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21st March 2015, 05:09 PM #16
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Many thanks Mobyturns and Woodturnerjosh!
It was indeed the clamping collar - got it off with a 3/16" hex key (and some light encouragement with a screwdriver to get it off after that), and that revealed a slot for the tommy bar, which made it easy to get the faceplate off using the supplied wrench!
Only had a few minutes to turn something, but despite not having turned on a lathe in 10 years, I successfully roughed out a spare chunk of Bunnings pine without putting a chisel through my foot
. The VL150 sure does feel like a nice piece of machinery!
Cheers,
Danny
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21st March 2015, 07:54 PM #17
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Excellent!
Just fyi: Everything on your Vicmarc should be metric so if you plan on using that clamping collar it would be worth getting a 5mm allen key. 3/16 is only slightly smaller but you'd hate to strip a head out while it's clamped on, and I'd rather tell you now just in case than wait until it's too late
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21st March 2015, 11:02 PM #18
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Thanks! I probably already have one, will dig it out and hang it next to the lathe.
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24th March 2015, 08:29 AM #19
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You really only need to use the collar if you intend to use reverse on the lathe. Since Vicmarc have designed in the safety feature of a cover over the reverse switch
Originally Posted by rtyuiop
it is unlikely that you will accidently engage reverse.
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