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Checked this afternoon, and it’s working as it should. Checked with the guy that bought my Chester and he says that is set at around 0.0015” per rev. In the 4 years i owned it I never changed the gears and got use to how it was. Got to get use to faster production.

Thanks Jason

Hope the photos help. I'm going to run the lathe at 1000rpm and see how long it takes to travel an inch. Just incase it's my perception

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One other point, the gear chart with the lathe doesn’t give a lower feed per rev than 0.0025”. Has anyone found a way to slow the feed down.

Yes, yes and yes. I will have to check again tomorrow. Certain I’ve got something wrong but can’t see what.

Recently bought a used WM290V. Trying to set the feed and I can’t seem to get a fine feed. Setting up as the finest feed as the diagram it should give 0.0025” per rev. In use it is quite course and I have checked the gear setup twice and I’m confident it’s correct. I can’t see anyway of getting a finer feed, am I missing something.

Collected the mill teamster day and it now installed in the workshop.

Its one heavy beast.

Well if have bought a VMC with 3 axis DRO power traverse. I will pick it up on Sunday.
Thinking of a 5” vice, as I think a 6” maybe a bit big.

Andy

Thanks for the detailed reply. I like you think the VMC looks beefier, I note your comments on noise. A quick search confirms a few comments on th GH being noisy. It looks like a VMC it is, just leaves R8 it MT.

Thanks to all for the replies. Andy

I did have a look but couldnt find much in the way of the pros and cons of both.

Andy

I currently have a Warco WM14, it does most of what i need but at times im close to its limitations.

I am thinking of a Warco VMC or GH universal, whats the for and against for both.

I am sure i have read the GH is noisy due to the gear drive.

Thanks in advance, Andy

€3500 plus carriage and another €58 for a cardboard storage box. Ouch

I’m thinking £2000 ish

I have just sent an email to Kunz, looks just the job. Thanks

Work related so sorry. The object in the photo is called an Indi Square and we use it to check the squareness of a part relative to its mounting surface.

I need another one and contacting tool suppliers they have both offered height gauge but i doubt it will be that accurate. We calibrate the Indi square to 2 tenths over it 12" travel. Any ideas anyone,

I do like the idea Harold Halls,

Thanks Micky T

I’ve just turned up a 3” x 1/2” disc. Fitted on the grinder with a 8mm wide diamond wheel and without frying it only runs out about 10 thou.

Thanks for the replies

I’ve got a good quality 8” bench grinder that I can swap grinding wheels for polishing mops and put the grinding wheel back on and it runs true.

My old 6” Aldi special is a different story. I fancy putting a CBN and diamond wheel on it. The supplied washers seem part of the problem, has anyone managed to method to get the wheels to run true.

Andy

Looking at buying a 6” diamond wheel, what’s most versatile. A bevel wheel or flat.

Thanks