Switching the Mini Lathes Gear Lever to the Front

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  • @recurvestickerdragon
    @recurvestickerdragon ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Ooh, yes! My favorite type of modification: quality of life and ease of use

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! Yes, this are the little things which make working with the machine a lot more pleasant. But even the "little" things tend to get complex and time consuming :)

  • @alanclarke4646
    @alanclarke4646 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Great mod, and the aluminium front plate gives it a very professional look.

  • @antonimartin7837
    @antonimartin7837 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Always elegant. Thanks a lot for your videos.

  • @ianbertenshaw4350
    @ianbertenshaw4350 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I will never understand why they made them this way, surely they could see that mounting the control box on the back of the headstock and the gear lever and tumbler gear lever on the front would have been so simple ! Fantastic Mod and great video !

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, I have no idea why. Probably nobody really thinks about it and rethink the design. I gets built just the same over decades, no ambitions of improving the design...

  • @CRILIKk
    @CRILIKk ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Very nice modification & also all your other improvements , this lathe is he best mini lathe so far on TH-cam, well done

  • @hoernst2762
    @hoernst2762 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow, bin mal wieder begeistert! Verfolge diesen Kanal schon lange, das Ergebnis der vielen Verbesserungen hat eine gute Maschine hervorgebracht.

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Vielen Dank für den netten Kommentar und Kompliment! Freut mich :)

    • @daye3998
      @daye3998 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dem kann ich mich nur anschließen, da gibt es nichts auszusetzen 👌👍👍👍👍

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@daye3998 Danke :)

  • @danielstewart3507
    @danielstewart3507 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Your content always gets me so inspired. I love your attention to detail. The cover plate was such a nice addition as well.

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you very much for your kind comment! I really do appreciate that!

  • @275jesuss
    @275jesuss ปีที่แล้ว

    I understand that maintaining precision is important. Have a nice day.

  • @keithslayback4626
    @keithslayback4626 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've had similar ideas to a lot of what you've done and no idea how to do them you have shown me how plus you have a lot I never thought of and now can't wait to do them, thank you for great content.

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for your comment and feedback! Happy to hear it is helpful for you. Good luck with your machine.

  • @owenclark7210
    @owenclark7210 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful work. Between you and Steve Jordan, I have way too many upgrades and improvements to make to my mini lathe.

  • @lensman5762
    @lensman5762 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like this very much. Genuine improvement to the ' work in progress Chinese lathe'. Thank you.

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for your comment! I really do appreciate that!

  • @davidandrews8566
    @davidandrews8566 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You made a very nice job of that.

  • @Litzwire
    @Litzwire ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice touch! Another job for my to do list😀

  • @gordon6029
    @gordon6029 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You inspire me.

  • @Boblebe
    @Boblebe 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great job, you make it look really easy.
    It's an upgrade that I would also like to do on my mini lathe

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you very much for your comment! It is a really useful upgrade.

  • @samrodian919
    @samrodian919 ปีที่แล้ว

    A very nice professional job sir, you would not know looking at it that it did not come that way from the factory. Well done!

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for your kind comment! I really do appreciate that. And yes, the cover adds a professional look to it.

  • @claeswikberg8958
    @claeswikberg8958 ปีที่แล้ว

    That printed aluminum plate really seals the deal

  • @Pushyhog
    @Pushyhog ปีที่แล้ว

    above my pay grade but l watch, gutted my tiny redlathe, put huge a/c motor out behind it with belt. And bought a new bed from little machine shop/overall length 31", useful 16" or less. Thanks again mister.

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for your comment! A new and longer machine bed is something I consider too to change on the machine.

  • @eddietowers5595
    @eddietowers5595 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh, wow! Nice job. I saw something like this years ago, guy modified the whole mini-lathe headstock, can’t seem to find the website but if you search “7” mini-lathe mods” you’ll see a stand alone grey headstock on the bed, and the new location and look of the lever of the headstock. Awesome job you did, also makes sense.

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for your comment! I have to look that up, sounds interesting.

