Philipintexas
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I love my new lathe, however the feed directions are totally screwed-up, at least to me. If I do a turning cut toward the headstock and then a facing cut out away from the lathe axis, I have to change the feed at the apron to engage the cross-slide, stop the machine and reverse the lead screw direction. Every lathe I've seen only required a change of feed direction at the apron. Have I led a sheltered life or is this just a bad design?
Turning toward the headstock and changing the apron control alone results in the cross-slide feeding IN toward the axis of the lathe? I cannot imagine this being normal ????
Turning toward the headstock and changing the apron control alone results in the cross-slide feeding IN toward the axis of the lathe? I cannot imagine this being normal ????