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Consider a hand crank for the spindle. Using one lets you apply a lot more torque at low speed & takes the excitement out of tapping on the lathe. There are a bunch of designs, using different

I made some replacement blade guide brackets for my 4x6 HF bandsaw.? The OEM ones didn't permit enough adjustment range to get the blade vertically aligned, without pushing the blade around a lot.?

What are ya usin for scales with the Touch DRO ? thanks animal

There are a few tricks with Threading that make easier.? When fist starting just use the Rev switch.? The other is a high rake angle helps. My wife is getting both eyes done next month. I just

Just remember what doing . A dial indicator reading to 0.000,1 is great but most work 0.001 works great . My self I keep most of my work to under 0.000,5". Dave

I've not tried to turn threads. Now that eyes are fixed from cataract surgery, it's about time to upgrade the mini lathe to the 16" bed. Many amateur radio/ham radio projects I need to do but have

And I'm still trying to learn how to turn threads ! george

Project? My last big project was a CNC conversion of a HF Mini Mill. I added computer contoled motor to all three axes. Now I’m on to the current project which is robotics parts. Many of the parts

Just finish a 22 caliber pellet gun slug maker. I use mine mostly for making nickel silver ferrules and seat hardware for fly rods. But you never know what I will do next. Have the mini-mill also.

Doing a Hemingway Kits Machinist’s Hammer and Gray Kits Machinist’s Clamps as learning projects. I’ll also step through some TouchDRO videos on using the app while machining on the lathe to

Thanks for all the thoughts and suggestions! It comes to mind, I should check with the test bar in the spindle alone, without the tailstock. There should be no deflection issue running an indicator

Like Mark says, it's basically up to you. If you're happy with that you're good to go!??I wanted better so I tinkered and adjusted a lot. I replaced the two bolts in the back of the headstock with

If you got those numbers with no shims under your headstock and no adjustments to your tailstock I'd say that is pretty darned good.? Since you now have a nice test bar you can tweak it as much as

That sounds like me. Most mined has been tooling for work. Fun to do but in retirement is not there. Dave

It depends on your expectations, Bret. I would have expected better but have lived with worse! Bill in Boulder wrote:

Nothing major here currently. Last project was making some inserts for dining room chairs. They're threaded 9/16 x 16 on the outside and 3/8 x 24 on the inside. Neither are common in the real world

I’ve installed a new 16in bed on my 7x12 LMS 4200 mini-lathe and added a new tailstock with DRO. I sent for a 350mm MT3 Test Bar from India rated 0.0001” runout (not defined) and mounted it

Right now my projects is setting up my lathe .? Now what is next? Dave

This one looks exactly like the one I had.? The spindle took collets directly but they were Wade special and it came with a full set by 1/64" up to 1-1/16".? If I remember correctly it had a 1-3/8"

I just spent some time over on Tony's site lookin at some Wade lathes . They made some nice lookin units . Not sure which Wade ya had butyh theres 2 different Wade's to choose from on the site . This