..
Life is GOOD!


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

I'm jealous. Mine is only 120v. Today I roughed out a 15 inch Bradford
Pear bowl on it. The hardest part was cutting the circle on my
bandsaw--it must have weighed 50 pounds.

Congratulations. Did you get the cast Iron stand?

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

When you don't know what you're doing,
do it neatly.

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:44:44 -0500, Gerald Ross wrote:

mac davis wrote:
I got a call this morning from a friend in the States... He picked up my lathe
at Woodcraft in Sacramento and is on his way down!!

My wife and I spend all day rearranging the shop...
Put a lot of non-shop stuff away, made other stuff more compact, even turned her
"break area" into a work station for her wood burning..

The ol' Jet is 4 feet closer to a wall now and there's a huge open space near a
220v outlet for the Nova XP..
Life is GOOD!


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

I'm jealous. Mine is only 120v. Today I roughed out a 15 inch Bradford
Pear bowl on it. The hardest part was cutting the circle on my
bandsaw--it must have weighed 50 pounds.

Congratulations. Did you get the cast Iron stand?

Nope... hassled with them for 2 weeks and gave in..
Woodcraft said that they could order the "universal" stand but that if I really
wanted the cast iron legs, I'd have to order them factory direct...

If the stand really sucks, I'll order the leg set..


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

mac davis wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:44:44 -0500, Gerald Ross wrote:

mac davis wrote:
I got a call this morning from a friend in the States... He picked up my lathe
at Woodcraft in Sacramento and is on his way down!!

My wife and I spend all day rearranging the shop...
Put a lot of non-shop stuff away, made other stuff more compact, even turned her
"break area" into a work station for her wood burning..

The ol' Jet is 4 feet closer to a wall now and there's a huge open space near a
220v outlet for the Nova XP..
Life is GOOD!


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

I'm jealous. Mine is only 120v. Today I roughed out a 15 inch Bradford
Pear bowl on it. The hardest part was cutting the circle on my
bandsaw--it must have weighed 50 pounds.

Congratulations. Did you get the cast Iron stand?

Nope... hassled with them for 2 weeks and gave in..
Woodcraft said that they could order the "universal" stand but that if I really
wanted the cast iron legs, I'd have to order them factory direct...

If the stand really sucks, I'll order the leg set..


mac
If I had known or noticed how it catches shavings I would have set the
base on the stand and marked where the cross-pieces are between the
ways then cut out holes in the top of the stand so shavings could fall
through. They really pile up and it's either scrap your knuckles
digging them out or use the vacuum.

That's my biggest complaint. They didn't have the cast iron legs when
I got mine.

It's still a thrill to turn that baby on and hear it hum.

Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

When you don't know what you're doing,
do it neatly.

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:25:11 -0500, Gerald Ross wrote:

If I had known or noticed how it catches shavings I would have set the
base on the stand and marked where the cross-pieces are between the
ways then cut out holes in the top of the stand so shavings could fall
through. They really pile up and it's either scrap your knuckles
digging them out or use the vacuum.

That's my biggest complaint. They didn't have the cast iron legs when
I got mine.

It's still a thrill to turn that baby on and hear it hum.

I'm thinking of shimming the lathe an inch or so higher on the stand, to get
chip clearance and raise the spindle height a little... It's over an inch lower
than the spindle of my 14" jet..

I know the better way would be to put 2x4's across the stand ends, but I'm
thinking about the chips collecting..

BTW.. it still starts at a default 500 rpm, but the readout tells you that it
will.. lol
What a damn nag.. tells you to wear your face shield every time you turn it
on...


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

mac davis wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:25:11 -0500, Gerald Ross wrote:

If I had known or noticed how it catches shavings I would have set the
base on the stand and marked where the cross-pieces are between the
ways then cut out holes in the top of the stand so shavings could fall
through. They really pile up and it's either scrap your knuckles
digging them out or use the vacuum.

That's my biggest complaint. They didn't have the cast iron legs when
I got mine.

It's still a thrill to turn that baby on and hear it hum.

I'm thinking of shimming the lathe an inch or so higher on the stand, to get
chip clearance and raise the spindle height a little... It's over an inch lower
than the spindle of my 14" jet..

I know the better way would be to put 2x4's across the stand ends, but I'm
thinking about the chips collecting..

BTW.. it still starts at a default 500 rpm, but the readout tells you that it
will.. lol
What a damn nag.. tells you to wear your face shield every time you turn it
on...


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

It starts at the second setting. I changed that setting to 450 and the
lower setting to 200, because I found myself changing down for
sanding. So far I have not had the mojo to turn anything at the
highest speed but I have been turning some Christmas tree ornaments at
2500. To me that is really humming. I do not keep the set screw in the
chuck. It stays in a baggie with the allen wrench hanging on a nail. I
only put it in when I know I'm gonna do some reverse sanding. I forgot
to loosen it enough and wound up filing the last thread where I munged
it up.

