Barry Temple
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- London, Ontario, Canada
I picked up my lathe today. It's a Craftex B2338; it looks identical to the Grizzly G0584. Craftex doesn't have the best of names in Canada but unfortunately I needed a lathe now and couldn't wait until I could afford a better one.
My question is:
The spur centre and live centre do not line up. They are about 1/32nd to 1/16th off. Is that critical for doing pens or other spindle turnings? I can't see any way to make them line up. I tried loosening off the locking nut all the way but the tailstock will only twist so far. Other than that it appears to be pretty decent. Well, except for the shelf being difficult to bolt to the legs. My mini lathe will line up when I twist the tailstock but I've still gotten pens that are a little off at the nose piece. Any ideas out there? Bringing it back is not the best option as the local store only had one and it's the one I got. Any suggestions / opinions?
My question is:
The spur centre and live centre do not line up. They are about 1/32nd to 1/16th off. Is that critical for doing pens or other spindle turnings? I can't see any way to make them line up. I tried loosening off the locking nut all the way but the tailstock will only twist so far. Other than that it appears to be pretty decent. Well, except for the shelf being difficult to bolt to the legs. My mini lathe will line up when I twist the tailstock but I've still gotten pens that are a little off at the nose piece. Any ideas out there? Bringing it back is not the best option as the local store only had one and it's the one I got. Any suggestions / opinions?
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