implmex
Diamond
- Joined
- Jun 23, 2002
- Location
- Vancouver BC Canada
Good morning All:
This is going to be a very basic question about manual lathes:
First some background.
A customer of mine has asked me to participate in setting up a prototyping and maintenance shop for them.
They bought a brand new Sharp lathe (1440)...3 phase 220 V.
It was wired so the coolant pump runs properly.
When you turn on the machine using the lever at the side of the carriage, you have to pull it up to make the lathe run in forward, and push it down to make the lathe run in reverse.
That's opposite to every lathe I can ever remember running in a career that spans almost fifty years.
When I contacted the maker for instructions on how best to reverse it, they swore on a stack of bibles that it was correct as-is, that I was full of shit, and that I would void the warranty if I monkeyed with it.
Say WHAT?
I need a sanity check...on your lathe, the on-off lever on the carriage:
Down for "Forward" up for "Reverse" or am I truly full of shit as Sharp contends?
It feels like I'm driving a car where I have to crank the steering wheel to the left in order to turn right.
Am I losing my mind?
Cheers
Marcus
www.implant-mechanix.com
www.vancouverwireedm.com
This is going to be a very basic question about manual lathes:
First some background.
A customer of mine has asked me to participate in setting up a prototyping and maintenance shop for them.
They bought a brand new Sharp lathe (1440)...3 phase 220 V.
It was wired so the coolant pump runs properly.
When you turn on the machine using the lever at the side of the carriage, you have to pull it up to make the lathe run in forward, and push it down to make the lathe run in reverse.
That's opposite to every lathe I can ever remember running in a career that spans almost fifty years.
When I contacted the maker for instructions on how best to reverse it, they swore on a stack of bibles that it was correct as-is, that I was full of shit, and that I would void the warranty if I monkeyed with it.
Say WHAT?
I need a sanity check...on your lathe, the on-off lever on the carriage:
Down for "Forward" up for "Reverse" or am I truly full of shit as Sharp contends?
It feels like I'm driving a car where I have to crank the steering wheel to the left in order to turn right.
Am I losing my mind?
Cheers
Marcus
www.implant-mechanix.com
www.vancouverwireedm.com