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- Dec 31, 2016
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In looking at your stand design David, why did you choose to support the lathe with that sheet of steel (broken to a channel) that ran the length of the lateh rather than support from either end of the lathe. The way I see appears to me is that sheet will block chips from falling freely thru the ways to the chip tray. Am I misreading something here? Your idea looks so good I was thinking of making my own stand as well after stewing about it for a while!mksj was nice enough to help me with my basic VFD conversion on a 1440GT. Other than some power supply issues that had nothing to do with the lathe, the VFD, or the conversion, the change over went smoothly, and works perfectly. The cost of materials in excess of the VFD was less than $150, not counting 50' of 10 gauge, needed to bring power to the lathe.
Mark knows his stuff, and is very helpful.
Alex