Warco WM250v

Sorry It's me again but I am wanting some kindly owner of a warco WM250v lathe to help with some real measurements of this beast. I am planning out the space required and I see that Wacro list its dimensions as 1120 x 585 x 500mm over handles I wish they had a line drawing of the lathe with relative applications of these dimensions. The one that I really need is from front to back of the splash guard so I can check the available space will accommodate it.

Its about the same footprint size on paper as the ML7 I am changing it for its just the front to back size i want to be sure of as I would like to prep the space and start making a stand base.

should I have posted this as a footnote to my other posting about bench or stand? sorry if I should have.

Martin

Martin,

just been out to measure mine. The end casing which covers the motor pulleys is the rearmost bit that sticks out. From that point to the front of the drip tray is 530 mm. From the rear of the splash back to the front of the drip tray is 470 mm. The cross slide handle sticks 70 mm forward of the front of the drip tray .. Hope this helps

John

John.

Many thanks for doing that for me and also to Thor for PM'ing me with a very handy grizzly downloadable handbook.

http://cdn0.grizzly.com/manuals/g0602_m.pdf

All things being well I should be able to put it in the same space as the ML7 so I can utilise the foundation bolt studs to hold the bench down.

when I installed my asiatic mill-drill from Mr Warcos emporium I had a problem of getting to the belts when the head was all the way up the column and getting the drawbar out, the tin lid was not able to open fully so I cut a hole in the ceiling and built a skylight! drastic i know but the plus side I can get real daylight over the machine. anyone know where that big orange thing in the sky has gone?

then comes the problem of opening the tin lid when the head is lowered as the hole the column goes through stops the lid opening…. drastic step Mk2… cut the tin lid in half throughout the centre line of the 'ole… and there is me withering on about Elf and safety!