General 26020 lathes

Re: Food?

Joe Petecki

>Thanks all, for the lessons in survival. Actually, I do get my wood (logs) free from this guy that does chain saw art. Its mostly red and white cedar and rose wood. I like working with the cedar but the rosewood is a bear. It must have alot of minerals in it because my tools get dull really fast. As long as it free I guess I can live with it.

Re: Food? The wife buys.

George Troy

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Here's my review on the 26020  *LINK*

Garrett in Victoria BC CA

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General 26020 lathe review

I'm 62 and moved mine alone. Here's how. *LINK*

Garrett in Victoria BC CA

>See the story at the link (also posted below before I saw your post).


Moving the lathe alone

Re: Here's my review on the 26020

Joe Petecki

>Yes, thankyou, I read your review the other night and it did provide me with a better feeling of confidense in making my decision.

Re: I Love Mine XXOO

Dave Shombert

>Hi Keith - The outboard attachment isn't as deep as I wish it was, but I'm still glad I got it. General sells an adaptor that converts left hand 1 1/8 x 8 (the outboard spindle) to 1 1/4 x 8, the theory being that then you can use all the chucks, etc., that you already have. I bought the adaptor but I never use it. By the time you get the adaptor on there, plus a chuck, you've used up about a third of the available dimension on the outboard ways. I ended up buying a couple of their faceplates and a Oneway chuck, all threaded for the outboard spindle. More $$$, but I'm still glad I did it.

On my lathe, there are TWO holes (not four) at the end of the bed. They are not threaded. I can't tell whether they match the bolt pattern of the outboard extension or not, but if they do I'd be bolting it on with only two bolts. Plus, they're not threaded so I'd have to use nuts. Or maybe I'd have to BE nuts. I confess I never thought about whether this was an option or not.

Can't help you with the indicator light question. I found 115 VAC at the terminal of the lower on/off switch (the pushbutton one) and I hooked a power strip up to that. That's how I got power for my light. But the 115 V is there all the time, even when both switches are off. When Jean Michel published his remote switch plans a few months back, it seemed that his wiring was different than mine - apparently there's a difference between Canadian and US machines in this regard.

Hope this helps. Please let me know if you figure out where to hook an indicator light.

DAve

Re: I Love Mine XXOO

Keith Tompkins

>thanks, Dave!