What Rob said. If you get your gloved hands caught between the extended jaws on that oversize chuck and the bed ways your hand will be pulled into the machine in less than a blink of an eye. It will be just like sticking your hand into a sausage grinder. Bare handed would be about as bad. I would change the chuck to a 4 inch instead of the 5 in you have now. The jaws don't appear to be completely wound out and they are almost crashing into the bed ways. If you regularly do larger work, you really need to move up to a larger lathe. 9 inch swing might suffice, but a 12' would be even better. You will quickly find out that the lathe you have isn't very rigid and is made even worse by sketchy Chinese build quality. The lathe can be improved with a rigid table mounting and fixing the poorly fitted gibs on the compound slide and the saddle. Converting the stock spindle ball bearings to tapered roller bearings will be a good improvement too. Have fun, but please be safe. Always remember even a little lathe can tear you a new one.
Consider a 2nd 4" chuck. I set one for inside jaws and the other for outside jaws. Costs a little more but saves time. The smallest chuck that will hold the work is usually better than using a big chuck for everything.
@@faroironandcustoms6577 thanks for commenting, the servo motor makes it work the way it’s supposed to. I found mine on eBay for 135. 1 hp sewing machine motor
Sorry I missed this, thanks for commenting. I have the rubber feet on the mini lathe still. It will rock back and forth on an un even piece. But it never walks or moves the tool chest. It’s a nice setup with all the tooling in the top trays.
@Motorhead_Mark in high-school, I watched a class mate lose his thumb and most of the use of his left hand for wearing gloves at the lathe. He said the same thing...these are tight fitting gloves. Two years later there was a girl who got scalped by a drill press because a long metal shaving caught her fluffy hair tie. anything that can get grabbed will get grabbed no matter how careful you think you are being.
@britenrhodehouse8692 yes, I’ve seen it too. I had a wood planner eat my tee shirt before. Ok no gloves from now on. But I’m keeping the safety glasses 😎
Thanks for watching, if I get enough views and comments I’ll post another video taking it apart and explaining what I did.
Thanks for sharing...gotta pull you up for wearing gloves while on the lathe.....big no no.....stay safe friend
Really??? It throws hot metal on my hands. I get you can’t have loose ones but these are tight. Painful without
What Rob said. If you get your gloved hands caught between the extended jaws on that oversize chuck and the bed ways your hand will be pulled into the machine in less than a blink of an eye. It will be just like sticking your hand into a sausage grinder. Bare handed would be about as bad.
I would change the chuck to a 4 inch instead of the 5 in you have now. The jaws don't appear to be completely wound out and they are almost crashing into the bed ways. If you regularly do larger work, you really need to move up to a larger lathe. 9 inch swing might suffice, but a 12' would be even better. You will quickly find out that the lathe you have isn't very rigid and is made even worse by sketchy Chinese build quality.
The lathe can be improved with a rigid table mounting and fixing the poorly fitted gibs on the compound slide and the saddle. Converting the stock spindle ball bearings to tapered roller bearings will be a good improvement too.
Have fun, but please be safe. Always remember even a little lathe can tear you a new one.
@@Motorhead_Mark that means you are not sweating enough😂
I like the last line the most 😀
Consider a 2nd 4" chuck. I set one for inside jaws and the other for outside jaws. Costs a little more but saves time. The smallest chuck that will hold the work is usually better than using a big chuck for everything.
I have the 4” that came with it. I like the bigger clamps. The work is more stable. But maybe some day I’ll need it
I have kind of thought about doing the servo motor upgrade on mine. I have a lot of other issues mainly in the ways and the compound slide flexing.
@@faroironandcustoms6577 thanks for commenting, the servo motor makes it work the way it’s supposed to. I found mine on eBay for 135. 1 hp sewing machine motor
Mount it to something sturdy. Tool box is not sturdy
Sorry I missed this, thanks for commenting. I have the rubber feet on the mini lathe still. It will rock back and forth on an un even piece. But it never walks or moves the tool chest. It’s a nice setup with all the tooling in the top trays.
Yikes! 😬 take those gloves off!
People keep saying that. The shavings are hot. But I understand why
@Motorhead_Mark in high-school, I watched a class mate lose his thumb and most of the use of his left hand for wearing gloves at the lathe. He said the same thing...these are tight fitting gloves. Two years later there was a girl who got scalped by a drill press because a long metal shaving caught her fluffy hair tie. anything that can get grabbed will get grabbed no matter how careful you think you are being.
@britenrhodehouse8692 yes, I’ve seen it too. I had a wood planner eat my tee shirt before. Ok no gloves from now on. But I’m keeping the safety glasses 😎
@Motorhead_Mark good call... you can eat with false teeth but you can't see with false eyes.