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The premium content article is good. I learned to thread at my school on the lathe, but i subscribed to the article anyways. The only thing i did not like was the setup explanation. The drivetrain

I would like to know something about the Cummins lathe and where one can be bought. It is time to get some regulations placed on UPS and Fedex...like no signature=no proof of delivery. UPS has been

I bought one at HF Houston a couple weeks ago and got both sale price and 20% off, but it took a half-hour wait while they found someone to approve the 20% coupon. Net cost $399

Hello. What's the best way to chuck material in a lathe without it getting all scratched, dinged, and gouged up? I've been finding, especially with brass, that I have to tighten it in the chuck

Make a sleeve out of some aluminum flashing, or just use small pieces of flashing under each jaw to protect the workpiece. Some guys cut up alumimum beer or soda cans for this

That's exactly what I was looking for. THANKS! - Brice

LMS has several different types of turning tools that take the indexable inserts. My question is, what's the difference between these two types of inserts? TCMM inserts TCMT

Good Morning All: Having trouble setting up a Homier 7X12 lathe recently purchased. This lathe is turning a taper from tailstock to headstock no matter how much adjustment I make to correct

It seems unlikely to me that the HS is out of alignment. The TS easily could be, but you can get it close enough for most work by simply turning a point onto a piece of stock using the compound and

Good Morning Frank, I am turning 1/2" dia 6061 aluminum and 1/2" 12L14 stock. Using a dial indicator on the carriage, I am seeing .010" reading from the chuck (standard 3 jaw) to the ts,

Nick, Was reading in an old PM Shop Notes last night a possible solution. Buy yourself a piece of ground drill rod a touch over 10" long - something which will go thru the spindle - 1/2" dia.?

Good Morning Bob: I appreciate the quick response and will try this method. Should the ts prove to be too high, would it be better to shim the hs, or lower the ts with some careful filing of the

Here's a website with the info for decoding carbide inserts: http://www.4carbide.com/tech.htm -=- Bob

Here's a link to an article by Jose Rodriguez that may be helpful. Also some info by Rick

Nick, I'm on digest mode so my response is slow coming. First thing to do is pull your tailstock off and ck for burrs, rough spots, etc. after you do the initial alignment ck. Use a small,

Retaining the same dimensions you gave, could you do it on a 7X10? Frankie

So, that would imply, as to lathe size, the bigger the better, no? Frankie

With all the talk about bed length, it seems to me the only space that matters is how much space you have between the work piece in a chuck and tool bit in the compound

Frankie, For the lack of a better example, I'll try this one... Imagine you had a big 1" bolt, 12" long. You want to face the underside of the head, and turn the flats off the bottom 1/8" of the hex

No... With the HF 7x10, the working distance with the chuck mounted is more like 8". They use the older convention of distance between tapered centers mounted at both the headstock and tailstock to