Wood fast M408S lathe manual Wynyard Community Men's Shed

[dags3777]

Gday all, our Men's shed has had a M408S lathe donated, ex a local college. We hadn't a manual and I am hoping someone might have one and are willing to photocopy it for me. I will cover all cost, thanks in advance. Darryl Dick

[artful bodger]

Hi Daggs,
What does a woodfast M4085 look like?
Just had a look and there is not much googleable about that model.
Perhaps you could post a picture of the machine in question.

[Paul39]

Dags,

I found this:

http://www.woodcentral.com/woodworking/forum/archives_turning.pl/bid/2109/md/read/id/202180/sbj/woodfast-m408/

This may help:

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=woodfast+408S+lathe+manual

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=34116

I have a 410S from Craft Supplies with a 20 inch swing. It is a wonderful lathe. I believe the 408 has a 16 inch swing. It is a very straightforward lathe and any bearings or belts should be able to be found at your local engineers or belt suppliers.

[Mobyturns]

Darryl, there are a few variants of the short bed M408 lathes about. I have seen photos of them with some sort of lever operated mechanical variable speed control. May help to post a photo. If it is the standard 4 or 5 speed belt change M408 any Woodfast M408 / M410 / M908 / M910 manual should be OK.

[hughie]

Yep a photo would help although the older ones a pretty straight forward, nothing really complex about them.

Paul your 20" is fairly rare down here, I have been looking out for one for sometime, nary a peep :( of one.



Dags,

I found this:

http://www.woodcentral.com/woodworking/forum/archives_turning.pl/bid/2109/md/read/id/202180/sbj/woodfast-m408/

This may help:

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=woodfast+408S+lathe+manual

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=34116

I have a 410S from Craft Supplies with a 20 inch swing. It is a wonderful lathe. I believe the 408 has a 16 inch swing. It is a very straightforward lathe and any bearings or belts should be able to be found at your local engineers or belt suppliers.

[mañana]

Gday all, our Men's shed has had a M408S lathe donated, ex a local college. We hadn't a manual and I am hoping someone might have one and are willing to photocopy it for me. I will cover all cost, thanks in advance. Darryl Dick

Dags, I've sent you a PM with my email address. Send me your email and I will send you a PDF copy of the Manual - it goes about 3.5 Mb
Mick C

[Stubrown]

I know this is quite an old post but if you still have a copy of the Manual for the M408S could you please email me a copy, Cheers Stu

[Mobyturns]

I know this is quite an old post but if you still have a copy of the Manual for the M408S could you please email me a copy, Cheers Stu

Manana hasn't been active since Feb 2019 according to his profile.

Go to this thread - Woodfast MC908 manual (woodworkforums.com) (https://www.woodworkforums.com/f8/woodfast-mc908-manual-115474?highlight=woodfast+manual) - scroll down to post #7 - it has a copy of the 408 / 908 manual, however there are variants with mechanical VS.