lathe projects.

ThThanks John , I have seen that system before on a imperial Boxford lathe , very handy also at that but unsure weather id bother with it on the viceroy. Thanks Gareth.

A lot depends on how happy you are with the lathe in general and also how often you screw cut. I had a Viceroy for a while. 2 complaints. There was too much wear in the bed for my tastes but more seriously on the one I had it wasn't possible to adjust the head stock bearings. It didn't have a screw cutting indicator either. I then tried a Raglan, same basic design of a bed as Myford. That was ok but I started having rust problems with it in the garage so moved indoors and tried a Myford. Bad move. They are not a terribly well designed lathe and don't take kindly to even moderate amounts of wear. As I came across a super 7 head I tried both ML and super 7. The biggest problem is the design of the bed, too narrow which makes the Raglans a significantly better lathe but they wear as well.. I then went back to a prismatic bed - Boxford. In my case an ME10 as I need rear drive due to the space I have available. I doubt if I will ever change lathes again but if I did it would most certainly be one with a prismatic bed. I did try new Chinese once too. Too many built in manufacturing errors that I couldn't correct and other problems such as the in ability to turn right up to a centre in the end of a piece of work. I did look again and found that was pretty common but once bitten etc.

John

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Thanks john , ill stick with what I have on the viceroy , at a future date perhaps a Boxford will be looked at as it has its advantages. Regards Gareth.