I have had my G0709 for a couple of months. In that time I have changed to a 3 phase motor, vfd, and a tach.
Very happy with the way it turns and with the finish. This afternoon, I decided to chamber a barrel for my rail gun. The NBRSA nationals are here in Phoenix in October and I want to have all new barrels on my guns for that event. When I set the lathe up to cut 18 threads per inch, I noticed that both the lead screw (threading) and the power feed rod (turning and facing) were both turning! I have never seen this happen on any other lathe. my previous lathe was a 4003G and I never noticed it happening on that one. I called a couple of gunsmith friends and neither of them had ever seen that. My concern is that something very bad would happen if both the half nuts and the power feed were engaged at the same time. Does your 709 do the same thing or am I just lucky
Very happy with the way it turns and with the finish. This afternoon, I decided to chamber a barrel for my rail gun. The NBRSA nationals are here in Phoenix in October and I want to have all new barrels on my guns for that event. When I set the lathe up to cut 18 threads per inch, I noticed that both the lead screw (threading) and the power feed rod (turning and facing) were both turning! I have never seen this happen on any other lathe. my previous lathe was a 4003G and I never noticed it happening on that one. I called a couple of gunsmith friends and neither of them had ever seen that. My concern is that something very bad would happen if both the half nuts and the power feed were engaged at the same time. Does your 709 do the same thing or am I just lucky