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    Quote Originally Posted by Lappa View Post
    The bearings are common tapered roller bearings. Important to get the adjustment correct when refitting. Depending on application, they may be adjusted with slight end play (0.1 to 0.2mm is normal); zero end play or slight preload (eg, 1.5Nm). The manual should specify.
    Cheers for the info Lappa, appreciate it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by bueller View Post
    Cheers!

    Haha yeah I've got a small place, I'm usually on my front porch or sitting on my living room floor.

    That would finish my marriage for sure!

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    Quote Originally Posted by shedbound View Post
    That would finish my marriage for sure!
    Haha yeah no one here to complain luckily!

    Badge removed. Probably going to try getting another one made or ask Vicmarc if they have old ones laying around.





    Gave everything else a quick bath and it looks like grease was hiding some damage to the headstock. Less than impressed about this discovery however I don't think it will impact the operation of the lathe itself. Looks like a previous owner tried removing the keyed shaft without lining up the key way [emoji20]




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    Haaa soo Japanese screwdriver has been at work again.
    I would love to grow my own food, but I can not find bacon seeds

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    Actually got a fair bit of work done last night, have got the tool rest completely rust free and covered in 3-in-1 oil while I track down some paint. Going to try and get to Bunnings tonight to see what they've got, will post some pics of the tool rest later.

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    Bit of work on the hinged motor mount for the Woodfast. Still need to mount it to the bottom shelf but that's work for another day, this took me way too long today.









    Not pretty but it seems like it should do the trick!

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    Quote Originally Posted by bueller View Post
    So the Vicmarc only came with the face plate attached in photos, anyone provide any advice on 4 jawed chucks? Looks like I can get correctly sized Record and Hafco ones from Hare and Forbes locally or there are a few places online that sell the Vicmarc VM100 chucks.

    Hafco + insert = $187
    Vicmarc + insert = $238
    Record + insert = $286

    Not sure on the quality of the Hafco one, I'm tempted to just pick up the Vicmarc one and keep everything original but would love some opinions.
    Seeing you have a VL200, I would have thought a VM120 would be a better choice than the VM100. Depending on what work you do I think it would be more useful.
    Just noticed Timberbits have the VM120 for $269 in your thread size.
    Rgds,
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    Quote Originally Posted by Old Croc View Post
    Seeing you have a VL200, I would have thought a VM120 would be a better choice than the VM100. Depending on what work you do I think it would be more useful.
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    Cheers mate, completely new to this stuff. I'm actually looking at the Teknatool line now as well from Timbecon, seems like they have a pretty decent assortment of jaws and stuff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bueller View Post
    Cheers mate, completely new to this stuff. I'm actually looking at the Teknatool line now as well from Timbecon, seems like they have a pretty decent assortment of jaws and stuff.
    Check my amended post above.
    You may want to go to the Woodturning section and read previous threads on the different chucks. As much as I hate to say this, VM chucks seem to be much better for the $$$ outlayed.
    Rgds,
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    Quote Originally Posted by Old Croc View Post
    Check my amended post above.
    You may want to go to the Woodturning section and read previous threads on the different chucks. As much as I hate to say this, VM chucks seem to be much better for the $$$ outlayed.
    Rgds,
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    That's actually a good point, I haven't been to the wood turning section yet! Cheers for the tip on Timberbits, I was actually going to order a Vicmarc live centre from there so I'll probably get them all at once.

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    Tracked down some Hammerite paint for the Vicmarc after seeing another forum users excellent results. Fingers crossed it's a good match, the paint on the lathe was quite faded so it's hard to tell what the original colour was. Just going off a small painted section under the tool rest that seemed much darker than the rest of the machine.

    First time I've bought a paint brush that cost more than $5, huge difference haha


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    Tool rest is all cleaned up and masked off for paint. Actually seems a lot quicker concentrating on one assembly at a time, I've been able to chip away at little bits during the week instead of having huge jobs dedicated to weekends only.





    Will hopefully get a coat of paint down tomorrow arvo, forgot to buy thinners to clean the brush so I need to go back to Bunnings.

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    Went to order one of the newer round bar tool rests this morning, turns out either they've changed the size or I have an aftermarket tool rest. The shaft on mine measures 22mm and from what I can tell they only sell 1" and 30mm versions now. Emailed Vicmarc, waiting to see what they say.

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    Lots of detail supplied here and that should be useful for some other forumites.

    Vicmarc still uses non sealed bearings. They must be OK as i have not heard any complaints about them.

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    Gahhh. Just went to lay down first coat of paint on the tool rest and opened the paint to find it had set rock solid. Luckily the place is just around the corner from home, will just have to get it changed over tomorrow.

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