Originally Posted by cut more  Dahui,
You did not mention whether your lathe bed has been levelled and checked for tru-ness after mounting on your bench or stand. Just placing the lathe on a stand & tightening the bolts can twist the bed enough to make it a tapering lathe.
Check out the 9x20 yahoo website. There is a lot of info there.
On the 9x202 web site there is a file called rebuilding the asian 9x20 lathe. read that also it may help.
Cutmore |
That's an excellent point and no, I have not checked it. Now that you mention it, my chip tray is far from flat. It seems like the box sections should help keep the mounting points aligned, but I suppose even a tiny twist will be magnified. Now I have to build a new bench? That should be an adventure.
I'll try and find the yahoo group. Thanks a lot.