  • @steved8038
    @steved8038 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Superbly done, looks and works fine what a great update. This is the mini lathe everyone will want to own !! Thank you.

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you very much for your kind comment! I really do appreciate that!

  • @werschkowdennis6533
    @werschkowdennis6533 ปีที่แล้ว

    Super Arbeit. 👍👍👍
    Wenn du nichts dagegen hast, dann nehme ich ein paar Ideen aus deinen Videos.
    Ich wünsche dir alles gute und bleibt gesund.

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      Dankeschön! Klar kannst du die Ideen übernehmen. Vielen Dank, du auch!

  • @colinmcmillan2642
    @colinmcmillan2642 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you again for bringing us along on your journey to the perfect lathe!

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you very much for following and your kind comment ;)

  • @marshallguerra1353
    @marshallguerra1353 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great modification.

  • @Rustinox
    @Rustinox ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice job. And all this using only limited tooling. Brilliant.

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you very much for your comment! I really do appreciate that! Sometimes, you have to be a little bit creative when you have limited resources.

  • @johncrowley5612
    @johncrowley5612 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lovely work! At 7:13 I saw your machinist's jack and immediately thought "You can do that better!"

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      haha :D Oh yes, well observed. That was wildly improvised. Have no real machinists jacks, so perhaps sometime I should make some. Thanks for your comment! :)

  • @mftmachining
    @mftmachining ปีที่แล้ว

    Gute, solide Arbeit, einwandfrei.👍

  • @sky173
    @sky173 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very well done. Thanks for sharing.

  • @nonameyet7162
    @nonameyet7162 ปีที่แล้ว

    You ought to put a "We Can Do That Better" sticker on that printed aluminum plate!

  • @MirekDvorak
    @MirekDvorak ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Perfect video as always. And thanks for the inspiration to modify my lathe.

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for your feedback! I really do appreciate that!

  • @ZOREDA100
    @ZOREDA100 ปีที่แล้ว

    Me quedo flipao con lo de usar la mesa del taladro de banco para fresar en el torno😮

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      :D yes, you can ;) I did this in one of my first videos and it worked well. It helped me this time again a lot.

  • @gpz550a2
    @gpz550a2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another excellent and useful upgrade! 😎

  • @philsmeanderings7991
    @philsmeanderings7991 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice.

  • @ianday38
    @ianday38 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have to admit, I was slightly disappointed when the stock black knob went on. I was waiting for some beautifully crafted steel item.
    Very impressive as usual though, nice work.

  • @warpspeed9877
    @warpspeed9877 ปีที่แล้ว

    Superb modification and execution. Only thing I would do differently is to make the extra faceplate out of steel instead of aluminium. Adding weight to the head improves the vibration dampening.

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you very much for your comment! That is a really good idea. I actually thought about making the plate from cast iron. That would be better I guess as it might stiffen the headstock or at least add extra weight and perhaps helps damping vibrations. Perhaps I will change this later.

    • @warpspeed9877
      @warpspeed9877 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WeCanDoThatBetter if i may add a tip that may seem strange: if you do remake the plate use between the two plates a thin self adhesive (one side) bituminous layer of 1.5 mm. When compressed with screws it will reduce to under a mm thickness. It will greatly improve dampening vibrations and the two metal plates will behave as one solid piece. Just my 2c...

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@warpspeed9877 That sounds really good. I keep that in mind! Thank you :)

  • @dlstanf2
    @dlstanf2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really enjoy the small lathe work. Great job!

  • @tooltimechris7217
    @tooltimechris7217 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nicely done!!

  • @joell439
    @joell439 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stunning execution 🎉

  • @jimsvideos7201
    @jimsvideos7201 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very neatly done.

  • @paulconrod4504
    @paulconrod4504 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well done mate

  • @daveys
    @daveys ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent!

  • @VanFlausch
    @VanFlausch ปีที่แล้ว

    Like the Factory should done it the first Way, great Job!

