Need help with my new ToolBox III

pescadoman said:
I agree. He needs to learn safety before that though. I thought for sure he was going to wack his hand badly....

It is small, but I'm willing to bet that chuck can make a statement if your get wrapped up in in..
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I totally agree, although I am usually very careful, and sorry to gross you out but that chuck tore up my finger nail 3 months ago, maybe I shouldn't post that picture, but it wasn't pretty and was very painful. That 1/3hp DC motor is very powerful, do not underestimate what it could do. ( fair warning)
Regards
 
Bassel,

According to your comments, to respect your business, I made an edit on my earlier post. I left unanswered questions that you surely reply soon.

You probably understood, at our first contacts, that I'm not an experimented guy. I never said I'm a pro. I'm just having pleasure learning (mostly by myselft) to work with wood and stuff like that. It's an hobby.

Everybody here understood that! So you should not react so much about what I can say about lathe problem... knowing that the problem is me, not your lathe. Si tu es certain que ton tour est quasi parfait, montre moi comment l'apprécier à son juste niveau maintenant.

Il est certainement plus simple et moins contraignant de vendre ce type de matériel à des professionnels qui ont de l'expérience. Mais cela ne peut pas nécessairement être toujours le cas. Il est clair que mes questions te demande de prendre du temps pour y répondre, et tu as effectivement suggéré de prendre contact par téléphone ou par skype. (on le fera).

Peut-etre qu'il serait bien, pour d'éventuels clients tel que moi-même (qui a quand même payé un certain montant d'argent) qu'un peu plus de documentations soit prévues dans le futur pour ton business. Un peu plus de documentations, peu importe la forme de celle-ci.

Aussi, il est difficile en ce moment de comprendre ce qu'est une toolbox III, car au moment où j'ai pris contact pour mon achat, il n'y avait aucun descriptif précis... et encore aujourd'hui, lorsqu'on voit les vidéos et photos que tu publies, tout n'est toujours pas la même chose. C'est compréhensible peut-etre parce ton produit est en constante évolution.
Mais dans ce cas, en tant que client, comment savoir qu'on recevra après l'achat? Quelqu'un sur ce forum t'a d'ailleurs précédemment dejà fait un peu le même commentaire disant en gros qu'il vaudrait peut-etre mieux finaliser d'abord ton produit avant de commencer à le vendre... pour après avoir des réclamations et des clients qui demandent des upgrades de leur machine, etc.

Pour donner un exemple de quelque chose qui porte à confusion, des informations non-updatées sur une machine qui n'existe plus.
On website about Toolbox II : "This lathe has a 13 inch bed with three 18 inch extensions, two steady rests and a leg for weight offset on the extension. This lathe's bed spans 67" when fully assembled! It is capable of doing work on house cues too...."

I assumed that Toolbox III would also be capable to do and would have at mimum the same spans of 67". You never mentioned that you'll downgrade that on the toolbox III. Toolbox III isn't better than two?

I made an invitation to you on Skype first days after you gave me your kickname. but this invitation is still pending...
I tried again during the weekend. Seems there is a Skype problem somewhere.My skype Nickname is "mousse2017", in case of.

Good that you talk arabic and that you can undertand some french.
Pour le reste, je vais reprendre contact en privé.

Hope all eventual pictures, schemas, videos, explanations you'll give me will show what you says about your lathe. That's all I want is to realized that I made a "good buying" and that it worth its price. I'll be satisfy when "all will be adjusted in the good axis"!

Regards
Mustapha
 
I love reading French even though I can only understand some words.:D
Is that French ?
 
customcuelathe said:
I just added a picture of the top slide.
Here is how to adjust the gib on.
First you have to unlock the 2x 4-40 screw located inside the Right T-Slot
You turn both one full turn counter clockwise, then you adjust the side set screw, keep in mind when you are done, you will need to lock the gib back up with the 2x4-40 screws. Keep in mind when you lock those screws the slide will hey tighter, so you will need to set the side set screw accordingly slightly looser than desired.
Hope this helps you MUSTAFA in adjusting the slide to your liking
Regards
Regards
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Thanks for this Bassel. Its surely helpfull.
I tried that and feel that it change the resistance on the wheel and moves (more or less tight). Unfortunatly, it seems that the wheel is not "regular" on its resistance, all around a complete turn. I try to explain : beeing in face to the handwheel, saying the wheel is like if it's hours on a watche, it "hold" correctly (with enough, not too much resistance) on a turn of about 50 minutes... and the last ten minutes of the turn, no resistance... like if the wheel turns "in butter"... When these 10 minutes are at 45 or about 15 minutes, the wheel handle move done, falling...
Hope you understand what I mean.

