Gary Lauzon
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I'm currently looking at purchasing a CRAFTEX 706 but the carrige hand wheel is literally smashed off. Are replacement hand wheels readily available?
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Lathe carriage handwheel
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combustable herbage
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Welcome to the group
There are wheels available through aliexpress possibly others here is an example
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The other thing I would be concernced with is if it was smashed that the shaft was not bent in whatever caused the damage.
There are wheels available through aliexpress possibly others here is an example
3-12inch Handwheel 3-spoke Machinery Hand Wheels Chrome Plated Steel Inner Wave Handwheel Round Rim Inner Corrugated Handwheel - AliExpress 1420
Smarter Shopping, Better Living! Aliexpress.com
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The other thing I would be concernced with is if it was smashed that the shaft was not bent in whatever caused the damage.
Welcome from SW Ontario.
X2 for Ali.
EBay has them as well.
Depending on how much work you want to do, find a similar Grizzly machine, download the parts manual, and order from Grizzly.
Last time I was there, Busy Bee had a selection of handwheels on the wall.
X2 for Ali.
EBay has them as well.
Depending on how much work you want to do, find a similar Grizzly machine, download the parts manual, and order from Grizzly.
Last time I was there, Busy Bee had a selection of handwheels on the wall.
Martin w
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Welcome from Niagara Falls. Busy Bee should have replacement handles. Was the lathe dropped? https://www.busybeetools.com/collections/metalworking-metal-lathes
trlvn
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^^ This. ^^
On my CX706, the handwheel is solid aluminum. If it is "literally smashed off", I think that it is pretty much certain that other parts are also damaged. BusyBee does not stock replacement parts for sale. For warranty replacements, I believe they cannibalize a machine.
Craig
@RobinHood made a hand wheel for one of his lathes from scratch, as it had to be a specific for factor, using the same lathe!
TorontoBuilder
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Im with Craig and Martin on this. The more important question is "should I be worried about the carriage hand wheel being broken?"
@Gary Lauzon - The answer to this question is "Damn right you should!"
A new handwheel should be relatively easy to find. Fixing a bunch of dinged, bent, cracked, or damaged invisible critical parts is a whole nuther kettle of skunk piss.
Significant impact/stress was put on the hand wheel axle. Extra caution should be exercised in examining all of the carriage functions- but most particularly the hand wheel axle and moving the carriage - using a 4" vise grip will tell you if the axle is bent, or worse the longitudinal feed gear assembly broken in some way.
For a purchase - if your hobby is not rebuilding machine tools, leave this one alone, regrdless of price. If you love to take apart and restore stuff like this, then check and buy at a discounted price...
I got a part for my lathe through BusyBee a while back (2018) but had to talk to Parts (Robin) department and gave them the Part number I needed. Took a while but did get it.