I am seriously looking at purchasing the Laguna 1836 (220v version) and found a company that will ship it free, not charge tax and will deliver it into my garage no charge. Just a lot of good things there.
I have a few odd questions for anyone else that owns this lathe since I cannot get answers from my other research.
1. What plug is on the end of this from the factory? It seems it is a NEMA-15 but in another place, I saw it was a NEMA-20. I have to run the 220v line so I wanted to get the outlet ahead of time. I am not an electrician but some say that you can use #14 wire but I was thinking #12 is the right gauge to use. A big difference in price. I am only going about 10 feet from the breaker box to where the lathe will sit.
2. Since I made a lot of accessories for my old Jet lathe (sander, etc.), I have a lot of bed clamps. Can someone offer what is the width of the bedway? My Jet was 1.75 inches.
3. I would be moving from a 1" x 8 spindle to a 1.25" x 8 spindle. I have 2 Nova chucks that I can get new inserts for but I have a lot of other headstock accessories. I know they sell adapters but wanted to hear if anyone has had experience with using them. I am likely overthinking this but I am wondering if adapters can add wobble if they are of poor quality and you can't always tell until you buy it and then mount it. More is not always better.
Thanks, folks for the time.
-John
I have a few odd questions for anyone else that owns this lathe since I cannot get answers from my other research.
1. What plug is on the end of this from the factory? It seems it is a NEMA-15 but in another place, I saw it was a NEMA-20. I have to run the 220v line so I wanted to get the outlet ahead of time. I am not an electrician but some say that you can use #14 wire but I was thinking #12 is the right gauge to use. A big difference in price. I am only going about 10 feet from the breaker box to where the lathe will sit.
2. Since I made a lot of accessories for my old Jet lathe (sander, etc.), I have a lot of bed clamps. Can someone offer what is the width of the bedway? My Jet was 1.75 inches.
3. I would be moving from a 1" x 8 spindle to a 1.25" x 8 spindle. I have 2 Nova chucks that I can get new inserts for but I have a lot of other headstock accessories. I know they sell adapters but wanted to hear if anyone has had experience with using them. I am likely overthinking this but I am wondering if adapters can add wobble if they are of poor quality and you can't always tell until you buy it and then mount it. More is not always better.
Thanks, folks for the time.
-John