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DeltaX folded sheet metal lathe

That lathe came out quite a few years ago. It was a decent lathe but I don't know if parts are even available anymore. The steel stand and bed didn't seem to be a problem.
 
Thank You!

John,

Much appreciate the information. I think I'm going to pass on that one. Been sitting for sale awhile and it was tempting but I made a list of priorities for funding in 2014 last month. Much as I like the idea of a different lathe, lathe wasn't nowhere on the list when I checked it after starting this thread! Some of those things are safety related too, the lathe was a poorly thought out impulse. That lathe is clean and new looking, didn't realize it was old enough to have part issues.

Apologies for wasting your time.

Hu
 
I don't know if it is the same one as you were thinking about, but five or six years ago, Delta came out with a new variable speed lathe that looked pretty nice. I think that it might have had a 16 inch swing. I intended to buy it and they let me do a thorough evaluation on all the mechanical aspects at the local Rockler store. There was something that kept bothering me about the way things seemed to shift around on alignment such as the headstock and tailstock centers until I finally noticed that the ways on the bed were moving. It was then that I finally noticed that the ways weren't welded directly to the frame, but instead it used U shaped tabs of sheet metal that connected the ways to the structure. One end of the U was tack welded to the frame and the other end was tack welded to the bottom of one of the ways. The best I remember the two ways were at least somewhat independent of each other, but the main concern was that the ways were more or less floating on this non-rigid connection. Whenever the headstock or tailstock was locked down, I saw a very significant flexure in the ways vertically and torsionally. This particular model was not on the market for very long -- maybe just a few months.
 
sounda like the puppy!

Bill Boehme said:
I don't know if it is the same one as you were thinking about, but five or six years ago, Delta came out with a new variable speed lathe that looked pretty nice. I think that it might have had a 16 inch swing. I intended to buy it and they let me do a thorough evaluation on all the mechanical aspects at the local Rockler store. There was something that kept bothering me about the way things seemed to shift around on alignment such as the headstock and tailstock centers until I finally noticed that the ways on the bed were moving. It was then that I finally noticed that the ways weren't welded directly to the frame, but instead it used U shaped tabs of sheet metal that connected the ways to the structure. One end of the U was tack welded to the frame and the other end was tack welded to the bottom of one of the ways. The best I remember the two ways were at least somewhat independent of each other, but the main concern was that the ways were more or less floating on this non-rigid connection. Whenever the headstock or tailstock was locked down, I saw a very significant flexure in the ways vertically and torsionally. This particular model was not on the market for very long -- maybe just a few months.
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Bill,

Sounds like this puppy. It is purty but I'm shy of it. I had a little windfall and was thinking toy but then I woke up and remembered that 150' of cable I need to buy and a few things including some chainsaw safety gear. I do need a hand spec'ing out that wire now please. Time to start that project when the ground thaws, a statement you won't hear often from South Louisiana!

Hu
 
hu lowery said:
Bill,

Sounds like this puppy. It is purty but I'm shy of it. I had a little windfall and was thinking toy but then I woke up and remembered that 150' of cable I need to buy and a few things including some chainsaw safety gear. I do need a hand spec'ing out that wire now please. Time to start that project when the ground thaws, a statement you won't hear often from South Louisiana!

Hu
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Thanks for reminding me -- it had plum slipped my mind.
 
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