jamesmcumbeejr
Plastic
- Joined
- Oct 21, 2016
I was lured into taking a new job with a large international company. I was hired in before construction even started. They used key words like "world class" "top of the line", I jumped on the opportunity to come in at the ground floor, design my own shop and workspace.
Fast forward 9 months later, I was handed the jet literature and told to pick what I wanted, we can't afford any concerns stuff so it all has to manual machines. I literally turned into Sam kinnison on my manager.
Now I am stuck with a jet 1640 lathe, and here is my problem. I can't find soft jaws for it. So I called jet, lady tells me the units are dropped shipped from China and they don't really know whose components were used in the manufacturing of my lathe, Sam kinnison moment again and chick hangs up on me, lol.
I know the easy response is, just make a set, my mill is a POS jet mill that holds tolerances about as well as my 4.5" grinder. And I'm the welder, mechanic, pipe fitter, safety team and lead instructor for all mobile equipment. Time is limited, especially since we are not allowed any overtime.
So I guess the main question I have is, is there a source to buy jaws, keys etc for these Chinese made units. Oh yeah, night shift man fired up the lathe with t-handle in it and smoked it. So I'm looking for a spare to keep hidden in my toolbox.
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Fast forward 9 months later, I was handed the jet literature and told to pick what I wanted, we can't afford any concerns stuff so it all has to manual machines. I literally turned into Sam kinnison on my manager.
Now I am stuck with a jet 1640 lathe, and here is my problem. I can't find soft jaws for it. So I called jet, lady tells me the units are dropped shipped from China and they don't really know whose components were used in the manufacturing of my lathe, Sam kinnison moment again and chick hangs up on me, lol.
I know the easy response is, just make a set, my mill is a POS jet mill that holds tolerances about as well as my 4.5" grinder. And I'm the welder, mechanic, pipe fitter, safety team and lead instructor for all mobile equipment. Time is limited, especially since we are not allowed any overtime.
So I guess the main question I have is, is there a source to buy jaws, keys etc for these Chinese made units. Oh yeah, night shift man fired up the lathe with t-handle in it and smoked it. So I'm looking for a spare to keep hidden in my toolbox.
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