kiwioutdoors
19th July 2009, 06:27 PM
18 month ago I sold my old tanner lathes and bought a Teknatool Nova TL 1200 without a stand and once unloaded from the car it has spent the last 18 months on the floor waiting for me to build it a home. On thursday I was surffing through trademe our version of Ebay and found a unwanted stand for a metalwork lathe for $10. It was a little short but it was solid with some melamine and some 50 by 25 mm box section and $25 worth of Galvanised bolts I have a stand.
Initially I am going to make about 2 dozen chisel handles.
I have a few question though
Is my setup solid enough or have I over / under engineered it
Does anyone have a manual for one of these they could scan and email me?
How to you swivel it ie turn the head to face the other way or out at an angle? Just unbolt and change the way it faces?
The last image shows some metal plates what are these for ? they look homemade and the only place they seem to fit is under the belt housing where the machine attaches to the sliding bed? But Why i am not sure Any ideas?
Thanks
Andrew
Initially I am going to make about 2 dozen chisel handles.
I have a few question though
Is my setup solid enough or have I over / under engineered it
Does anyone have a manual for one of these they could scan and email me?
How to you swivel it ie turn the head to face the other way or out at an angle? Just unbolt and change the way it faces?
The last image shows some metal plates what are these for ? they look homemade and the only place they seem to fit is under the belt housing where the machine attaches to the sliding bed? But Why i am not sure Any ideas?
Thanks
Andrew