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Thread: MC900 modifications
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10th August 2009, 02:47 PM #16
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Good on ya' Shorty. I like your fix. By the way, the loose nut occurs on more expensive lathes as well. I thought that I might use a lock washer but your idea is simple and a bit more permanent.
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24th November 2009, 06:50 PM #17
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Some great ideas, guys.
I ended up taking the belt cover completely off my Hafco WL18 - as far as I could see, the cooling fan in the motor was blowing sawdust straight into the headstock. And yes I have to be careful that the belt and pulleys are exposed. In hindsight, the totally enclosed motor on the Carb-a-tec MC900 might have been better, although it was 550 watts instead of 750.
One gadget I made to use with my Vicmark chuck is a wooden jig which clamps to the bed of the lathe and has a bolt with a tapered point that I can screw up to engage the indexing holes in the rim of the chuck. It's a bit fiddly, but works OK. You have to have a chuck with indexing holes, like the Vicmark.
cheers, Colin
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