Lionelgee
12th July 2024, 09:33 PM
Hello All,
I decided to dust off my wood lathe that has been sitting neglected through lack of use for a long time. As the lathe is positioned in parallel to my radial arm miter saw I have used the lathe as a rest for long pieces of timber. In its use as a rest some of the cast alloy handles were accidentally broken off when large pieces of timber fell on top of them.
I took some photographs of the name plate that showed the model number and did a quick online search. The brand on my lathe is a "Sher Power Tools" MC-900. I was not expecting much as I bought the lathe back in the mid 1990s. Low and behold, I just found an online Operator's Manual and it turns out my lathe is a generic machine that is called a Carbatec MC900, or a Leda MC900 or a Harbor Freight, and Hafco.
There are even video clips on YouTube of people using the same lathe. It looks like the lathe has not changed that much in its design since the mid 1990s when I first bought my lathe.
The good thing about finding an Operator's Manual and the YouTube clips is that I now know that the broken parts are not critical. There is a clamp and handle that is only used when turning the whole headstock around. Something that one of the YouTuber's suggested was good in principle - however scary in reality.
I will still try and source the spare parts. Some emails to different suppliers are being sent out.
Kind regards
Lionel
I decided to dust off my wood lathe that has been sitting neglected through lack of use for a long time. As the lathe is positioned in parallel to my radial arm miter saw I have used the lathe as a rest for long pieces of timber. In its use as a rest some of the cast alloy handles were accidentally broken off when large pieces of timber fell on top of them.
I took some photographs of the name plate that showed the model number and did a quick online search. The brand on my lathe is a "Sher Power Tools" MC-900. I was not expecting much as I bought the lathe back in the mid 1990s. Low and behold, I just found an online Operator's Manual and it turns out my lathe is a generic machine that is called a Carbatec MC900, or a Leda MC900 or a Harbor Freight, and Hafco.
There are even video clips on YouTube of people using the same lathe. It looks like the lathe has not changed that much in its design since the mid 1990s when I first bought my lathe.
The good thing about finding an Operator's Manual and the YouTube clips is that I now know that the broken parts are not critical. There is a clamp and handle that is only used when turning the whole headstock around. Something that one of the YouTuber's suggested was good in principle - however scary in reality.
I will still try and source the spare parts. Some emails to different suppliers are being sent out.
Kind regards
Lionel