Time is Running Out

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:05 pm

I would hope that any order placed prior to price increases would be bo at the pre bo price regardless of actual ship date.

farley · Post by **farley** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:19 pm

I expect that the price would be honored, but I order early because they said shipping was going up also and I wanted to get on the april shipping fee because of the 35 pound weight of the UTR.

farley · Post by **farley** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:22 pm

dusty
there is too much play in the stock tool rest as stated by me and others.

I am also told it is more convientant to use.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:39 pm

farley wrote:dusty
there is too much play in the stock tool rest as stated by me and others.

I am also told it is more convientant to use.

I am not questioning whether the UTR has virtues that make it more useful or better. I don't have an opinion there as I am not into turning.

My question is "What is there about the UTR that makes it a UNIVERSAL TOOL REST?"

To me, calling it UNIVERSAL means that it can either do something other than act as a tool rest OR it can be employed UNIVERSALLY like on other lathes.

greitz · Post by **greitz** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:26 pm

Dusty- I don't have another lathe to try it on, but I'd bet Shopsmith's UTR will indeed fit on many (most?) other lathes, with minor modifications to fasten it to the ways. The nice part about using it on the Shopsmith is that it mounts on the carriage, so it's easily moved along the way tubes. If you mounted it on another lathe, it would be an annoyance to unbolt it every time you wanted to move it out of the way.

Gary

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:27 pm

greitz wrote:Dusty- I don't have another lathe to try it on, but I'd bet Shopsmith's UTR will indeed fit on many (most?) other lathes, with minor modifications to fasten it to the ways. The nice part about using it on the Shopsmith is that it mounts on the carriage, so it's easily moved along the way tubes. If you mounted it on another lathe, it would be an annoyance to unbolt it every time you wanted to move it out of the way.

Gary

So why is it called UNIVERSAL?

beeg · Post by **beeg** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:49 pm

dusty wrote:So why is it called UNIVERSAL?

Because both parts will swivel 360°.

terrydowning · Post by **terrydowning** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:10 pm

And here I thought the U was for "Ultimate". Meaning the best.

damagi · Post by **damagi** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 6:53 pm

greitz wrote:Dusty- I don't have another lathe to try it on, but I'd bet Shopsmith's UTR will indeed fit on many (most?) other lathes, with minor modifications to fasten it to the ways. The nice part about using it on the Shopsmith is that it mounts on the carriage, so it's easily moved along the way tubes. If you mounted it on another lathe, it would be an annoyance to unbolt it every time you wanted to move it out of the way.

Gary

The banjo portion is pretty standard from my perspective. The plate which mounts to the carriage, as you note, is the unique part to shopsmith. The biggest difference between a SS banjo and one from a powermatic or similar is that the SS one has the position lock in the middle of the ways, whereas modern lathes use a position lock on the front of the banjo.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:46 pm

Wow. Just in time. This morning I was able to add three items to an order that I placed a few days ago but had not yet shipped. I just checked status and everything shipped today. There was no increase in the cost of shipping and I got everything for the same price as those listed in the online catalog (no price increase).