DO NOT use the machine without having received instructions and official permission from an authorized person.
Using the machine without permission may result in a ban from the Hobelhöhle or xHain.
Please read the Space Rules first, especially the sections on "safety" and "use of machinery".
This page is intended as a reminder and does NOT replace a personal introduction to the lathe.
If you break the rules layed out on this page, your permission can be revoked.
The Late is a Machine to work primary with Metall or Plastics.
Brass is a good Option to Start, Aluminium, Toolsteel and Bronze is ok to.
For Plastics, POM, PTFE and PVC are a good option.
If you try a new Material you have not used before, read about the Tool Geometry first.
For Example: Brass and Plastics tend to 'dig in' if you use the Positive cutting angles.
Keep in Mind, the Lathe rotates a huge Mass at very high speeds and is quite dangerous.
Neighbours don't like the noise: no using machines between 19:30-9:00 and on Sundays.
Morsetaper 2 in the Spindle
Morsetaper 4 in the Tail Spindle
5C Collets are more "Precision Oriented"
They have a fairly small size tollerance +0.05mm/-0.3mm
ALWAYS the closes bigger Collet, never smaller (3.85mm Stock → 4mm Collet | 5.2mm Stock → don't use the Collets, use the 3-Jaw first to get down to <5mm)
There is a small Pin in the Collet Chuck, the Collets have a matching Groove. Always get that matching first before you start tightening the Collet or you'll break the Pin and you have to disassemble the Chuck from the back (Which is a Royal Pain in the Butt)
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