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

When you don't know what you're doing,
do it neatly.

"mac davis" wrote in message
...
I got a call this morning from a friend in the States... He picked up my
lathe
at Woodcraft in Sacramento and is on his way down!!

My wife and I spend all day rearranging the shop...
Put a lot of non-shop stuff away, made other stuff more compact, even
turned her
"break area" into a work station for her wood burning..

The ol' Jet is 4 feet closer to a wall now and there's a huge open space
near a
220v outlet for the Nova XP..
Life is GOOD!


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

Enjoy !

Congrats Mac!

I'm sure you will turning the spindles off that thing in short order.
Nothing like getting a new tool you are really looking forward to
using.

Robert

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:25:55 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

Congrats Mac!

I'm sure you will turning the spindles off that thing in short order.
Nothing like getting a new tool you are really looking forward to
using.

Robert
Thanks.. it seems like a really nice lathe.. very smooth and quiet..
I thought that I had my Jet 1442 tuned pretty well and had little or no
vibration.. Then I turned the Nova on last night and realized how my Jet
practically jumps around compared to the new one..

Just spent MORE money this morning, though..
I knew I'd need adapters for the larger spindle size, but thought that I'd be
able to use my tool rest assortment from the Jet.. NOPE.. the posts are at least
an inch too short..


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

"mac davis" wrote in message
news
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:25:55 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

Congrats Mac!

I'm sure you will turning the spindles off that thing in short order.
Nothing like getting a new tool you are really looking forward to
using.

Robert
Thanks.. it seems like a really nice lathe.. very smooth and quiet..
I thought that I had my Jet 1442 tuned pretty well and had little or no
vibration.. Then I turned the Nova on last night and realized how my Jet
practically jumps around compared to the new one..

Just spent MORE money this morning, though..
I knew I'd need adapters for the larger spindle size, but thought that I'd
be
able to use my tool rest assortment from the Jet.. NOPE.. the posts are at
least
an inch too short..


The standard rest has to be one of the best I've used, and the offset post
on the banjo is something you won't have to learn to love, it'll put a smile
on your face every time you snug up to the turning.

I have the short rest, and it's nice when you're doing something less than
10" long. All I added was a longer 1" post for my iron curved rest.
Ol'Blue had a taller banjo.

You may find yourself in a dilemma if you plan on using both lathes, because
the grind angles for your JET won't be the optimum for the new rests. I
shortened up my bevels to a more "Irish" grind within weeks of transitioning
to the 3000 to take advantage of the flat top. Took some nose off of my
forged gouges, too.

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:28:32 GMT, "George" wrote:


The standard rest has to be one of the best I've used, and the offset post
on the banjo is something you won't have to learn to love, it'll put a smile
on your face every time you snug up to the turning.

The Jet has an offset, also...
It took me a while to figure out why the banjo was so LONG.. until I was
hollowing out a little box this morning and realized that you can swivel the
head to 45 degrees and still use the standard rest..

My only bitch so far is that the height lock for the tool rest can only be used
from one position.. I took advantage of the jet's 3 threaded holes to move the
locking lever to the side..
Not a big thing, but I find myself hitting the banjo lock when I'm adjusting the
rest height..

I have the short rest, and it's nice when you're doing something less than
10" long. All I added was a longer 1" post for my iron curved rest.
Ol'Blue had a taller banjo.

I ordered several rests from Woodcraft this morning: 4" & 6" straight, small and
large bowl curves and 2 posts..
Gotta be set up for bowls AND pens..

You may find yourself in a dilemma if you plan on using both lathes, because
the grind angles for your JET won't be the optimum for the new rests. I
shortened up my bevels to a more "Irish" grind within weeks of transitioning
to the 3000 to take advantage of the flat top. Took some nose off of my
forged gouges, too.

Most of the rests that I use/used on the jet were flat top.. a nice (Delta)
French curve, a 4" flat top rest and a box scraper rest..
None of those fit the Nova, since they either came with shorter posts or I
*damn* cut an inch or so OFF the posts to make them fit..

Unless I have "turning company", I'm planning on using the Jet mostly for
buffing.. I may do some spindle turning on it if the Nova won't handle it..
I don't think I've ever turned anything more than 24", though..


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

"mac davis" wrote in message
...
I got a call this morning from a friend in the States... He picked up my
lathe
at Woodcraft in Sacramento and is on his way down!!

My wife and I spend all day rearranging the shop...
Put a lot of non-shop stuff away, made other stuff more compact, even
turned her
"break area" into a work station for her wood burning..

The ol' Jet is 4 feet closer to a wall now and there's a huge open space
near a
220v outlet for the Nova XP..
Life is GOOD!


You won't need to have both ends open for work with this one. The factory
stand is double-splayed, though, and will have a pretty big footprint.
Bernie made his tin stand more rigide by plywooding. Might want to take a
look. http://groups.msn.com/NovaOwners/

I built my stand to minimize footprint and maximize stability. Got your
chuck adapters in the shipment?

