Thread: Disapointing Dynalink lathe

Hi John,

Adaptors are readily available at good woodworking
suppliers for around the $30 mark.

Just quote your Dynalink lathe model and the model
of your chuck and they can usually assist on the spot.

Will wait with eagerness to see your first turning.

Allan

Originally Posted by Allan at Wallan

Hi John,

Adaptors are readily available at good woodworking
suppliers for around the $30 mark.

Just quote your Dynalink lathe model and the model
of your chuck and they can usually assist on the spot.

Will wait with eagerness to see your first turning.

Allan

Thanks Allan, appreciate that. Will try and locate one. You wouldn't want to see my first attempts at turning I assure you.

What sort of chucks do you have and do they already have an insert in them? It might just be a matter of swapping the insert for the right one

Can you put up a pic of the chucks, front and back

Here they are DJ John sent me photo's the other day think he's working today if you call what he does working.

is it possible to have installed the shaft wrong way round when replacing it

Wouldn't even bother with the chuck from Ray's first 3 pics, looks like one of those GMC chucks or an engineering one of which each jaw moves independently but the last one looks to be scroll chuck so would be worth chasing an insert for it. Would just depend on what insert it has on the back.

1st one is ebgineering chuck DJ and is self centering had to help John over the phone relocate jaws as they were all out of sync.

Thanks DJ and Ray. I went to H&F today and the thread on the lathe spindle is 8tpi while the chucks are 10tpi (most popular size) and unfortunately anything with 8tpi thread on today is hard to find.
Although the lathe is "new" in a sense cos it has never been used, it is old stock and discontinued. The spindles on the new Carba-Tech and H&F lathes (which are pretty much identical to the Dynalink) are 10tpi threads so Grant at H&F suggested that I get a new spindle with the correct thread at a cost of just $45 shipped to me overnight.
I have pulled out the old spindle and now waiting for the replacement spindle which hopefully will arrive tomorrow and keeping my fingers crossed that it fits.

Rippa Rita soon to be turning like a pro

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Rippa Rita soon to be turning like a pro

Don't hold your breath Ray.

I have bought a dynalink wood lathe with the same problem as original post, could anyone tell me where I would find parts?

Originally Posted by glynn.browne

I have bought a dynalink wood lathe with the same problem as original post, could anyone tell me where I would find parts?

Firstly welcome to the forum. Could be a bit of a problem with an old lathe but never know. I had an old lathe that needed a new pulley and was able to locate one from a company called Lewis Pulleys, in Alexandria, Sydney.

This is a generic sort of lathe which was sold by many vendors, including Hare & Forbes and Carba-tec. If you can get the old pulleys off take them with you, otherwise measure the shaft size, this can vary between different versions.

Originally Posted by switt775

This is a generic sort of lathe which was sold by many vendors, including Hare & Forbes and Carba-tec. If you can get the old pulleys off take them with you, otherwise measure the shaft size, this can vary between different versions.

Yep, Hare and Forbes have the parts for them as you say, they are a generic make and parts are available for them. I got my parts from Hare and Forbes.
I have been turning ever since with the dynalink and no really problems so worth getting fixed if you can get it done cheaply enough. good luck with it.

Hi John I had the mc900 which is the same setup for 12yrs and the only thing that went wrong in all that time was belts ,I screwed ply to the back and on the bottom rails this made the frame very ridgidnever had a cause to add wieght as to the plastic handels i remove mine and drilled the sharft and put a short piece of 6mm rod though and flatend the ends so it wouldnt come out. have fun and allways have the lathe runing befor trying to change speed in fact you should allways shift it back to slow before switching it of for saftynot nice to have an out of balance piece of woodflying around the workshop

In regards to the insert you buy a blank that fits the chuck the have the insert theaded to your shaft sizeif you have a face plate take it with you
Cheers Ian