Frank Fusco
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Congratulations Frank!
You be really careful with that heavy stuff!
DT
Lathe in place. No more heavy lifting until my next adventure.
Congratulations Frank!
You be really careful with that heavy stuff!
DT
Geez, Frank,
How did *my* new lathe end up in *your* shop? Especially when I just got rigged up for 220?
Congrats! Looks like a sweet machine. You're going to have to forget about pens and start working on some *very* large bowls!
Thanks,
Bill
not necessarily unit number 2 just because the serial number is 002. in china and taiwan they write backwards so it could be unit #200 !!!
He does nice woodworking. Need to get him signed on here.
Learned something interesting today. Dunno if it's good or bad news. I wrote tech support because a locking handle was broken and there are some minor scratches on the unit. They asked for the serial number. I had thought the label was blank but on real close inspection I found: 002
I might have gotten only the second one of these off the assembly line.
They will be sending me a new handle and jar of touch up paint.
So you are the second person to buy one, hmmmm, doesn't that tell you something
Up and running. Sm-o-o-o-th.
More extensive report tomorrow.
So how's it running, Frank? Have you had a chance to turn on it yet?
BTW, I've seen recommendations to disconnect the power from the inverter when it's not being used. Voltage spikes and other surges can be bad for the electronics.
Frank, you mentioned a few times that you have a few books published. I tried amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com but couldn't find anything under your name. Do you use a pen name maybe?
Frank, good to hear you got some turning on the new machine!
Good to hear you got the bowl gouge to cooperate
I'd suspect the hot glue, the HF your show is going to put a TON more stress on the glue than a plater would, as the patter is all fairly close to the face plate, but the HF you show has a LOT of leverage on the joint on the faceplate.
Don't you have a chuck that will fit that lathe?
I never trusted the hot melt glue, if I was stuck with just a faceplate, I'd screw the thing on, making sure there was lots of extra wood to cut off as waste, or I'd glue, with wood glue, a waste block on the bottom and then screw the sucker to the faceplate.
Cheers!