Portable Boring Bar stand / table build

So true
 
Lathe is still down , Parts are on order , I removed the entire electrical box so I could work on it on the bench.
 
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The lathe is still down , parts are on order . I have a couple of new contactors , they arrived the other day , I found those on ebay for cheap , I am waiting for a thermal overload relay to arrive from China.

I'm very disappointed at the lack of support / customer service from Busy Bee where this machine was purchased . It appears they are only interested in selling product , not after sales support . The manuals for these machines are poor , in the past some have included wiring diagrams , now , it appears that they leave that little detail out of the booklet. I tried to get some help from them , I would have bought the necessary parts there if they were interested in helping . They did get $360 out of me for a new electric motor .


In the mean time I've been busy doing other things.
 
The work continues on my boring bar stand , the upper works is pretty much done . I still need to buy some more steel tubing to build the base.

I allowed room for the use of torque plates when they are needed .


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The base , once built will put the top of the stand at 36" off the floor .
I'm going to use a cookie sheet as a chip tray.
 
Gearhead88 said:
I'm very disappointed at the lack of support / customer service from Busy Bee where this machine was purchased . It appears they are only interested in selling product , not after sales support . The manuals for these machines are poor , in the past some have included wiring diagrams , now , it appears that they leave that little detail out of the booklet.
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Often those machines are sold under different name and model other places (grizzly, jet, etc.) with better manuals.
It's worth a look for those manuals too .... if you can find the equivalent model.

Brian
 
brino said:
Often those machines are sold under different name and model other places (grizzly, jet, etc.) with better manuals.
It's worth a look for those manuals too .... if you can find the equivalent model.

Brian
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Yes , I found them a few weeks ago downloaded and saved a copy on my desktop and printed a few pages so I'd have a decent electrical schematic to work with . This machine is a variation on what is out there for chi-com 12 x 36 lathes
 
I have a 3 phase motor on my Taiwan 12x36, eliminated the control box entirely and have variable speed.

Love your boring setup in progress. I used to build racing kart motors and had to send out cylinders for boring. Would have been nice to do them in-house.

John
 
matthewsx said:
I have a 3 phase motor on my Taiwan 12x36, eliminated the control box entirely and have variable speed.

Love your boring setup in progress. I used to build racing kart motors and had to send out cylinders for boring. Would have been nice to do them in-house.

John
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I am not up to speed with what is required to do away with the electrical that is on it right now , that and I just bought a new motor at the begining of this episode so I`m probably gonna stay with the crap I have now.

I have a Sunnen machine to finish cylinders too .

It used to be lots of motorcycle shops did re-bores , valve jobs , rod bearing fitting , crankshaft rebuilding , engine building . That`s pretty much gone away in todays throw away society . Todays motorcycle dealerships are pretty much boutiques.
 
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