Dean Smith and Grace Type 17 help needed (maintenance?)
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 12:54 am
Hi, I've recently been let loose on the lathe(s) at work, due to the previous chap retiring from ill health, the latest addition being a "new" DSG type17 (well it's new to work...lol)
If anyone has any experience with maintaining this lathe i am trying to find out if its possible to take up the slack on the cross slide handwheel, as currently you have to move it about 1/8th of a turn before something happens, which is not ideal, when trying to set up to do multiple items of the same diameter.
I've trawled the net, and found some info from shamrock machinery, on similar DSG lathes, but it doesn't say anywhere about adjustment of the handwheel. there doesn't appear to be any slop between the bed and the saddle(?) its just at the handwheel, everything else seems fine with it. It'd be a shame not to use it as when you are turning something down, the finish is pretty good (compared to the results from the other 2 lathes we have)
Many thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Pete
If anyone has any experience with maintaining this lathe i am trying to find out if its possible to take up the slack on the cross slide handwheel, as currently you have to move it about 1/8th of a turn before something happens, which is not ideal, when trying to set up to do multiple items of the same diameter.
I've trawled the net, and found some info from shamrock machinery, on similar DSG lathes, but it doesn't say anywhere about adjustment of the handwheel. there doesn't appear to be any slop between the bed and the saddle(?) its just at the handwheel, everything else seems fine with it. It'd be a shame not to use it as when you are turning something down, the finish is pretty good (compared to the results from the other 2 lathes we have)
Many thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Pete