Re: is this an original minilathe
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It would interesting on history of current mini lathes.??
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I have a lot of info on engin lathes? I can see a Russian need a small low cost light weight lathe for small fish boats? If you are? on ocean and a part needs turn it would fit .? The mini lathe gets the job done. No bells and wishlists? When I was in? high school and college did iron work.? There was times that the mini lathe would wonderful job. All I had was a grinder and drill got job done.? Dave? Bruce J 12:27pm? ? I cannot find the site where I read this, but the modern Sieg (and Red Bull) 7X Mini lathes were originally based on a 70¡¯s era Soviet small lathe designed for cheap production. If we¡¯re just going to go by ¡®a small bench top lathe¡¯ we¡¯ll have to go back to the beginning, like that one in the Clickspring, but what we would recognize as a ¡®modern¡¯ lathe would be Ramadan¡¯s lathe of 1775: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw-cutting_lathe#Modern_screw-cutting_lathes_(late_18th_to_early_19th_centuries) and perfected by Henry Maudslay who arguably set the current form for a metal lathe with lead screws, cross-slide |
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