Ready to push the button and buy a laser....

[Davek0974]

This would be an easy fix - re-weld the plate and true up on the lathe but that's not the point :)

See what they say in the morning.

[Davek0974]

Broken weld, if you call it a weld...


Put the chuck box in though, thats a nice touch...


Nice wiring....

[AndrewMawson]

JS probably saw my post here on Madmodder - see reply #23

http://madmodder.net/index.php/topic...html#msg126523

Oh, and my cable outer also was stripped too far back to use the clamps like yours, but I found that by friction warming the outer by gripping with a cloth and sliding it, I could ease the outer far enough down the wires to get under the clamps (which are too large a diameter to grip, but a bit of the serrated end of a tywrap makes up the gap sufficiently !

[Davek0974]

Supplier reply - can i get it fixed locally and how much?

I guess £50 will cover it :) See what they say.

[AndrewMawson]

Mine ended up £40 under asking price. They've just this morning sent me an eBay message asking if it's arrived and am I happy with it! Considering I told them it arrived broken, sent photos, got a discount, and left them neutral feedback you'd think that they were aware of my opinion by now!

[Davek0974]

As this was a package deal, i think the rotary added about £100 over the price of the basic machine so £50 seems reasonable i think.

They certainly don't keep track of orders very closely it seems in your case ;)

[Davek0974]

More like it...


Ground the bird-sh1t off, turned a bevel on the stub so there was somewhere for the weld to fill, nice heavy fillet, turned the flange true to the shaft, refitted it.

Also drilled a couple of divots for the pulley screws to locate into.

I'll also replace the crap allen screws which appear to be M6 but have a socket that fits nothing with some proper M6 ones !