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks ;) Yes, would be much more convenient. Originally on the front side there was the electrical installation, so no space for the gear lever.

  • @Fbiking40
    @Fbiking40 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good job ! I like watch yours videos, lot of good ideas and the result is clean everytime. I have the "same" minilathe but not the milling machine ... 😭

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much! I really do appreciate that!

  • @nortonp240
    @nortonp240 ปีที่แล้ว

    i just can't understand why you only got 30K subs. You deserve 130K minimum

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      :D That would be great, yes. I didn't understand it either ;) Thank you so much! I really do appreciate that!

    • @nortonp240
      @nortonp240 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WeCanDoThatBetter maybe talk with other good machining TH-cam channels to do a collaboration, this could boost your viewer count. (this old tony / Abom79 / rotarySMP / Blondihacks / Machining and Microwaves / Inheritance Machining)

  • @bmfbmf5954
    @bmfbmf5954 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful as usual :).

  • @arduinomaquinas
    @arduinomaquinas ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very good machine❤ awesome🇧🇷😉👍🇧🇷👏👏👏👏👏

  • @therealemmpunkt
    @therealemmpunkt ปีที่แล้ว

    Schön wie immer👍
    Die Kugelarretierung gibts übrigens auch in Fertig. Nennt sich "federndes Druckstück". Hat den Vorteil das man die Kugel nicht verliert😂

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dankeschön :) Ja, zum Glück hab ich die Kugel nicht verloren. Allerdings hat sich die Feder auf immer und ewig im Gewindeloch verkeilt. Wollte sie nur probehalber montieren und schon saß sie fest.. Deswegen gibts davon leider auch kein Video :)

    • @AnEmptyspacefullofstuff
      @AnEmptyspacefullofstuff ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WeCanDoThatBetter Da hätte ich einen kleinen Vorschlag, einfach an die Madenschraube einen kleinen Zapfen drehen so das die Feder eng auf dem zapfen sitzt und sich nicht im Gewinde verhaken kann . Aber trotzdem sehr schön die umbauten die du bist jetzt schon an der kleinen Drehmaschine vorgenommen , freue mich schon auf das nächste Video ;)

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AnEmptyspacefullofstuff Vielen Dank für den Kommentar. Im Moment sitzt es fest und funktioniert gut, deswegen ändere ich jetzt erstmal nicht mehr ;)

  • @adriankohli4870
    @adriankohli4870 ปีที่แล้ว

    Top-Job, Sir👌

  • @analuo...
    @analuo... ปีที่แล้ว

    très ingénieux. bravo

  • @ronnyherrmann256
    @ronnyherrmann256 ปีที่แล้ว

    Super Video, ich schau deine Videos schon seit längerem und finde sie sehr gut gemacht. 👍 Aus welcher Ecke von Deutschland kommst du eigentlich?

  • @excalibur7969
    @excalibur7969 ปีที่แล้ว

    Admirable que buen trabajo

  • @JoseSilveira-newhandleforYT
    @JoseSilveira-newhandleforYT ปีที่แล้ว

    Great mod! Curious to see how it looks like when the control box is completed.

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for your comment! Yes, I can't wait until this is done and the electrical cabinet is installed and all electrics are properly in place. At the moment all this stuff is flying around. The electrical cabinet waits almost a year for installation, but there are connector parts missing which have delivery issues since months. So I have to wait...

    • @JoseSilveira-newhandleforYT
      @JoseSilveira-newhandleforYT ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WeCanDoThatBetter It's a big effort, and these things do take time, but what you already achieved is very noteworthy.

  • @BruceWSims
    @BruceWSims 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful Work!! But you need to get a HURST decal for the side of the lathe:😊😊😊😊

  • @ngauge22
    @ngauge22 ปีที่แล้ว

    Outstanding!

  • @DIYTinkerer
    @DIYTinkerer ปีที่แล้ว

    Are you sure it wasn't just on backwards! 😅 surely they wouldn't deliberatly make them this way. Great build, such high quality.

