jefferson
12th June 2009, 01:31 PM
I've been following another lathe maintenance thread which I didn't want to hijack.
Now that I've actually started to use mine, I'm wondering what I should be doing in terms of maintenance. (I've lost the Vicmarc manual somewhere).
The VL seems to be pretty much dust and fool proof at the headstock end? And all the electrics are under cover, so I can't see too much is needed, right?
All I've done to date has been to use WD40 to remove some surface rust on the bed after leaving wet shavings on it overnight.
Is there anything else I should be checking? The machine is running great and hope it stays that way.
stalled it once when being a little too aggressive (belt was admittedly on the 3000 rpm ratio) which gave me a little heart twitch, but otherwise, all is well.
thanks in advance
Jeff
Now that I've actually started to use mine, I'm wondering what I should be doing in terms of maintenance. (I've lost the Vicmarc manual somewhere).
The VL seems to be pretty much dust and fool proof at the headstock end? And all the electrics are under cover, so I can't see too much is needed, right?
All I've done to date has been to use WD40 to remove some surface rust on the bed after leaving wet shavings on it overnight.
Is there anything else I should be checking? The machine is running great and hope it stays that way.
stalled it once when being a little too aggressive (belt was admittedly on the 3000 rpm ratio) which gave me a little heart twitch, but otherwise, all is well.
thanks in advance
Jeff