I am looking forward to using my lathe, but I have to wait untill I go out and purchase some material and some bits.
so I thought I should take the time to set up the lathe and have some questions.
I am not sure if the previous owner lapped the carriage to the bed.
and I am trying to make sure everything is ready for its first cuts.
what is the proper way of adjusting the gibs on the carriage?
should you be able to push the carriage across the the bed by hand? (what makes a perfect gib adjustment)
also the backlash in the handles of the carriage and cross slide is this normal to have?
I did read taigs manual but it didn't talk much about this
also if anyone has any general lathe advice for maintenance that would be great!
(any other substitute to the 10w oil taig says to oil everything with, maybe something better?)
thanks
Michael
so I thought I should take the time to set up the lathe and have some questions.
I am not sure if the previous owner lapped the carriage to the bed.
and I am trying to make sure everything is ready for its first cuts.
what is the proper way of adjusting the gibs on the carriage?
should you be able to push the carriage across the the bed by hand? (what makes a perfect gib adjustment)
also the backlash in the handles of the carriage and cross slide is this normal to have?
I did read taigs manual but it didn't talk much about this
also if anyone has any general lathe advice for maintenance that would be great!
(any other substitute to the 10w oil taig says to oil everything with, maybe something better?)
thanks
Michael