It's Here! Caution - New Lathe Gloat

[ScottM]

Now that is some serious big iron... Congrats

 

[CrealBilly]

You notice Tim has not replied to this thread since he posted it - He's lost in the spinny vortex - not even his wife can find him :gar-La;

 

[EdMorgano]

Great looking lathe. It should prove to give you a life time of turning pleasure. Looking forward to seeing what comes of this lathe.
Jack

Is that a OneWay in your profile picture? Must be nice. Oh, and congratulations Tim....wherever you are.

 

[Joe Bradshaw]

Tim, I hope that you enjoy your 2436 as much as I have enjoyed mine. I wish that I had gotten the wheel set with mine. I have moved mine twice by myself(moved into a new shop). Enjoy.

 

[timf67]

You notice Tim has not replied to this thread since he posted it - He's lost in the spinny vortex - not even his wife can find him :gar-La;

Yes, I've been lost working on it but not quite turning on it yet. Finally got power to it last night after a near disaster... Long story short, the previous owner had a welder in his shop. He had a 50 amp range outlet in the shop, so I made an outlet box with a range plug on one end and a 20 amp 250V outlet on the other to match what came with the lathe. I plugged the lathe in and went to hit the power and heard a strange buzzing sound! Got out my volt meter and discovered that he had wired one of the hots to the neutral wire and the neutral/ground was in one of the hot locations. :eusa_doh: :crossedlips: :wmad: So after a little rewiring and a little prayer that I hadn't fried anything I tried again, this time it was a success and I got to watch it spin! :icon_cheers Okay so it wasn't that short of a story...

 

[Pop Golden]

Hi Tim,
When you buy a lathe, YOU BUY A LATHE!ccasion1

 

[CaptnA]

Sweet machine!