Thread: Wood lathe bargain

Originally Posted by Paul39

Filling the box tubes with sand will stop the ringing and add weight in the legs.

I have enough trouble moving it now LOL. Foam would do nicely light and sound be gone.

Originally Posted by wheelinround

I have enough trouble moving it now LOL. Foam would do nicely light and sound be gone.

Good thought. I have a Hegner with a square tube bed that rings like a bell. A 1/4 inch hole and a can of Great Stuff foam should take care of that.

Thanks for the Idea.

Wheelinround.

What length belt do you have. Mine is 61cm. It is only at extension that the nut hits the motor but it is very close when tightened normally and it seems to me that this situation is not right. What do you mean by check the Cam Plate setting? Is there a way to change the cam plate position. It sits the same as in your picture with the cam plate sticking up above the slotted bracket. I just think that a smaller belt would prevent this problem but I am not going to buy a new one at this stage. Much better things to waste money on unless it it important. The channel I have is only 200mm x 75mm not 100mm as I said. Being channel it will not have problems like yours and Pauls. I now need to work out how long to leave the channel. It is a toss up between length for future proofing and space to fit it in the shed.

Will post pics of stand when I get more done but at the moment I need to concentrate on other things such as fixing cattle crush so I can mark cattle and take them to market and get some money and allow the grass to grow for once. We have 43 acres and are way overstocked. I have been neglecting the property for too long. We have a branch down over the circular turnaround part of the drive which has been there for about 2 months. Our car and ute fit under it so have not worried too much as there have been many issues recently, such as my wife had breast cancer. She had op in early july and is now almost recovered but it all takes a toll.

Dean

Dean,

You certainly have your hands full at the moment.

I hope your wife has a complete recovery. My best wishes to both of you.

I assembled all the materials to build the stand today in the hope that I might do something with it. I have been busy with other projects and one or two odd jobs around the farm. It is a right shame I have to go to work to earn a living. I have plenty to occupy me right here.

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One of the things I have been doing is improving my metal cutting bandsaw which can be followed in the metalwork forum. Now it is back together and improved I can use it to cut the pieces for the stand except the top channel which is too big. I am going to have to cut that with an angle grinder.

Dean

Originally Posted by Oldneweng

Now it is back together and improved I can use it to cut the pieces for the stand except the top channel which is too big. I am going to have to cut that with an angle grinder.Dean

I sometimes use an abrasive blade in a 7 inch portable circular saw (Skillsaw around here). I clamp a guide on the part and use it to guide the saw, go slowly and it will make accurate cuts.

The same would also work in a table, radial arm, or miter saw. Be careful of sparks in sawdust.

I have a ryobi 8 inch circular saw and a stack of abrasive disks to fit. That is about all that this saw is used for. I also have a metal cutoff saw that will handle it. I don't mind using an angle grinder for just a couple of cuts like that but as the cutoff saw will do it I might just use that. I only just checked if it would fit. Since getting the bandsaw I prefer it to abrasive cutting for a number of obvious reasons!

Dean