Hey guys,
Just acquired a DoAll LD1340 made by Romi, but also sold by BridgePort. Just wondering if any of you also own one of these lathes, in case you wanted to share, discuss, etc. Man, this is a beautiful lathe. Complete metric and imperial gears without changing any back end gears - I've longed for years for this feature.
Got mine in fabulous condition and now want to put a new toolpost on it - a Create Tools Multifix clone, and am aiming for the "E" size. If you have a multifix on yours, I'd love to hear what size you have on yours. I'm going to move the FIMS #3 toolpost to the rear of the cross-slide to set up for second/third operations to reduce tool switching.
Also curious if used/surplus parts exist out there - like the Micrometer Carriage Stop, faceplates, worklight (mine is missing), etc. Romi sells everything, but very costly. Can't find anything on eBay. Perhaps someone here has stuff they can offer?
The spring disengage of the carriage works great laterally, but the cross-slide doesn't fully disengage the handle. The slide stops and the handle almost disengages, but then pops back to engaged, then pops back out... repeats like this until I disengage manually. Is this normal behavior? Or should the handle pop out of engaged the same in both directions? (I've tried adjusting the spring from lightest to heaviest cuts - no change in cross-slide disengage behavior.) Any idea which part might be worn or need adjusting?
The manual pump doesn't work on my apron - will take it apart tonight to see what's the matter. Makes a sucking (air) sound from below, and a whooshing sound above (cross-slide), so the o-rings and one-wey bearing valve seem to be in working order, so it's curious why oil isn't being pumped. I doubt the viscosity of the way oil (using 68 whereas manual asks for 150) makes a difference, but I won't really know until I get it apart.
Anyone convert the steady rest to use bearings instead of nubs?
Hello? (echo, echo, echo)
Torin...
Just acquired a DoAll LD1340 made by Romi, but also sold by BridgePort. Just wondering if any of you also own one of these lathes, in case you wanted to share, discuss, etc. Man, this is a beautiful lathe. Complete metric and imperial gears without changing any back end gears - I've longed for years for this feature.
Got mine in fabulous condition and now want to put a new toolpost on it - a Create Tools Multifix clone, and am aiming for the "E" size. If you have a multifix on yours, I'd love to hear what size you have on yours. I'm going to move the FIMS #3 toolpost to the rear of the cross-slide to set up for second/third operations to reduce tool switching.
Also curious if used/surplus parts exist out there - like the Micrometer Carriage Stop, faceplates, worklight (mine is missing), etc. Romi sells everything, but very costly. Can't find anything on eBay. Perhaps someone here has stuff they can offer?
The spring disengage of the carriage works great laterally, but the cross-slide doesn't fully disengage the handle. The slide stops and the handle almost disengages, but then pops back to engaged, then pops back out... repeats like this until I disengage manually. Is this normal behavior? Or should the handle pop out of engaged the same in both directions? (I've tried adjusting the spring from lightest to heaviest cuts - no change in cross-slide disengage behavior.) Any idea which part might be worn or need adjusting?
The manual pump doesn't work on my apron - will take it apart tonight to see what's the matter. Makes a sucking (air) sound from below, and a whooshing sound above (cross-slide), so the o-rings and one-wey bearing valve seem to be in working order, so it's curious why oil isn't being pumped. I doubt the viscosity of the way oil (using 68 whereas manual asks for 150) makes a difference, but I won't really know until I get it apart.
Anyone convert the steady rest to use bearings instead of nubs?
Hello? (echo, echo, echo)
Torin...