Looks like I have another project. Great photography! My PM1235 is supposed to arrive this afternoon. Hope I can keep it as nice and clean as yours.

Thanks for sharing:

Bob
 
Thanks fellas.


Good morning - Hey great stuff, this is one of the many things that I need to make (by chance can you post the plans) between you a GaryK you both are keeping me pretty busy.

Thanks,
Sonny


Unfortunately I did not make any plans for it. It's pretty straightforward but if you need help I'll be more than happy to. As Gary mentioned in his thread, the spindle thread is 1 5/8-16 which is what I came up with too when measuring. On my spider the outside diameter matches the spindle, thread depth is .75", OAL is 2.25", & the bore is 1.30". I used M8x20 set screws cause I had extras laying around, plus I prefer to keep all fastners for the lathe & mill metric so I don't need to keep an extra set of tools nearby.



Looks like I have another project. Great photography! My PM1235 is supposed to arrive this afternoon. Hope I can keep it as nice and clean as yours.

Thanks for sharing:

Bob


Congrats! Sounds like you will be busy today!

Keeping it clean is not hard if you spend the time to clean it. But trying to prevent scratches, chips, & dents would probably drive someone crazy. The feeling sucks when you encounter that first major one because of all the money you spent & how pretty it looks but it's inevitable. Luckily the lathe is white so it doesn't look as noticeable from a distance if you're worried about it. Chips will expose the colored primer & the thick body filler chips easily in some areas.
 
Will, I noticed in your first picture the end of your work was painted red. I get leftovers from local manufacturers and some of them are painted on the end. I think it might mean how hard it is. I get some with red, blue,green, yellow and orange. Do you know what it means if anything?

Bob
 
Will, I noticed in your first picture the end of your work was painted red. I get leftovers from local manufacturers and some of them are painted on the end. I think it might mean how hard it is. I get some with red, blue,green, yellow and orange. Do you know what it means if anything?

Bob

Yes, in my case, the color denotes the type of metal. I get all my metal (with the exception of Ti & Zr) from the local IMS. For round bar (& flat bar too I think), red is CR 1018, orange is CU 110, blue is AL 6061, pink is SS 303, & IIRC yellow is SS 304. BR C360 is also red but of course the diffference can easily be seen in the color of the metal as only the ends are painted.
 
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I've been wanting to make some sort of spindle work stop & I was going to make a second threaded spindle adapter for this purpose while I was making the spider. The Aloris spindle stop for the size I need is over $400. Rovi Products who are near my work offers a similar version for less than $200. Dorian also makes them but I couldn't find a price on them or anyone that sold them. If anyone is interested & has a spindle bore of 1-5/8" to just over 2", there's a seller on ebay who has a few of the Dorian sets for $160. Damn, I wish they had my size, they look nice!

Well happy birthday to me, bought myself my own birthday present. :)) MSC carries the Yuasa spindle stop for just over $200. Went to the local MSC outlet yesterday & ordered one, model SWT-105. My sales guy gave me 15% off of it. Picked it up today, way better than anything I could have made & it's simple to use. The wrench is overkill long (my guess it's the same wrench used for all their sizes). I think I may make a shorter one someday.


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I think it might depend on the supplier. I just picked-up a few hundred pounds of various diameter 1045 and some is painted red and some is green. It's all hot-rolled 1045 -just different diameters.

Ray

Will, I noticed in your first picture the end of your work was painted red. I get leftovers from local manufacturers and some of them are painted on the end. I think it might mean how hard it is. I get some with red, blue,green, yellow and orange. Do you know what it means if anything?

Bob
 
Thank you for the DRO info and xiao1207 as an Ebay seller. I just ordered the SINPO kit for my 1236. I see pics of how clean yours is and it just makes me jealous. I need to spend some time with some Kerosene and some rags to really get mine all cleaned up. I don't know if the SINO is any better or worse than the SINPO. There wasn't any information on the scales so I asked the seller. Looking for something decent at around $400.
 
DarkZero what are those lights you have on your lathe? I really like the way they look and appear to function. I want to get me a set of those. My DRO came in yesterday and I started the install last night. I had to get a 950mm Z scale as they where out of the 920mm scales. I hope to have it completely setup by tomorrow night. Heck I might even get the flood coolant working as I've never gotten around to hooking it up.
 
DarkZero what are those lights you have on your lathe? I really like the way they look and appear to function. I want to get me a set of those.

Don't know the brand name if they even have one. The one on the carriage I got from Grizzly which they don't carry anymore, 24V but 50W as opposed to the stock 25W. China stuff. They used to be on ebay but not anymore (I wanted to get a couple more for something else). There's different ones on ebay though. Some of the larger Grizzly lathes come with them & you might be able to get one as a replacement part, last I looked they were much more expensive than what I paid for it.

The one mounted on the control panel was from 800Watt on ebay but occasionally they do still pop up on ebay from different sellers. That one is 110v & 50W also, same lamp head. The magnetic base that comes with it is small & doesn't hold it's weight so I replaced the base with the largest one Mcmaster carries. I also bought a bunch of replacement bulbs from 800watt for cheap so I'm set for a long time (haven't had to change a bulb yet though).

Thanks for bumping this thread, I had forgotten how nice my lathe looked when it was brand new & scratch free. Probably still better looking than any of all your guys' though. :p
 
Thanks for bumping this thread, I had forgotten how nice my lathe looked when it was brand new & scratch free. Probably still better looking than any of all your guys' though. :p
LoL. That is correct for me at least. I have oil that is stained on the back splash and bed that I just can't get to come clean. I've given up on making it look as clean as yours does in those pics but it definitely looks better today than it did a few days ago. I'm going in search of those lights now thank you.
 
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