defterGoose
Plastic
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- Apr 20, 2021
Hello everyone,
I'm looking at buying a small footprint lathe that will do precision work, and the HSL seemed like a possible option. I will definitely be needing the compound as a primary tool, and one of the ones i went to look at seemed like it was missing some parts. Basically the cam that attaches the slide to the dovetail is sitting right on the dovetail, whereas the other side has a normal looking gib on it. Can someone who owns one let me know what the cam lever side is supposed to look like, or maybe provide a picture? I didn't inspect it super close, but it didn't look like there were bolt holes on the underside to which the dovetail keeper for the gib would attach. However, even with the lock engaged there was a ton of play, and not having a bigger bearing surface for the cam is certainly not the way it was designed.
Thanks for any help.
I'm looking at buying a small footprint lathe that will do precision work, and the HSL seemed like a possible option. I will definitely be needing the compound as a primary tool, and one of the ones i went to look at seemed like it was missing some parts. Basically the cam that attaches the slide to the dovetail is sitting right on the dovetail, whereas the other side has a normal looking gib on it. Can someone who owns one let me know what the cam lever side is supposed to look like, or maybe provide a picture? I didn't inspect it super close, but it didn't look like there were bolt holes on the underside to which the dovetail keeper for the gib would attach. However, even with the lock engaged there was a ton of play, and not having a bigger bearing surface for the cam is certainly not the way it was designed.
Thanks for any help.