12-04-2013, 08:13 AM
Hi,
Yesterday didn't quite go as planned. After dinner I resumed work and although the turning was very slow progress was being made; the largest blank was successfully roughed down then work started on the second blank.
Two hours later there was a large bang and flash as the lathe expired? The on-board 5A fuse had blown so time to call it a day because I don't have spare 20mm fuses. I tidied up and when I opened the garage doors it had been pouring with rain so in disgust I put the wet car away. I felt too cold to dry the car off.
Ten fuses were then ordered through eBay but as we are going out this morning I'll visit an electrical store and buy more fuses. Hopefully a new fuse will get the lathe working again but with my luck I'm not holding my breath.
If I wasn't so fed up I could really become depressed. So far nothing has gone as planned with this simple project. I can see benefits in installing a V8 and line-shaft?
The Clarke is a delightful small lathe but simply not up to my demands; had this dire weather not been my full time companion then I could have spent time restoring one of the Myford's. It's a miserable wet morning and I hate this climate.
More to follow as I've no intention of quitting.
Kind regards, Col.
Roughing out.
Yesterday didn't quite go as planned. After dinner I resumed work and although the turning was very slow progress was being made; the largest blank was successfully roughed down then work started on the second blank.
Two hours later there was a large bang and flash as the lathe expired? The on-board 5A fuse had blown so time to call it a day because I don't have spare 20mm fuses. I tidied up and when I opened the garage doors it had been pouring with rain so in disgust I put the wet car away. I felt too cold to dry the car off.
Ten fuses were then ordered through eBay but as we are going out this morning I'll visit an electrical store and buy more fuses. Hopefully a new fuse will get the lathe working again but with my luck I'm not holding my breath.
If I wasn't so fed up I could really become depressed. So far nothing has gone as planned with this simple project. I can see benefits in installing a V8 and line-shaft?
The Clarke is a delightful small lathe but simply not up to my demands; had this dire weather not been my full time companion then I could have spent time restoring one of the Myford's. It's a miserable wet morning and I hate this climate.
More to follow as I've no intention of quitting.
Kind regards, Col.
Roughing out.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