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:02:00 GMT, "George" wrote:

You won't need to have both ends open for work with this one. The factory
stand is double-splayed, though, and will have a pretty big footprint.
Bernie made his tin stand more rigide by plywooding. Might want to take a
look. http://groups.msn.com/NovaOwners/

I built my stand to minimize footprint and maximize stability. Got your
chuck adapters in the shipment?

The stand is HUGE.. I think they might have sent one for extended bed or
something..
The stance is the same or less than the iron legs on the Jet, but it's 2 feet
longer than the lathe...
It does seem very stable, though.. something that I wasn't expecting..

I got the spindle adapter a week ago..lol



mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

mac davis wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:02:00 GMT, "George" wrote:

You won't need to have both ends open for work with this one. The factory
stand is double-splayed, though, and will have a pretty big footprint.
Bernie made his tin stand more rigide by plywooding. Might want to take a
look. http://groups.msn.com/NovaOwners/

I built my stand to minimize footprint and maximize stability. Got your
chuck adapters in the shipment?

The stand is HUGE.. I think they might have sent one for extended bed or
something..
The stance is the same or less than the iron legs on the Jet, but it's 2 feet
longer than the lathe...
It does seem very stable, though.. something that I wasn't expecting..

I got the spindle adapter a week ago..lol



mac

Please remove splinters before emailing
I got the bed extension. It lets me slide the tailstock way down out
of the way when it is not needed.

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

When you don't know what you're doing,
do it neatly.

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:16:54 -0500, Gerald Ross wrote:

I got the bed extension. It lets me slide the tailstock way down out
of the way when it is not needed.

For the price of the bed extension, I'll work at 45 degrees or move it off the
lathe..lol

I just got an email from Teknatool saying that the 220 conversion is the same
jumper as on the 3000 dvr..


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

On Jan 28, 4:25 pm, mac davis wrote:
I got a call this morning from a friend in the States... He picked up my lathe
at Woodcraft in Sacramento and is on his way down!!

My wife and I spend all day rearranging the shop...
Put a lot of non-shop stuff away, made other stuff more compact, even turned her
"break area" into a work station for her wood burning..

The ol' Jet is 4 feet closer to a wall now and there's a huge open space near a
220v outlet for the Nova XP..
Life is GOOD!

mac

Please remove splinters before emailing


Congratulations Mac,

I've used Teknatool lathes and chucks for many years. When I got my
Nova 3000 several years ago, I mounted on the stand that I was using
for my Record CL-3 lathe. The mounting was a 2"x12" flat board.
Cleaning out the chips under the bed was a pita. When I built the
actual stand for the Nova 3000, I used two 2" x 6" boards for the top
of the base. They were spaced apart about 2" so that the shavings
could fall through the lathe bed and right on down below. I keep a box
top under the opening to catch most of the shavings. My whole stand is
built of 2" x 6" boards, making the legs approximately 5" square as
they touch the floor. It has a box built in about a foot off the floor
that I filled with railroad spikes that I had. The stand is solid and
the lathe never even sways. When I got my DVR it simply replaced the
Nova 3000, an extension was necessary because I also ordered a bed
extension with the new lathe. I've never been sorry. That lets me get
the tailstock out of the way when turning on a faceplate or a chuck.

Good luck with the new lathe. I think you will love it.

Fred Holder
http://www.fholder.com

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:00:47 -0800 (PST), Fred Holder
wrote:

Congratulations Mac,
Thank you, Sir..

I've used Teknatool lathes and chucks for many years. When I got my
Nova 3000 several years ago, I mounted on the stand that I was using
for my Record CL-3 lathe. The mounting was a 2"x12" flat board.
Cleaning out the chips under the bed was a pita. When I built the
actual stand for the Nova 3000, I used two 2" x 6" boards for the top
of the base. They were spaced apart about 2" so that the shavings
could fall through the lathe bed and right on down below.

Yep.. that's how my Jet 1442 is.. falls through the rails instead of building up
between them..

I keep a box top under the opening to catch most of the shavings.

yep.lol My system is 2 banker's box lids on the top shelf, about 3" under the
rails..

My whole stand is built of 2" x 6" boards, making the legs approximately 5" square as
they touch the floor. It has a box built in about a foot off the floor
that I filled with railroad spikes that I had. The stand is solid and
the lathe never even sways. When I got my DVR it simply replaced the
Nova 3000, an extension was necessary because I also ordered a bed
extension with the new lathe. I've never been sorry. That lets me get
the tailstock out of the way when turning on a faceplate or a chuck.

SO far, I've only bumped my arm on the tailstock once.. then I realized that the
xp tool rest works well with the headstock at 45 degrees, so I don't think it
will be a problem..
I really don't need a long bed..

Good luck with the new lathe. I think you will love it.


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing