Will Pick Up Pm 1340 Gt Monday 07/20/15

Facts don't lie , wd40 is fair as lube but don't trust it to prevent rust!! I've had people bring there firearms stored with a spray of the greatest water displacer ever. Not a rust preventer, I don't trust it except to help dry out metal when wet. I'll stick with real oil. Does a good job on fish bait too. Some of the old guys I fished with use to spray there bait with it . Yes it does clean well on metal even helps take stickers off items.
 
no photos to post, lathe is on stands, which was a fun adventure, make sure when you are setting lathe on stand that tail stock is lock in position, everything was going fine, then for some unknown reason it went off balance, gear head end down, tail up, I grabbed to correct and had tail stock slide down on to hand, didn't feel good but no damage.

What leveling pads are 1340 GT owners using , QMT did not have any in stock so I will have to order on line.. just not sure which size to get, should I over kill it on weight size limit rating?
 
Put these on after my other ones failed: MASON Neoprene Leveling Mount, 500 lb load, 3-1/2 Diameter - 4C978. They work well and are reasonable on ePay depending on the vendor. Enco and Grizzly also have similar models. Recommend using at least the 500Lb rated ones to maintain stability/minimal deflection, you need 4. I check my machine regularly for any change in level and have stiffened the base. Alternatively others use hard mounting feet.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Machine-Mount-1-1-2-800-lb-Capacity/G7158
http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRIT?PARTPG=INLMKD&PMPXNO=5832297&PMAKA=325-6611
 
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I copied Mike and put the TECOs on mine. No problems so far.
 
I know I have said this before, but I will repeat again, use Mason feet under a lathe with caution, they move, they shrink, the lathe will most likely not stay level very long. I tried for 2 years to believe they would level my lathe, finally quit and made rigid leveling pads with bolts and indented iron discs. I truly believe Mason pads are made for leveling conveyors and outfeed tables, not precision machinery. I am sure someone out there is happy with them under their lathe but it sure as heck isn't me. I don't mean to come off as an arrogant expert but I have been setting up machinery for some time now and you could not give me a set of Mason feet to use for a lathe, mill, surface grinder, shaper. As an aside I know a guy now retired who set up precision lathes that he sold with nothing but bolts and indented steel pads, said all the synthetic padded mounts compressed over time. When you install half a dozen 10ee or HLVH and refuse to use Mason feet that says something to me. When I told him my tale he just nodded like he had been there long before.

michael
 
Doubleeboy said:
I know I have said this before, but I will repeat again, use Mason feet under a lathe with caution, they move, they shrink, the lathe will most likely not stay level very long. I tried for 2 years to believe they would level my lathe, finally quit and made rigid leveling pads with bolts and indented iron discs. I truly believe Mason pads are made for leveling conveyors and outfeed tables, not precision machinery. I am sure someone out there is happy with them under their lathe but it sure as heck isn't me. I don't mean to come off as an arrogant expert but I have been setting up machinery for some time now and you could not give me a set of Mason feet to use for a lathe, mill, surface grinder, shaper. As an aside I know a guy now retired who set up precision lathes that he sold with nothing but bolts and indented steel pads, said all the synthetic padded mounts compressed over time. When you install half a dozen 10ee or HLVH and refuse to use Mason feet that says something to me. When I told him my tale he just nodded like he had been there long before.

michael
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This was the main reason I went with the TECO leveling feet. I was going to use the Mason mounts on my equipment with the thinking it may absorb some of the vibrations but after reading on here someone posted about having the chase the level over time so I went with the TECO at home just like we use at work.

Mike.
 
Have used the Mason on my mill with no change over the years, and have not seen any appreciable change on the lathe over the last 6 months. but will look into solid mounts for the lathe. I have read comments in both camps on this issue, and the better isolation feet can tun up to 1K per set and are specific for the type of machine/application.
 
Doubleeboy said:
I know I have said this before, but I will repeat again, use Mason feet under a lathe with caution, they move, they shrink, the lathe will most likely not stay level very long. I tried for 2 years to believe they would level my lathe, finally quit and made rigid leveling pads with bolts and indented iron discs. I truly believe Mason pads are made for leveling conveyors and outfeed tables, not precision machinery. I am sure someone out there is happy with them under their lathe but it sure as heck isn't me. I don't mean to come off as an arrogant expert but I have been setting up machinery for some time now and you could not give me a set of Mason feet to use for a lathe, mill, surface grinder, shaper. As an aside I know a guy now retired who set up precision lathes that he sold with nothing but bolts and indented steel pads, said all the synthetic padded mounts compressed over time. When you install half a dozen 10ee or HLVH and refuse to use Mason feet that says something to me. When I told him my tale he just nodded like he had been there long before.

michael
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Had the same experience with Mason pads on my lathe. Spent more time leveling than machining. Changed to solid feet and haven't needed to relevel since. I do have Mason feet on my two mills (because I had them) but leveling isn't as critical as a lathe.

Tom S
 
I used these from McMaster -Carr
http://www.mcmaster.com/#6111K183
They have a thin synthetic pad to give a none skid grip but don't compress. Be aware that the threaded holes on the 1340 are not 1/2 13 but metric (M12 x 1.75?). I was able to run a 1/2 13 tap thru the metric thread and get a clean threaded hole. Not much of a difference between this size metric vs AS thread.
 
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