Thread: Nova 1624-44

Yeehaa!! Yippee!! Party time
Toni

yeee haaaaa i'll be awaiting your call jim but being thursday and lathe being a lathe i'm not going to get it by this week end am i but thats great news any way!

Matt

well i got mine today and first impresions...mabey i should have got the leady! so the thing is made in china i can live with that but the head stock bolt was loose and i was getting bad headstock flex. second it's noisey, it rattles, and it vibrates (this is a brand new lathe).

the last little rant is about the nova titan i got at the same time has jaws that don't run true.

i think technatool have to re think there qualtiy control a bit... no alot and who ever dave is (the name on the qc slip) start looking for a new job. [/rant]

Matt

I hope not mine not like that. She is still coming. Please be a beauty. Mine not due til monday. However it won't upset me if she gets here earlier
Toni

i was ment to get mine tomorrow so keep your fingers crossed

Matt

Originally Posted by Twinnie

the last little rant is about the nova titan i got at the same time has jaws that don't run true.

Have you double-checked that each jaw is on the correct slide? If you mix even just two of them up, they won't run true...

Twinnie it sounds like you have not put the motor flange on properly for it to rattle.

Is the lockdown lever at the back of the housing inserted properly. This is where the head gets locked down once you have aligned the headstock and tail stock.

Did you make sure the motor pulley is tight on the shaft, just because it is on there does not mean it is fitted properly.
Did you check the alignment between the motor and shaft pulley.

When you fitted the jaws to the chuck did you fit them all loosley then scroll the chuck closed to make sure they were all alingned properly then tighten the screws, if you just fitted them tight then there can be a slight bit of difference, it is always worth puting them on loose as they may not be seated right in the scroll ring and with closing them up it brings them all into alignment.

These are just a few thoughts if still any problems give me a call.

Originally Posted by Jim Carroll

Twinnie it sounds like you have not put the motor flange on properly for it to rattle.

Is the lockdown lever at the back of the housing inserted properly. This is where the head gets locked down once you have aligned the headstock and tail stock.

Did you make sure the motor pulley is tight on the shaft, just because it is on there does not mean it is fitted properly.
Did you check the alignment between the motor and shaft pulley.

When you fitted the jaws to the chuck did you fit them all loosley then scroll the chuck closed to make sure they were all alingned properly then tighten the screws, if you just fitted them tight then there can be a slight bit of difference, it is always worth puting them on loose as they may not be seated right in the scroll ring and with closing them up it brings them all into alignment.

These are just a few thoughts if still any problems give me a call.

i think i did most of that but i'll doulbe check thanks jim

Matt

Originally Posted by Twinnie

i was ment to get mine tomorrow so keep your fingers crossed

Matt

Nah mine not coming a day earlier. SHe be here on Monday. Damn weekends. Poor old Jim hung on so weekends were not going to hold up. He might as well sent it anyway. Stinks living here sometimes. Oh well she now closer to my place than Jim's at least we are in the same state. Here to Monday coming real fast
Toni

hey all

the lathe had a good with alen keys and a socket and it's much better off thanks for the tips jim

Matt

Originally Posted by Twinnie

hey all

the lathe had a good with alen keys and a socket and it's much better off thanks for the tips jim

Matt

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Originally Posted by iron bark

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ahh yeah, in my defence thewre was a black out (big storm) when i was writing that.

what it ment to say was the lathe had a good going over with...

Matt

Twinnie but are ya happy with it now?

Originally Posted by tashammer

Twinnie but are ya happy with it now?

there is still more headstock flex then i would like. this makes me wonder if the dvr has as much since they claim to have the same bed.

i'm also building a heavy stand this week end to bolt it to, that might change things. i do realy like the lowest speed which is great for drilling out the center of bowls and the like, i use a 4 1/2 inch saw tooth bit and it doesn't even flinch!

the in built indexing system is a bit useless because to see the numbers you have to look though a tiny hole (10mm or so) which is hidden behind your chuck. that said it's still nice to have and the spindle lock is very strong.

reverse is a joy to have this was one of the things that drew me to this lathe, it's best to spin the peice and chuck/faceplate before you turn it on in reverse though otherwise it just unscrews it's self and falls off.

thats all i can think of for now over all i'm happy with it but not over the moon, this will probly change as a find out more about it and have a fiddle with set up.

Matt