It's my new lathe. She's broke. And I am sad. I thought I fucked up the threads on the spindle by trying to force the faceplate off while the set screws were still in it. Nope. Was ready to take the blame. After three round trips to Burien and a half hour circle-jerk with some Jet tech guy in Tennessee, looks like we gotta replace said spindle because the threads are crooked. (A separate trip to WoodCraft, with a sales guy throwing on three different manufacturer's faceplates on her finally illustrated the point.) Sorry there're no pics to document all this; truth be told, if I had a camera with me, I probably woulda chucked it at some point. Probably in the general direction of the Jet tech guy in Tennessee.
The fellers at Equipment Sales and Surplus have been stellar and are replacing everything at their cost, seeing as Jet won't. They, too, are disappointed with Jet. But, if anyone's in the market for heavy equipment, let it be known my experience with the Burien boys has been stellar.
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