Lathe Damaged

Man. Im really sorry that happened. It’d make me feel pretty blue.

Maybe a welder can build up a new corner there? I don’t know if you can braze cast iron or not.

I sure hope this turns out well.

-- Made lots of sawdust and pounded some nails. Haven't finished anything, though.

I never bolted my jet mini lathe down and it works fine. You didn’t happen to find the broken piece did you? A quick weld would fix it , or maybe some epoxy. Do “they” make anythign like liquid mettle :) ?

With the other 3 hold bolted down you could use a large bolt and washer to sort of clamp it in place.

Good luck

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

Thanks folks, I took it for a test run with three bolts and it worked fine. If I find it doesn’t then I’ll get some JB Weld then redrill the hole, but that’s a last resort.

-- Ned - 2B1ASK1 http://nedswoodshop.blogspot.com

Just set the corners on thick rubber blocks of equal thickness.

-- North Texas