The lead screw nut on the G4000 lathe has a round nut with only 2 flats on it, and then their is the backlash of the lead screw and all the movement in that chain to take up. This also gives better support to the carriage lock when milling. I do appreciate the feed back, Thanks..
I'm glad I get the opportunity to learn from you ♡ also, for me the step by step instructions do help me understand things a bit quicker. My attention gets distracted with mental todo lists without a direct instruction list. Maybe you could add one to the description details?
I bought one of those from Grizzly years ago and finally bolted it down. The Y axis on mine isn't perpendicular to the chuck. I may try to fly cut the base square to the direction of travel one of these days.
There is a free use music thing through RU-vid that you could add before uploading, and that would fill the dead air, but I really like this one! 😊 The curls and wood chips are distracting and mesmerizing - Great job, I love these handles & how they connect with Peanut.
Well, I see my first thought it might be the chuck back mostly wasn’t correct here. Personally, I’d rather it were the chuck than the lathe. A lot if lathes are fixed in alignment at the factory and if they go off, from a crash, usually, there’s no way to get them aligned without taking the headstock off and scraping it. By the way, I always check alignment in the vertical and horizontal positions of the bar. Also, replacing the tip of the gauge with a flat tip when measuring a round is a good idea. If the headstock has some vertical error, you won’t be able to tell with a round rip as it will measure both at once. I’m happy it worked out. That last bit is likely the chuck. I look forwards to your next adventure.
Thanks for watching, i know there is a lot of different things that can cause problems. I am still learning as I go, thanks for the input. More to come.
So, obviously I haven’t seen part two yet. But I wonder if you didn’t first try to determine if it isn’t the chuck that’s at fault. A chuck back that isn’t perfectly perpendicular to the axis of the spindle will have that effect. I would, without having an alignment bar in the spindle to check, have removed the chuck, removed the back from the chuck, put it on the lathe and seen whether it was running properly. If not, then take a light cut off the surface until it does. It can be surprising how often less expensive chuck backs can be slightly off as they have to be finished on the lathe. IRS a shame you have to go through this. A spindle should never be off in taper more than, at most, 0.0005” a few inches from the chuck jaws.
It would be cool to do a separate video that just introduces viewers to you, your lathe & all of the various parts/what they do. Could've edited out the part with mom talking, but it was a good video & I hope you keep up the great work!
Intro could've been shorter, and you could try to find out how to do voice overlays so you don't have to worry about not talking at all in the video when recording :3 (if you haven't already)
