Quote Originally Posted by Stevohdee View Post
Thanks for links pj, the arc article about the c3 pulldown most interesting. Makes you wonder how many buyers have packed seig machines up & sent them back without understanding they have to be adjusted and fixed before use. Many people just don't have the skill, knowledge, dertermination, patience and tools to do mods and repairs. These machines should come with warnings or disclaimers before purchasing so buyers can decide whether they want the hassle. Before buying anything now i always google reviews on products.
Cheers & safe machining.
I think the best thing I did when I got mine was take it pretty much down to the ground, clean it up and give a bit of a hair cut and TLC in a few places (gibs, half nuts and screws, etc.) then reassembled, lubed (white LI grease) and aligned everything I could. It also gave me a clue about future improvements I wanted to make and it's shortcomings and when to be patient. I had read a bunch of reviews and stuff on them and didn't expect it to be a Swiss screw machine but a good learning machine for some of my projects and if you add that to all the sites and YT stuff on them it's worth the price and effort. It's given me a lot of learning, fun and some irritants but for what I have in it and gotten out of it, it's been an 85% win in my book. I kind of agree with "Many people just don't..." but that's what I am about, acquiring the skill, knowledge...It's a hunger or itch that needs continual attention for me...too bad for them.

I will keep the handle proximity issue in mind but found a clue somewhere a while ago and CRS has set in to where in my bookmarks. The big issue for me is to pull it up mid cross slide for equal pressure to the ways.

Cheers,
PJ