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Off-center turning - determining fault
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I mentioned above... Last week I was in a store that had the Delta Midi and Jet Mini side-by-side. The jet had no "wobble" and the delta did. I put the delta's faceplate on the Jet and it spun true. I put the Jet's faceplate on the Delta and it had the same wobble. Is it possible that they've had a bad run of the Midi lately? I bought mine last October. I pick it up after being in the shop for a warranty replacement of the shaft to see if it fixes the wobble. I'm keeping my fingers crossed but I'm not too hopeful. I'll report in with my findings. Carlo. "HobGobSnakyWaky" wrote in message ... "MsSilver" wrote in message news:BLYKa.31620$R73.5779@sccrnsc04... I tested it by putting the tool rest very close to the faceplate (to serve as a fixed reference) and manually turning the spindle. The gap between the two varied almost a millimeter. Just done this myself and got a similar result, I don't know if the faceplate a perfectly round though. At this point if anyone should ask I would recommend against buying a Delta Midi lathe. And based on the repair time, against buying any Delta tools. If only you'd posted that a month ago, I could have saved myself a lot of bother Stuart |
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Off-center turning - determining fault
WooHoo! I just got the lathe back and it is much smoother now; no noticable
wobble at all. I would seriously suggest that anyone with a Delta Midi that has this problem, contact Delta right away and tell them. Mine was fixed for free. I even got a replacement plastic tailstock handle under warranty, too. Now, if I can just find the time to do some more turning. My damned job hunt is interfering with my play time. Carlo. "Carlo Robazza" wrote in message .. . I just called and the shaft is in. They were waiting for the replacement plastic tailstock handle to come in before calling me! Sheesh! The handle I can wait for. I'm going to try to bring the lathe in tomorrow and should get it back mid next week (Tuesday is Canada Day and is a holiday). I just hope it doesn't make it worse. I'll let the group know the results. Carlo. "Carlo Robazza" wrote in message .. . Hi Scott, Welcome to the club. I had posted the exact same problem a while back and the consensus was to contact Delta. I did and was told to take it to a authorized repair shop. I did. That was a few months ago and I'm still waiting for the back-ordered replacement shaft to come in. Luckily I have the lathe while I'm waiting. I recently went to a store in the area that had both the Delta Midi and Jet Mini on display. The Delta had the same problem as mine. I took a look at the Jet and there was no problem with it. So, thinking that maybe it was that the faceplate was manufactured poorly, I took the faceplate off of the Jet (that spun true) and tried it on the Delta. Same thing: wobble. I took the Delta's faceplate off and tried it on the Jet: no wobble. Actually having the two lathes side by side and knowing what I know now, if I was doing it over again, I would have spent the extra $125CDN and bought the Jet. But, being the cheap SOB that I am (along with the fact that I'm out of work) I won't be doing that. I'll wait for the new shaft to turn up. Speaking of which, it's time to call the shop and see what the delay is. Good luck and you have my sympathies, Carlo. "Scott Zrubek" wrote in message ... Howdy all, I've just recently set up the Delta midi-lathe I gave to my wife for a Christmas gift (it took a while to build the rollable stand for it). She let me use it for a bit to turn bottle-stoppers and I came out with a problem. I bought the bottle stopper kit from PSI that came with the 1"x8tpi chuck. When I turn the lathe on, the chuck appears to be wobbling: it does not present a nice steady line and "knocks" against my fingernail when I place my finger against it. I turned a couple of stoppers and the distance from the center hole to the turned edge of the stopper varies by around 1/32". How do I determine whether the lathe or the chuck is at fault? How do I remedy the situation? thanks, in advance, for any help at all. -- Scott Zrubek It's all Isildur's fault I *had* to read those four books! Zelazny & Amber: http://www.roger-zelazny.com |
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