Dieter --- Excellent Video , Well designed , Well planned , Well machined , Cleanly Articulated , Great demonstration , 100% success . There is only one flaw . " I didn't make the Video " --- Three thumbs up !!!
Well done Dieter, excellent results "priceless". Great design, well made, and well thought out! Top marks! Looking forward to your next adventure. Cheers, Jon
Hi Jon! Thanx, I thought a lot of how to build it. It cannot be clearly seen, but the recesses for the cutting tools have two different hights and two different sizes. So even if ya will mount a HSS tool with a grind down cutting edge or a holder with a bigger shank - it fits. Of course ya need shims if it is to low - but whaddaf.... it works as intended :-)
Nice modification. Nice lathe. Priceless. For everything else there's Master card. I believe you should position parting tool little bit higher. End result would be much better.
Well "nearly" priceless ;-) Sometimes the pricetag is a little bit bigger :-) Of course, if the offer is irresistible, I'll build another one. For a small lathe like this one, parting of is a torture. With the rear toolpost it is much better. The tool looks like to be exactly on center high, but I also think that there is to much pressure and it should be a hair higher. Sooner or later I'll make a "partin of session" where I'll try out all my parting of tools.
@@retromechanicalengineer Fine :-) And - ya dont need to use M7 bolts, you can use M8 instead. M7 is a very unusual thread size. But it was a good reason to buy a M7 tap and die ;-)
Excellent setup. Fighting my own parting issues. The current conventional setup just isn’t reliable. Working on my own mounting setup for my Harrison M250 lathe.
Hello and Happy New Year to Michigan! I was lucky that the top slide had T-slots, which made the construction a bit easier. The two cutouts in the tool holder have different heights, so that I can also mount a larger parting chisel on one side. But I saw in your new video that you have already solved your problem with the holder! Greetings from Austria!
Servus Uli! I looked for and found a small lathe with manual transmission and shift lever on the support. If I were buying a new one, I would take the 400V version, but that wasn't available at the time. I also miss some thread pitches, both metric and imperial. But you can't have everything at this price ;-) All in all I would buy it again because this size still fits in my workshop. And of course, it is a small lathe with 200 kg and not an industrial machine with 2000 kg. In the end I can say yes I am happy with this machine.
@@BLECHHAUS Danke Dieter... I have the same problem regarding space in my small workshop, and for the kind of turning I would be doing I do not need anything bigger. I unfortunately do not have 3 phase power so this is kind of the biggest 230 V single phase lathe with a manual transmition and features that larger class lathes have... Thanks again for you input.
@@uliman100 Hello Uli! I understand not everyone has 400V in the house. And yes, this little lathe has features that are otherwise only found on larger, heavier and more expensive lathes. And not everyone can put a 2000 kg lathe in their house. Neither do I. PS: you can also write in German ;-)
Dieter --- Excellent Video , Well designed , Well planned , Well machined , Cleanly Articulated , Great demonstration , 100% success .
There is only one flaw . " I didn't make the Video " --- Three thumbs up !!!
bowing thanks Jim, I've made an effort.
Well done Dieter, excellent results "priceless". Great design, well made, and well thought out! Top marks! Looking forward to your next adventure. Cheers, Jon
Hi Jon! Thanx, I thought a lot of how to build it. It cannot be clearly seen, but the recesses for the cutting tools have two different hights and two different sizes. So even if ya will mount a HSS tool with a grind down cutting edge or a holder with a bigger shank - it fits. Of course ya need shims if it is to low - but whaddaf.... it works as intended :-)
Nice modification. Nice lathe. Priceless. For everything else there's Master card. I believe you should position parting tool little bit higher. End result would be much better.
Well "nearly" priceless ;-) Sometimes the pricetag is a little bit bigger :-)
Of course, if the offer is irresistible, I'll build another one.
For a small lathe like this one, parting of is a torture. With the rear toolpost it is much better.
The tool looks like to be exactly on center high, but I also think that there is to much pressure and it should be a hair higher.
Sooner or later I'll make a "partin of session" where I'll try out all my parting of tools.
Very good design, I have subscribed. Best wishes, Dean in Oxfordshire UK.
Than you! I tried to find a compromise between versatility, stiffness, adjustability, etc. Thanx for subscribing, you've got mine too ;-)
@@BLECHHAUS Thanks very much. I think your design would work well on the Maximat.
@@retromechanicalengineer Fine :-) And - ya dont need to use M7 bolts, you can use M8 instead. M7 is a very unusual thread size. But it was a good reason to buy a M7 tap and die ;-)
Excellent setup. Fighting my own parting issues. The current conventional setup just isn’t reliable. Working on my own mounting setup for my Harrison M250 lathe.
Hello and Happy New Year to Michigan!
I was lucky that the top slide had T-slots, which made the construction a bit easier.
The two cutouts in the tool holder have different heights, so that I can also mount a larger parting chisel on one side.
But I saw in your new video that you have already solved your problem with the holder!
Greetings from Austria!
Hallo Dieter, are you happy with this lathe? I am strongly considering this model and would appretiate your feedback... Servus Uli
Servus Uli! I looked for and found a small lathe with manual transmission and shift lever on the support.
If I were buying a new one, I would take the 400V version, but that wasn't available at the time.
I also miss some thread pitches, both metric and imperial. But you can't have everything at this price ;-)
All in all I would buy it again because this size still fits in my workshop.
And of course, it is a small lathe with 200 kg and not an industrial machine with 2000 kg.
In the end I can say yes I am happy with this machine.
@@BLECHHAUS Danke Dieter... I have the same problem regarding space in my small workshop, and for the kind of turning I would be doing I do not need anything bigger. I unfortunately do not have 3 phase power so this is kind of the biggest 230 V single phase lathe with a manual transmition and features that larger class lathes have... Thanks again for you input.
@@uliman100 Hello Uli!
I understand not everyone has 400V in the house.
And yes, this little lathe has features that are otherwise only found on larger, heavier and more expensive lathes. And not everyone can put a 2000 kg lathe in their house. Neither do I.
PS: you can also write in German ;-)
still too slow, u r killing the insert that way, too much rubbing than cutting