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Re: $1000 Budget: Which 7 x 14 to buy?
It is a mini lathe I have own very large lathes in my life. The mini lathe is easy to move. Dave
By davesmith1800 · #117864 ·
Re: 7x16 Spindle to Tailstock Alignment Test Outcome
Moglice is one that folks have used on lathe beds & headstocks & the other parts that run on the ways . animal
By mike allen · #117863 ·
Re: 7x16 Spindle to Tailstock Alignment Test Outcome
Bondo to cover up? their casting bloops animal
By mike allen · #117862 ·
Re: $1000 Budget: Which 7 x 14 to buy?
Always bearing in mind that those ¡®limitations¡¯ my now be so, depending on the work you intend to do. Best regards David
By David Wiseman · #117861 ·
Re: $1000 Budget: Which 7 x 14 to buy?
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"
By Ralph Lehotsky · #117860 ·
Re: 7x16 Spindle to Tailstock Alignment Test Outcome
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
By Bill Williams · #117859 ·
Re: 7x16 Spindle to Tailstock Alignment Test Outcome
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
By CBJessee-N4SRN · #117858 ·
Re: $1000 Budget: Which 7 x 14 to buy?
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
Re: $1000 Budget: Which 7 x 14 to buy?
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
By John Mattis · #117856 ·
Re: $1000 Budget: Which 7 x 14 to buy?
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,
By Miket_NYC · #117855 ·
Re: Funnies
they probably hang out with the cocaine bear . animal
By mike allen · #117854 ·
Re: $1000 Budget: Which 7 x 14 to buy?
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,
By opse3141@... · #117853 ·
Re: 7x16 Spindle to Tailstock Alignment Test Outcome
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
Re: $1000 Budget: Which 7 x 14 to buy?
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
By davesmith1800 · #117851 ·
Re: 7x16 Spindle to Tailstock Alignment Test Outcome
Got a friend with a surface grinder? Setting the headstock up with the spindle bore parallel to the table and cleaning up the base of the headstock would do wonders! The cheap way might be to use
By Bill Williams · #117850 ·
Re: Funnies
It all in the Reindeer for flying. The Reindeer are test all time for flying. Dave
By davesmith1800 · #117849 ·
Re: Funnies
Yes - Santa exhibits quantum entanglement - he's everywhere all at once.? And if you observe him, he gets locked into a specific state.
By WAM · #117848 ·
Re: 7x16 Spindle to Tailstock Alignment Test Outcome
I¡¯ve got ¡°The Complete Mini-lathe workshop¡± on order, thanks. As noted in https://gadgetbuilder.com/Lathe_Align.html bolt torque appears to be good for only 0.0005-0.001¡± vertical at best and
By CBJessee-N4SRN · #117847 ·
Re: Funnies
?Spoilsport ???. Seriously thanks for the calculations. Very very interesting¡­.. However, may I point out that as he has,, in fact, magical powers eg. going into houses or apartments
By DAVID WILLIAMS · #117846 ·
Re: $1000 Budget: Which 7 x 14 to buy?
Recent posts above should dispel any consideration of the 7x"10" lathe.? ?This variant, 7x10, has been so advertised for decades, and it is NOT 10", it is 8".? ? You will quickly find the use of
By Craig Hopewell · #117845 ·