Re: Asian Lathe Conversion

In following the HF stuff, What the consensus has been is that the HF
equipemtn is basicaly a kit that is assembed for shipping but that
needs to be taken apart and CLEANED, thn reassembled correctly. The
worst is that more than one person has reported sand in the
gearboxes. be it from poor cleaning after casting or just not
attention on the assembly line.

And HF, Griz, Enco and a few others all get there stuff from the same
few factories.

Dave

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, CV Desper <mongo@d...> wrote:
> I have a 6 month old "Harbor freight" 12x36 lathe. It is very
accurate
> (.0005 or better). The down side is that I have spent as much time
> repairing the lathe as I have making parts.
>
> If you can afford it, go Taiwan.
>
> My .02 worth less than .01
>
> Chuck
>
> At 08:48 PM 12/30/2002 +0000, you wrote:
> >I'm considering purchasing a 12 x 36" or a 13 x 40" gear head lathe
> >from Grizzly or Enco or ???
> >
> >Has anyone had any experience with retrofitting the lead screws
with
> >ball-screws on either of these machines?
> >
> >Also, any comments on the quality and/or accuracy of the Asian
Lathes?
> >I found one Review on the web that claimed a quantum leap in
quality
> >from the smaller to larger machines.
> >
> >I assume that they are no match to American or German machines,
which
> >I just can't afford. Nor do I want to take the chance with used.
> >However if I find that I have to tweek, tweek and tweek just for +-
> >.001", It would probably be best to do without.
> >
> >Tom M.
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