Machine: Quick turn smart 200M.
Well, I heard everyone crashes their lathe sooner or later and on the last job it was my turn: It was a really stupid mistake (maybe all crashes are stupid ?). I was aligning the tailstock and after doing that I left the chuck on the back of the tailstock. The first move in the program is a rapid down to about X = 2". I had the rapids at either 10% or 25% when the turret base hit the wrench. No damage to the tailstock it seems, since that is still in alignment, but the turret is out in the Y direction (I don't have Y-axis) about 0.020".
So the question is: What is out of whack and how do I fix it ?
I took off the cover of the turret, but the turret itself didn't hit anything so I guess that is not the place to start.
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Well, I heard everyone crashes their lathe sooner or later and on the last job it was my turn: It was a really stupid mistake (maybe all crashes are stupid ?). I was aligning the tailstock and after doing that I left the chuck on the back of the tailstock. The first move in the program is a rapid down to about X = 2". I had the rapids at either 10% or 25% when the turret base hit the wrench. No damage to the tailstock it seems, since that is still in alignment, but the turret is out in the Y direction (I don't have Y-axis) about 0.020".
So the question is: What is out of whack and how do I fix it ?
I took off the cover of the turret, but the turret itself didn't hit anything so I guess that is not the place to start.
