new 9x20 Jet

[woodspinner]

Hi All
New lathe (bd920w Jet) making chips and loving it .Did two 3/4" dia. 2 degree tapers about 2" long for a couple wood turning hollowing tools.Nothing major but a big differents from7x10 harbor freight .
Has anyone done the change to a cam lock tail stock ,does it hold good say for drilling.
What can I cut m2 hss with or must you grind it.
Thanks to all.

[Davo J]

Hi,
From what I have read the Jet machinery is a step up from a lot of other brands, and after reading this it sounds like your another happy customer.

I know I have read about a few conversions on the internet.
Google come up with these and plenty of others
http://www.bedair.org/9x20camlock/9x20camlock.html

http://www.cnccookbook.com/MTLatheMods.htm

http://alansmachineworks.com/9x20lathe.php

http://www.wcc.net/~jkmccoy/shop/9x20.htm

You should get some useful info out of them.

Dave

[SDconcepts]

the 9x20 is a great machine compared to its mini the 7x10. yes the camlock tail stock holder does hold well if made correctly. i find the biggest issue is that the underside of the bed is rough machined and you have to disengage a long way to make sure you can slide. i also added a couple of springs to the bottom of mine to make sure it released. M2 you can cut with carbide tooling