  • @elluisito000
    @elluisito000 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think u may have voided the warranty 😞 just kidding, awesome mod and thanks for sharing 😀

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      haha :D I think warranty is gone already.. Thanks for your comment!

  • @ВладимирИшков-г6б
    @ВладимирИшков-г6б ปีที่แล้ว

    Good as usual !

  • @Lone-Wolf87
    @Lone-Wolf87 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Little by little you keep improving that mini lathe. Very well done. I'm in the market for one of those mini lathes. Any recommendations out there? There is a lot of make/ models out there and is difficult to decide which one would be of a dissent quality to buy.

    • @tomaslainas695
      @tomaslainas695 ปีที่แล้ว

      judging from all these DIY upgrades that seems to be needed, this brand probably isnt a good choice though

  • @Bob_Jones_
    @Bob_Jones_ ปีที่แล้ว +2

    cool

  • @fathernick9910
    @fathernick9910 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Awesome

  • @rickpalechuk4411
    @rickpalechuk4411 ปีที่แล้ว

    Most excellent!
    Cheers

  • @older-wiser-better
    @older-wiser-better ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome !

  • @jameshisself9324
    @jameshisself9324 ปีที่แล้ว

    As always, great content and video. I am wondering though, instead of the longer shaft and large alloy plate on the front, why not just an oversized steel plate bolted to the inside front of the headstock housing? To take up the same depth as the cast in thickness of the back, and to add even additional strength with it's size and stronger material? I figure there must be some obstacle to this that isn't shown, but I can't tell what it might be from the video.

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi and thanks for your comment! Your idea would work as well I think. I just wanted the aluminium plate on the front side to add a little bit more thickness to the headstock. Perhaps I redo the plate some day from cast iron to add more weight to the headstock which hopefully dampens vibrations as well.

  • @DiipsRatsAirsoftPortugal
    @DiipsRatsAirsoftPortugal ปีที่แล้ว

    you should consider buying the steel gears for that lathe or making them
    and in my opinion the perfect milling machine for your projects is the proxxon FF500, its an amazing small millng machine

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for your comment! Yes, I thought about changing the gears to steel ones. For now I left that untouched. But someday I will change the spindle bearings and spindle and probably the gears too. For now they looked astonishingly good.

  • @volodymyrsav1463
    @volodymyrsav1463 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you, very interesting video, what is the brand of your mini machine?

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! It is an Artec CJ-9518 similar to the Sieg C2 mini lathe machines

  • @tluanem
    @tluanem ปีที่แล้ว

    👍👍👍

  • @Ironman9665
    @Ironman9665 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍

  • @freeride8951
    @freeride8951 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sehr schick 😁

  • @theahmadperson
    @theahmadperson ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic video! What's the countersink used at 6:14?

  • @AliHureiby
    @AliHureiby ปีที่แล้ว

    Pardon me to ask, where di you order that printed aluminium label? Do you design the table? What software do you use for design the label. Your work is amazing. Very clean.

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      I printed it online at Schildermaxe. The design was made by myself with affinity designer as a vector graphic.

  • @benstrait333
    @benstrait333 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done modification. I think you missed an opportunity though by not putting your logo on the cover plate 😉😁

  • @andli461
    @andli461 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! 👌

  • @pcka12
    @pcka12 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In these videos we never seem to get a clear look at your milling set up, it seems to be the Proxxon drill press arrangement, this seems to work quite well but I can only guess which parts you use & purchasing that set up would cost over £500 which places in the cost area of buying one of the far eastern 'mini mills' instead.
    Any information would be gratefully received.
    Thank you.

  • @fredfarnackle5455
    @fredfarnackle5455 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice job! For the life of me I can't understand why they put the lever on the back of the headstock.🤔

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! Yes, that's a bit stupid but there was a plastic cover on the front side which originally contains the electrical stuff. As I have a new motor I don't need that anymore and can put the gear lever to the front. Much better now.

  • @ВладимирГородок-э3й
    @ВладимирГородок-э3й ปีที่แล้ว

    Молодец!

