Re: machining in a small shop
You can also permanently mount the lathe on end and use it vertically. Ralph gcvisalia@...> wrote:
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Ralph Hulslander
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Re: machining in a small shop
Animal is correct; you also were limited by the footprint and height of what was mounted on the rotary portion of the ¡°table.¡± I had one for a couple of years with a small jointer, benchtop
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ChazzC <chaz-creswell@...>
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Re: machining in a small shop
I use cardboard. I use it under the ways. Its deep enough to reach from the front of the bench to near the rear of the bench. I also have large piece as backsplash. It rests on the piece under the
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[email protected]
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gouging welding
1- what? ?do? you thing? about ouging? thecnic 2- do? you use? it sometime 3- is it? need a special? equipment 4-or? only? welding? equpment? whit? special? ?rcarbon? rod jack 47 71
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Jacques Savard
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Re: machining in a small shop
I've been storing my mini-lathe vertically for years, and it works fine. What I did was make a wooden plug for the left end of the spindle. Part of it is turned down to fit snugly inside the spindle.
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Miket_NYC
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Re: machining in a small shop
hit send to soon . probably the best bang for the buck would be the tool box under the lathe , Ya just push it out of teh way when needed & no extra setup time when ya want to use the lathe . They
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mike allen
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Re: machining in a small shop
IIRC on that Craftsman rotating bench that ya had to slide the top out to the side on either side of the center top before ya could spin the centerpiece . animal
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mike allen
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Re: MicroMark 7x16 Fault Notice
Recheck your work. If it wasnt there before and now it is after you put the motor back on, then something went wonky when you reassembled it. Pinched wire ? Misconnected wire ? And for sure, a good
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Re: MicroMark 7x16 Fault Notice
I have rechecked everything mentioned and that yielded nothing notable. There was no jamming or anything of the sort. The switch operates as it should. I still get a fault (yellow lamp is lit. I am
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OldToolmaker
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Re: machining in a small shop
charles wrote: Wow. That thing's amazing. Might work better on paper than in practice, indeed! But I can certainly see the attraction. Comes with a free cord winding mechanism! ;-) In addition to the
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Paul Fox
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Re: machining in a small shop
If you do something like store it on a bench to the side front to back, you could have a shelf surface above where the lathe is stored to provide some additional flat surface.? You would still have
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Charles Kinzer
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Re: machining in a small shop
Charles, thanks for all your thoughts on chip cleanup. Sounds like the problem is about what I thought it would be. A problem, for sure, but not insurmountable. There's already a rug on the way out of
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Paul Fox
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Re: machining in a small shop
mike wrote: Ha! That's great! It's particularly amusing to me, since my main reason for getting a lathe is that I collect and restore antique sewing machines, and they sometimes need parts or screws
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Paul Fox
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Re: machining in a small shop
Sound like work just fine. Watch length to short and may give problems with dills and boring . Need at least 12" between chuck face and tail stock. Dave FYI I have 14" between chuck face and tail
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davesmith1800
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Re: machining in a small shop
Think wheels.? I have my mini lathe on a HF cabinet that provides storage for all the accessories that one tends to accumulate.? 3d printer mounted on a rolling cabinet from Home Depot that provides
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Arthur Coe
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Re: machining in a small shop
I would think that if yer gonna try to store a mini lathe on end that is should be mounted to a solid base for horizontal use that can double as part of what would be needed to hold it vertically .
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mike allen
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Re: DC power supply grounding
The fuse can only protect when there is only one path for a return current and fusing N does not protect L from returning on GROUND. Yes, it does matter where the fuse is. wrote:
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BuffaloJohn
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Re: machining in a small shop
I don't see any reason you can't store a mini-lathe on end.? (Unlike some larger lathes, it doesn't have any "oil bath" areas where oil could run out.) Regarding clean up, usually it is common to
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Charles Kinzer
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Re: DC power supply grounding
On the electrical and computer side, it is just LCNC with three stepper motors, So the LCNC documentation applies. But on the mechanical side, there is custom-made parts that fit the motors to the HF
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Chris Albertson <albertson.chris@...>
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machining in a small shop
My small shop is decidedly mixed-use: wood work (manual, plus occasional CNC milling), some electronics (Raspberry Pi type stuff), general homeowner workbench use, and, hopefully someday soon,
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Paul Fox
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