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I have the AL346V, a little smaller. but a very capable lathe. The variable speed drive on these machines is a vector style, which is excellent at maintaining speed as it comes under load. One common "mod" is to adjust the brake setting on the drive to get a faster chuck stopping action that's closer to a mechanical brake, handy when threading up to a shoulder.
Awesome review thank you Ted. Learned a few new things about my new lathe, especially the saddle lock & how the speeds & feeds selections work, which as you well know from our frantic discussions on my end, had me totally bamboozled. 😂
Appreciate your videos Ted!
Very nice.
Great to see another user of the Siamese twins (AL-356V & HM-54GV), might have to share some pics of mods I’ve done to my pair
Nice lathe. Perfect size to get some good work done, but not take up too much shop space.
I have the AL346V, a little smaller. but a very capable lathe. The variable speed drive on these machines is a vector style, which is excellent at maintaining speed as it comes under load. One common "mod" is to adjust the brake setting on the drive to get a faster chuck stopping action that's closer to a mechanical brake, handy when threading up to a shoulder.
Awesome review thank you Ted. Learned a few new things about my new lathe, especially the saddle lock & how the speeds & feeds selections work, which as you well know from our frantic discussions on my end, had me totally bamboozled. 😂
Hey Ted, any chance you can show the inside of the electrical cabinet please?
Thanks Ted, whats your view on the overal quality/ prescision of the lathe? if you were in market again would you buy same?