How many of you use both locking handles to keep the tool post in place on the banjo? 😕
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Question for 3520 owners
- Thread starter Jake Debski
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I do, just as a matter of habit.
Jake,
The day I hooked up my lathe the cage guard thing got thrown under the steps where it remains, still wrapped in cardboard, and the second locking handle was put in a drawer, as a spare. Now I could be faulted for the guard, but one locking handle has suited me just fine.
By the way, I am making use of the Guard holder bracket. I have mounted a goose necked lamp on an aluminum rod that fits in the guard mount hole. I have also duct taped my dust collector hose to the same rod to get closer to the source.
BP
The day I hooked up my lathe the cage guard thing got thrown under the steps where it remains, still wrapped in cardboard, and the second locking handle was put in a drawer, as a spare. Now I could be faulted for the guard, but one locking handle has suited me just fine.
By the way, I am making use of the Guard holder bracket. I have mounted a goose necked lamp on an aluminum rod that fits in the guard mount hole. I have also duct taped my dust collector hose to the same rod to get closer to the source.
BP
john lucas
AAW Forum Expert
Jake
I use both handles but not at the same time. It just depends on the piece I'm working on and how i'm standing at the lathe. I haven't found it necessary to use both at the same time.
I use both handles but not at the same time. It just depends on the piece I'm working on and how i'm standing at the lathe. I haven't found it necessary to use both at the same time.
Hi Jake,
Like John, I use both but not necessarily at the same time.
Norm
Like John, I use both but not necessarily at the same time.
Norm
I have found the toolpost locking handle to be insufficiently long to lock the toolpost when I do roughouts. During roughouts I use a custom toolrest which acts as a guiding lever, referenced here:
toolpost discussion (fall 2004)
Initially I created a wooden handle to act as a lever over the existing lever. The original locking handle busted when I put too much pressure on it multiple times. Now there are 3 bolts in all 3 holes and I tighten one with a closed end wratchet wrench. Occasionally 2 bolts get tightened.
Overall the lathe has been used over 2,000 hours. I consider the lack of a decent toolpost locking mechanism to be one of the design deficiencies of the 3520a. Overall the 3520 is designed quite well in many other respects.
toolpost discussion (fall 2004)
Initially I created a wooden handle to act as a lever over the existing lever. The original locking handle busted when I put too much pressure on it multiple times. Now there are 3 bolts in all 3 holes and I tighten one with a closed end wratchet wrench. Occasionally 2 bolts get tightened.
Overall the lathe has been used over 2,000 hours. I consider the lack of a decent toolpost locking mechanism to be one of the design deficiencies of the 3520a. Overall the 3520 is designed quite well in many other respects.
Thanks for
the replies. I've used my lathe a lot the last 2 yrs. but never used both locking handles.
After seeing what Jeff is roughing out I can see why you might want to use both though.
BP, my extra "handle" is stored, along with a shipping tab, on the tailstock end of ways. It serves as a saftey stop when I slide the tailstock out of the way, but allows me to drop the stop out of the way if I need to remove the tailstock. 🙂
Thanks again,
Jake
the replies. I've used my lathe a lot the last 2 yrs. but never used both locking handles.
After seeing what Jeff is roughing out I can see why you might want to use both though.
BP, my extra "handle" is stored, along with a shipping tab, on the tailstock end of ways. It serves as a saftey stop when I slide the tailstock out of the way, but allows me to drop the stop out of the way if I need to remove the tailstock. 🙂
Thanks again,
Jake
Jake,
Great idea for the extra handle.
I have been using the 3520 for a couple of years now and I love it. I bought this one over the next model up because of theability to slide the head to the end to turn bowls. My complaints are minor and few. There should be a better way to lock the spindle. (I have cut slots in the side of the lock button guard and have a piece of aluminum I slip in there to hold the button in). Oddly my other complaint involves the set screw in the sheave (?) that accepts the lock button. It occasionally loosens and the sheave slips to the left and won't lock. I guess I could put lock-tite on it but i just retighten it.
I'm curious. does anyone use the guard?
Anyone have any neat homemade improvements they use?
BP
Great idea for the extra handle.
I have been using the 3520 for a couple of years now and I love it. I bought this one over the next model up because of theability to slide the head to the end to turn bowls. My complaints are minor and few. There should be a better way to lock the spindle. (I have cut slots in the side of the lock button guard and have a piece of aluminum I slip in there to hold the button in). Oddly my other complaint involves the set screw in the sheave (?) that accepts the lock button. It occasionally loosens and the sheave slips to the left and won't lock. I guess I could put lock-tite on it but i just retighten it.
I'm curious. does anyone use the guard?
Anyone have any neat homemade improvements they use?
BP
Good save
on the locking button, BP. When I bought my lathe I did so because of the bang for the buck comments I had read. The negative comments had me worried but as yet none have been insurmountable by simple fixes. It will never be a Oneway or Stubby, but it is plenty of lathe for me and my needs. Plus the money I saved allowed me to purchase some very good accessories that I would have had to wait years for otherwise.
on the locking button, BP. When I bought my lathe I did so because of the bang for the buck comments I had read. The negative comments had me worried but as yet none have been insurmountable by simple fixes. It will never be a Oneway or Stubby, but it is plenty of lathe for me and my needs. Plus the money I saved allowed me to purchase some very good accessories that I would have had to wait years for otherwise.
Again like John and Norm, both are in place but only one at a time.
If I tried to store the second one I'd probably lose it anyway.
Regards....CC
If I tried to store the second one I'd probably lose it anyway.
Regards....CC