TU2506V lathe unboxing and first turn

Unboxing and example

[@chrisadesigns]

Been thinking about one of these for myself, Thanks for the review

[@superfluid6855]

Congrats on what looks to be a nice little centre lathe. I've had a hare and forbes machine (CL-38A) for a decade now and have no regrets at all. Upspec to the digital readout bro, you won't regret it.

[@garageadz]

My plan was to order the DRO system from Ali express as its quite a bit cheaper but I wanted to get the lathe in hand to measure it for the pickup. Cheers for the comment.

[@PhotogNT]

I just had the Optimum TU-3008G version delivered today from Hare Forbes. I’m looking forward to giving it a burl.

[@billotto4499]

Not a bad machine. I have the same one for about 6 years, no drama. I just need to maintain it like a normal tool. I'm very happy with mine and hope you will be the same Cheers

[@pauljames6086]

Adam is the Bomb👍💪

[@HM-Projects]

It's a good lathe, I have a clone of this that's sold by Paramount Browns. Well worth the money.

[@nardaoeletronica]

Very good. 👍🏾

[@eprohoda]

brother-yo,best job!

[@garageadz]

Thanks!

[@glencollingwood]

Thanks for the vid. I just fire ed up my TU-2506V lathe / BF-20AV mill combo. I'm VERY new to this and I'm learning on the fly . What did you do to reduce the slop/lash in the hand wheels?

[@garageadz]

I have looked into reducing the last but it's been on the backburner for a while. I always back the handles off and move towards the numbers I want so there's no slack in measurements.

[@secondfirstsecond]

Did you fix the sloppy knob? I saw the other model of the same brand and I also noticed the sliding handle was wiggling. Not sure if that's fixable.

[@manuelfernandezbailon2459]

le has cambiado alguna vez los engranajes para hacer roscas ?

[@chaz_pounder]

Nice, but damn that bakground music

[@michaelb5330]

New toy 👍🏻🙂👍🏻

[@garageadz]

Hooray for tax return!

[@osttechnik1010]

Wat you say today to the Optimum Maschine? Its a good or Bad Maschine?

[@garageadz]

It does about as good of a job as you'd expect. It's definitely not a terrible machine but at this price point it delivers

[@michaelb5330]

New toy 🙂👍🏻🙂

[@hobonickel840]

Does that have a pass through fees through head? I'm new to International Asian model lathes .. thanks

[@garageadz]

Yes it does

[@larryguerra]

9:50 Seriously, that pulley with that belt transfers 1200W of power, more than 1.5hp of power?

[@christopherlamb7386]

nice little maCHINE....but believe me,it's not silly the fact that there's a spring shroud on the chuck key......cause I've seen too many times a key flying off or a jig ruined because of a key forgotten on the chuck at the start!!!!

[@garageadz]

I mean, I get the purpose of it fully, it's just that I (mostly) use my brain and man it is damn annoying to use!

[@christopherlamb7386]

@@garageadz oooohhh yesss!I fully agree with you that it's damn f*":;':g.........

[@nickking8317]

You’ll get the hang of it

[@garageadz]

I hope so. Slowly doing odd jobs as needed and getting a feel for it. I found it does like to back out with the tool so I have to hold the wheel when sweeping across a piece otherwise I get a conical finish.

[@HM-Projects]

@@garageadz use the carriage lock for that. It's a nice lathe, I have a Paramount Browns version of the same lathe.

[@janvisser2223]

Do yourself a favor and don’t throw machined parts on your welding table

[@jaya7137]

How's it holding up after 1 yr

[@garageadz]

It's still going really well, I've changed the gearing on it to suit more of what I'm working with. The jaws slip a fair but, it seems hard to get a lot of torque for them to hold on to parts if I'm trying to manual tap using the jaws so I've been thinking of upgrading those. Otherwise it's pretty decent.

[@urz7481]

how much this cost sir?

[@garageadz]

$2300 aud

[@GNU_Linux_for_good]

04:46 _weakling_ ha.. ha..