  • @lefrancoisjeanpierre3098
    @lefrancoisjeanpierre3098 ปีที่แล้ว

    exellent

  • @gillywild
    @gillywild ปีที่แล้ว

    Hervorragend 😊

  • @boblewis5558
    @boblewis5558 ปีที่แล้ว

    REALLY nice job! Makes you wonder why the original design put the lever in such a daft place ... You don't REALLY want to be leaning over a machine to operate gears. Nice touch to mount a faceplate rather than engraving or marking up the ali mounting plate. I liked your idea of the ball detent ... Nothing like a bit of KISS! 😁
    Question though ... What did you do to seal up the original shaft hole on the back surface? Another, but plain cover plate? Or did you just plug the hole?

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you ver much for your kind comment! The old position of the gear lever was really impractical. It is now much more friendly to use and also looks quite nice :) Good question on sealing the back hole. Till now I did nothing to plug the hole but I should do something about it. Either a little plastic plug or something to screw in. When the electrical cabinet is mounted on the backside, the hole is covered anyway.

    • @boblewis5558
      @boblewis5558 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@WeCanDoThatBetter if all else fails, and it's out if sight, there's always Gaffer tape (Duct tape)! 😋😋

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@boblewis5558 :D

  • @Carnold_YT
    @Carnold_YT ปีที่แล้ว

    That's a nice update, I like that ball and spring mechanism. Really adds a quality feel when you select gears. Do those gears have some sort of lubrication too?

    • @jw200
      @jw200 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes they must have some grease.

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for your comment! The gears had no grease or other lubricant on it. But they looked quite good nonetheless.

  • @kencroft7933
    @kencroft7933 ปีที่แล้ว

    What were those 4 things you unscrewed from the front of the lathe?

  • @williamsworkshopuk
    @williamsworkshopuk ปีที่แล้ว

    This is really interesting and very enjoyable to watch. May I ask what quality of lathe you bought in the first place? Was this a costly machine, or a cheap one? Whatever case the result is amazing, but I'm just curious as you're achieving excellent results with your tools regardless.

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi, I bought this machine used about 2 years ago. It costs 400 back then. I don't know the price for the new machine but guess it was around 700-800€. Today you can buy similar machines from a lot of different manufacturers for different prices I guess. The quality may vary as well. But overall it is still a cheap and mediocre made lathe:)

  • @termlimit
    @termlimit ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent work as always. Where did you get the aluminum plate printed? Thank you!

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! I ordered the printed plate from Schildermaxe

  • @jesseservice7828
    @jesseservice7828 ปีที่แล้ว

    Muito bom !

  • @jw200
    @jw200 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's in the back so user won't move it by accident, because this will destroy the gears if lathe is running

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      That's why I wrote on the cover plate "Change gears only when the machine isn't running" ;)

  • @SuperGleep
    @SuperGleep ปีที่แล้ว

    Top job as always! The front plate looks great.
    I'm curious if you've already swapped out the headstock spindle bearings for something better, or if that is something yet to come.

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for your comment! The bearings in the headstock are still the original ones. When you listen in the end when I show the high gear, the bearings make some really strange noises. I'm planning to replace the bearings and the spindle soon, but there are other things to do first. And I'm not quite sure how to modify and which bearings to use yet.

    • @SuperGleep
      @SuperGleep ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WeCanDoThatBetter Go full Stefan Gotteswinter and machine out the headstock and moglice in a new bearing tube ;)
      I just picked up a pair of German made FAG 7206-B-XL-2RS-TVP singular angular contact bearings for my mini lathe. Drop in replacement. We'll see how they go.

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SuperGleep Yeah, I thought about that, but I will keep the gears inside so a tube with bearings won't allow that. But I will definitely switch to angular contact bearings or even spindle bearings. But that's not decided yet

  • @ogaugeclockwork4407
    @ogaugeclockwork4407 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great work! Can’t fathom why they ever put the levers around the back in the first place.

