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I have used Never-Seez for dead centers But like live centers. I have tried different cutting oils. The good ones always has same problem cost. That why I now buy from the local store . No shipping

Bill, your setscrew idea sounds interesting. I have something like that on my mini- mill to tweak tram. I could tap near the headstock bolt holes and use flat-tip setscrews. Setscrew diameter and

I use STP oil additive when I need an oil that stays in place on tailstock centers. It's as thick as honey and has a lot of ZDDP. ( Never tried using it as a cutting oil). Mike Taglieri wrote:

Here bottle I use on my lathe is clear cutting oil from Home Depot.? It put a small bottle if i spill less to clean up. Also a can of Lead free lead. Dave

Yes, but occasionally you can exceed those limitations, if you think creatively. For example, I once drilled a hole in work in the chuck using a drill bit that was almost as long as the bed. All big

It is a mini lathe I have own very large lathes in my life. The mini lathe is easy to move. Dave

Moglice is one that folks have used on lathe beds & headstocks & the other parts that run on the ways . animal

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Always bearing in mind that those ‘limitations’ my now be so, depending on the work you intend to do. Best regards David

I agree with you, Mike.? I also started with the HF 7x10, when they were around $425, and I had a 25% off coupon, so it was around $320.? I also upgraded the bed about 2 years later with the LMS 16"

There is a family of products, horribly expensive, that are a filled epoxy for restoring worn ways. Scrapable but very hard. I think that they had a product that worked as a filler to restore

Bill, Your filled-epoxy suggestion got me thinking. I wonder if what I thought was paint under the headstock was the vendor adding epoxy to correct an overgrind? It was in the right place to have

I had mine shipped to my home ? . It light enough so my self and wife could pickup and put on the table. All from Walmart. Dave

I bought a Speedway 7X12 about 20 years ago for $300. Many mods later I am still happening with it. I replaced the 3 inch 3 jaw chuck with a4 inch one from LMS. Regards John Mattis

I will just say that I bought the original HF 10" lathe and used it for many, many years before buying a longer bed kit when they were on sale from LMS. So if you find a good lathe at a good price,

they probably hang out with the cocaine bear . animal

Here's something to think about when it comes to Chinese-made machinery. They are not the same thing even if they are products from the same factory or the same brand. In china, cabbage, for example,

Following that GadgetBuilder protocol, I cleaned surfaces, applied DyKem and mated the headstock and ways, sliding them 1/8" forwards and backwards. Contact areas are left and right rear flats and

I went with 14" size Preenex? 8”x14” Mini Metal Lathe just for a little extra room . I did think of 16" too but have stop on size . I limit my decision by weight keeping under box weight 140