Warco WM180 mini lathe Mods you may not have, My model Engineering adventure

Here i share with you some improvements I have done some of which other users may not have shown. They relate to the work i do and which makes results more predictable. Sorry the video is not as slick as i would like but i'm busy with my other projects.
0.00 -2.30 Intro
2.30-2.45 Disengage gears
2.45-4.50 Handle
4.50-7.50 Smaller pulley more torque
7.50-11.00 Re calibrate dial Locks & stops

[@bobuk5722]

Hi Geoff. I added two over-run fans to my lathe, one for the motor enclosure and one for the electronics. They run off a bathroom fan timer. You are a very neat worker and clearly put a lot of thought into your modifications. Glad you site came up. Liked and sub'd.

[@robespsquared6703]

Brilliant, thank you for showing the modifications to your lathe. Gives me some ideas to improve my lathe. Very neat workshop.

[@TheKnacklersWorkshop]

Hello Geoff, Some very useful modifications on your lathe... Thank you for taking the time to make the video. Take care. Paul,,

[@malcellison8831]

Excellent work. Well done, sir.

[@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian]

Beautifully neat in all respects. 👏👏👍😀

[@jardine1able]

I have just do.every across your site and subscribed.I have a WM240 so can use a lot of your great mods on it ,if that's ok Great site will look forward to more of your work.Regards Mike

[@geoff5269]

Thanks for your comment, I find having a workshop and hobby very rewarding now I have learnt not to worry how long things take there's always something to do.

[@Pete-xe3il]

Just one point about your method of disengaging and re-engaging your feed gears Geoff. It will work fine for disengaging them, but what your doing when re-engaging them is your bottoming out the teeth in both gears that mesh together. Spur gears are never designed to run with a zero clearance setting like that. And that's also part of the reason you may be getting extra noise from them. A very simple method of setting the gear backlash to a known clearance each time is to just use a strip of paper between the teeth or the two gears as there squeezed together by hand. Since paper comes in a variety of thicknesses, then experimenting a bit with that different thicknesses should get you a gauge depth you can use where the gearing will be a lot quieter and wear far less. Frankly the lathe manufacturer's do a very poor job of even mentioning this very simple method or even explaining why it needs to be done. I hope that helps. Some well thought out modifications other wise, and a few I'm planning on copying on my lathe that's a bit larger.

[@geoff5269]

Pete, if you look at timeline 3.16 it shows a second stop to set the depth of gear mesh. I find this mod very useful as it allows me to use the leadscrew by handwheel. There's lots of potential to modify this lathe and I think we enjoy that as well as making things.

[@Pete-xe3il]

@@geoff5269Ok I'd completely missed that, so you were already ahead of me. 😀