I can't wait to see how to align the center of the tailstock with the middle of the 3-jaws, being sure to get the good axis, no deviation!

BTW, I leave my skype on. So anytime you want, when I'm up!

Thanks
Mousse
 
I think the 1st instruction should be, if you have not done a basic machinist class at nightschool or some other vocation institute, do not use this equipment.
I am see and hearing of people that buy machinery, thinking that now they have machine x they can do abc.
What usually happens, is they make very bad choices about how to go about using the machine with a major harm injury just in the waiting.
I hear things like, I have been doing it that way for years and never had the part fly out before. Never got chips in my eyes before , etc etc.
I speaking to a guy last night who mentioned he was going to get a lathe for tips etc.
I asked him about experience in lathe use, he said how hard can it be.
Another to add to the injured in due course.
For some reason people take personal safety very lightly and will get injured as a result of their attitude towards safe working practices.
It appears common sense is not very common.
It also seems that what is obvious and a basic way of safely using a lathe does not appear to be so.
The next list of suggestions in the lathe should include basic measuring equipment and some form of indicator, along with using them. Of course, you will pick up these things form going to a nightclass as well.
Neil
 
Mousse said:
Thanks for this Bassel. Its surely helpfull.
I tried that and feel that it change the resistance on the wheel and moves (more or less tight). Unfortunatly, it seems that the wheel is not "regular" on its resistance, all around a complete turn. I try to explain : beeing in face to the handwheel, saying the wheel is like if it's hours on a watche, it "hold" correctly (with enough, not too much resistance) on a turn of about 50 minutes... and the last ten minutes of the turn, no resistance... like if the wheel turns "in butter"... When these 10 minutes are at 45 or about 15 minutes, the wheel handle move done, falling...
Hope you understand what I mean.

I can't wait to see how to align the center of the tailstock with the middle of the 3-jaws, being sure to get the good axis, no deviation!

BTW, I leave my skype on. So anytime you want, when I'm up!

Thanks
Mousse
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Mousse
You had such a hard time adjusting the slide gib ( FYI: the slide you have is the same slide all my competitors sell) adjusting the gib should take 5 minutes tops, you might be also confused the slip is due Ito the slide hand wheel backlash, you can also improve that buy taking out the brass rectangular nut with a slot on it's thread, put it in a vise and try to tighten the gap to achieve a snug tight fit with the dial hand wheel( I don't recommend this, just because I worry you might damage the nut)
I have my Skype open all Day, but I am only home after 7:00pm EST
Regards
 
customcuelathe said:
Mousse
You had such a hard time adjusting the slide gib ( FYI: the slide you have is the same slide all my competitors sell) adjusting the gib should take 5 minutes tops, you might be also confused the slip is due Ito the slide hand wheel backlash, you can also improve that buy taking out the brass rectangular nut with a slot on it's thread, put it in a vise and try to tighten the gap to achieve a snug tight fit with the dial hand wheel( I don't recommend this, just because I worry you might damage the nut)
I have my Skype open all Day, but I am only home after 7:00pm EST
Regards
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LOL :D I think you missunderstood when I was talking about "hours and minutes"... (this was just a methaphor, a way to illustrate the wheel, as if it was "clock").
It' take effectively less than 5 minutes to adjust the gib. I did it with no problem after reading your explanation. THanks.

7:00pm MI > 1:00am CH. If I still up, i would really like to try to look that "rectangular nut" thing with you on skype, and also how you do to align some other things I already talked about. Have you received thoses invitations to add me in your contact panel I made (23.7, 2.10 and today) on skype to the screen name you gave me?

Thanks
Mousse
 
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