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Re: Deltal Midi

Greetings fellow wooturners. I have just purchased a new Delta Midi Lathe and have a couple of concerns. I have found slop in the tailstock fit between the ways and also the fit of the 1"X8" thread to be very loose. I was wondering if anyone had any advice to address these two issues and perhaps some suggestions as to how I might correct them. I have been thinking I might just make a new spindle for the headstock with a better fit and true'er running thread. Just a note, I have made an 8" faceplate for my big lathe and tried it on the Delta and there is about 1/8 of inch run-out, not as precice as I would have it. As for the tailstock, I thought I might drill and tap for set-screws, 2 on each face adjacent to the ways and fiddle with setting them till I get a tighter and centered fit on the ways and the axis of the spindle & tailstock.

If there are any other suggestions I would appreciate it.

Bernie Bober.

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Bernie Bober
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Thank you for your advice Barry.

As a machinist,I don't find the problems to be something I can't fix, I was just wondering if others had found these to be common in the Delta Midi. I might not bother with replacing the headstock spindle (although it would be no problem and I would be able to manufacture it to much higher tolerances than the factory one) but I will need to do something about the tailstock. I know another turner (and machinist) whom found out how much it was out and just used shim-stock, held in place with a little rivet on the front side of tailstock casting.

Maybe as a machinist I am expecting too much I don't know.

Bernie.

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Bernie Bober

I second that motion, Barry... I had a Jet mini for 2 1/2 years on which I turned close to 400 pieces, ranging from small, lidded boxes to 10 inch high vases... I just traded up for a Nova DVR 3000. The Jet, I sold to a friend and I'm sure he'll get many years of use out of it. The greatest thing about the Jet is that if you have it securely bolted to a very heavy bench, you can use its full 10" wide by 14" high capacity to turn really large, heavy pieces.

-- Ali T. Borahan AliSails - Fine Wood Artistry & Custom Woodcrafts Web URL:

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Ali T. Borahan

Bernie, the problems may not seem like much to you, but they sound like sizeable defects to me. Especially, in a new piece of machinery. Its not that you can't fix what's wrong. Its just that you shouldn't have to rebuild a new lathe. Delta's quality control ought to be better than that. If you don't return it, Delta will assume it was acceptable..........when its not. Under those circumstances, I would feel obligated to return the lathe for a replacement.

Barry

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Barry N. Turner

Sounds like good advice. I will try to contact the manufacturer and find out what their tolerances are and I'll know if I should return it for a replacement or not. I turned a tool handle tonight and it seemed to work just great. I am making some of my own tools and started with a handle for my skew chisel. Thanks again for your advice Barry.

Bernie.

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Bernie Bober

It sort of seems to me as if they are selling a mini-lathe kit?

Bill

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Bill Rubenstein

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