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A few hairy moments but hey it is nearly ready to be cleaned up and put to use
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finally got a chance to get the lathe in place off the dolly, do they vibrate and move about? do you bolt then to the floor?
cleanned it up a little bit its full of wood dust and carp, need to get a new chuck key are they all the same for the jacobs 34
cleanned it up a little bit its full of wood dust and carp, need to get a new chuck key are they all the same for the jacobs 34
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ill take a closer look inside i didnt see any feet it sits on the cabinet
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That is correct. However, you may find it's a bit low so worthwhile buying or making some levelling feet.
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Nice idea it may be a bit low actually but it might wobble if I make it a foot higher on feet lol
Oh and is this lever suppose to move
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I will have another fiddle tomorrow i removed the 2 screws near the chuck but it didnt budge
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I think if a machine I was looking at had been used on wood, I wouldn't buy it. Purely due to the amount of work that using a metal lathe on wood generates. It's bad enough if they've been used with metal and neglected.
You will soon learn this eternal truth:-
Lathe = machine for making milling machine parts.
Milling machine = machine for making lathe parts.
It looks great what you have bought. You'll find lots of help here.
You will soon learn this eternal truth:-
Lathe = machine for making milling machine parts.
Milling machine = machine for making lathe parts.
It looks great what you have bought. You'll find lots of help here.
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ha ha i need a milling machine next!
it looks like the lathe has not been used much and defiantly not been used in a good few years at all
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Talking about indexable tooling as you were up-thread...Bang Good do excellent value inserts and holders. Reviewed by Doubleboost of this parish.
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I epoxied 12mm thread bar into the concrete floor and used nuts and washers on either side of the cabinet mounting holes to level and secure my Boxford.
Leveling feet are fine, but in my opinion a Boxford is too light to be stable under just it's own weight.
Any lathe that you can manhandle into position is in the same boat, if you can move it into place you can move it inadvertently and put it out of level.
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Yes it is; it's the backgear change lever. The idea of the screws is that one of them passes through the headstock casting, locking the lever in place and actuating a microswitch inside; unscrewing it then drops out the main motor contactor as a safety feature so little Johnny can't crash the spindle gears with it running. It should still work as long as the interlocks haven't been bypassed.
Undo the screws, press down on the knob and the lever should tilt and then turn through a short arc (20 degrees or so) which slides the backgear in or out. Help it along by turning the chuck by hand, you'll soon get the feel for it as the lever won't drop into place if the teeth don't mesh properly. Retighten the screws (usually only needs one of them doing up for each position) until you hear the microswitch click and you're away.
Do not forget to oil the backgear: look through the hole in the front of the headstock and rotate the spindle by hand and you'll see a ball oiler appear. Apply oil can and squirt away
This is probably the most-neglected maintenance task on a Boxford (I'm on my second, the first being an AUD and the current a VSL500).Ian
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hi wedgie long time no see hows it going 
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Yes it is; it's the backgear change lever. The idea of the screws is that one of them passes through the headstock casting, locking the lever in place and actuating a microswitch inside; unscrewing it then drops out the main motor contactor as a safety feature so little Johnny can't crash the spindle gears with it running. It should still work as long as the interlocks haven't been bypassed.
Undo the screws, press down on the knob and the lever should tilt and then turn through a short arc (20 degrees or so) which slides the backgear in or out. Help it along by turning the chuck by hand, you'll soon get the feel for it as the lever won't drop into place if the teeth don't mesh properly. Retighten the screws (usually only needs one of them doing up for each position) until you hear the microswitch click and you're away.
Do not forget to oil the backgear: look through the hole in the front of the headstock and rotate the spindle by hand and you'll see a ball oiler appear. Apply oil can and squirt away
Ian
one of the screws is loose like the threads have gone and the other i loosened off buy still could not get the lever to move,
If I remember right the screw threads were intentionally wasted on my old BUD. Screws should undo but I think they are still captive, press the handle down when unscrewing the one into the micro-switch to get clearance. The lever then should go all the way down and move one way or the other to engage the backgear. If you take the plate off the top of the headstock you should see the gear move.
If you haven't already looked, Boxford do a parts diagrams
http://www.boxford-software.com/spares/NewImages/3656/Headstock MK2.png
If you haven't already looked, Boxford do a parts diagrams
http://www.boxford-software.com/spares/NewImages/3656/Headstock MK2.png
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i think i need to do a bit more digging and take that plate off and see whats going on