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! There was the electrical control box in this place. But why the mounted it on the front of the machine and not on the back and the lever on the front, who knows...

  • @ParsMaker
    @ParsMaker ปีที่แล้ว

    nice work as always, eventually u will turn your lathe into UFO😇

  • @turukmakto3642
    @turukmakto3642 ปีที่แล้ว

    Месье знает толк в извращениях =)

  • @AK-ns4mg
    @AK-ns4mg ปีที่แล้ว

    Is this loose lever you pointed out is for right/ left thread processing?

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      You mean in the very beginning? No this is the lever for first and second gear, low speed and high speed.

  • @chopper3lw
    @chopper3lw ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice job. Why wasn't it in front to begin with?

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! There was an electrical cabinet on the front side of the headstock. On older videos you might see this. Next here is to install a new electrical cabinet on the back side of the headstock. It already sits here on the bench, waiting to be finally installed soon.

  • @LLsjourney
    @LLsjourney ปีที่แล้ว

    What brand lathe is that?

  • @marcoam2610
    @marcoam2610 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Which Lathe model was this originally?

  • @ВикторГрибко-у6н
    @ВикторГрибко-у6н ปีที่แล้ว

    Well, to get some better results - please, REPLACE YOUR SPINDLE BEARINGS :) They are bad quality already from factory. We've started with all this China lathes - from hand scrapping. And only after geometry fixing - this "lathes" become Lathes. :) But I'm sure - you already know this. :) In fact, your lathe just have a few contact points instead surfaces. I mean - contact between bed and spindle box, and all swing. Only after scrapping, you will get much more precision results. Even on this machine.
    P.S. I've already installed electronic gear system. If you need - I can to send you Russian firmware with translation in English for:
    -Cone cutting (internal and external)
    -Thread cutting
    -Rough ball cut

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for your comment and input! Yes, the spindle bearings will definitely be replaced in the future. Sometimes they sound really bad. I'm just not sure now which bearings to choose and how to arrange them. Scraping the surfaces of the bedslide and the crossslide in is definitely on my list too for the future. Still so much to do to this machine...

    • @ВикторГрибко-у6н
      @ВикторГрибко-у6н ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WeCanDoThatBetter Feel free with any question about this modification.

    • @ВикторГрибко-у6н
      @ВикторГрибко-у6н ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WeCanDoThatBetter Look here. Old Tony already did this upgrade. :) th-cam.com/video/HYOgmhpBUJs/w-d-xo.html

  • @joansparky4439
    @joansparky4439 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ok, that explains the whirring sound in the other video where it's about swapping the motor and the belt drive.. 🤭

  • @Sigmatechnica
    @Sigmatechnica ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder how much it really needs that gear with that high power brushless motor

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is less for the power but for the rpm reduction. The motor has enough power on it's own but I sometimes need the low rpm range, that's why I kept the gears.

  • @gsxeddexsd9192
    @gsxeddexsd9192 ปีที่แล้ว

    We Can Do That Better on the custom plate would've made it for me.

  • @yousseffaid8133
    @yousseffaid8133 ปีที่แล้ว

    That beautiful lathe need only lube system

  • @jw200
    @jw200 ปีที่แล้ว

    What drill bits are you using ?
    I need good ones.
    Any link or brand to recommend ?

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm using a set of metabo ground ones. It's a box from 1mm to 13mm. They work really well.

  • @Pushyhog
    @Pushyhog ปีที่แล้ว

    china lathe (harbor freight) builders should pay u to save em. Once u showed em real life and they re-tooled, price could still be low. But they do not care.

  • @ikkiiiieee
    @ikkiiiieee ปีที่แล้ว

    What type of cloth are you using for the way covers at 0:30?

    • @WeCanDoThatBetter
      @WeCanDoThatBetter  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's a fabric for protecting your windows against sunlight :) I bought it in the supermarket. Works well so far :)

  • @nikolaradakovic9482
    @nikolaradakovic9482 ปีที่แล้ว

    Forgot the hole on the backside....should cover it...