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PS - I hope there are still instructors for such classes!

I think it would be good for the high school systems to reinstate a *modern* version of "metal shop" and "wood Shop" back into their curriculums. There are very few trade schools left in the country,

??? ??? Depending on the length of the thread & diameter of the piece ya may be needin to use a Follower rest in the setup . ??? good luck , & remember pictures or it didn't happen ???

??? ??? 6L6 , 12AX7 , if a kid knows what those are for he's got a chance . Like ya mentioned? robotic's seem to get kids interested . The Arduinos & Raspberry pi's seem to be getting more &

Most hobbies took a big hit in 1980's because of computers and computer games. It looks like there is a up swing I hobbies. I am on other site in welding and we seeing 40 year old getting hobby of

You can chuck an appropriate dowel and single thread it to start, but make sure what thread it is it might be some form similar to an acme thread. You m

Best to use a good age wood for threading. Dave

David, External threads in wood are typically cut with a die made for that purpose. One clamps a dowel of the appropriate diameter in a vice or to the end of a workbench, and turns the die onto the

Thank you gentlemen - very interesting stories.

I think my dad had one of these tools for making threaded. wood by hand. You can make accurate threads by hand if you make a jig. The key is that you but-joint the wood dowel to a threaded metal

Dear All, I realise this is both part Mini lathe and part wood lathe. But to me the metal lathe part is more important. Hence my question to you all. I have a couple of these old wooden clamps -

Rhetorical question (don’t answer)… What decade was it when you were 9? I bet it was back in the days when manual lathes with hand wheels were still used in manufacturing. I am subscribed to

England is great for hobbies. Everything I do is mail order in the USA. Dave

??? ?? I grew up in the US , I'm 67 now & I can remember going to friends houses & going through the garage & seeing small Craftsman , South Bend & Logan lathes on their dads bench .Some of them

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That is a small hole in headstock. Dave > > >

Dear All, Just For Information… Things were different in the late 1950’s. My father taught myself and my older brother to use his lathe about the same age(9). I was so small, I had to stand on a

I was 9 running a lathe. Great fun making a canon too. Dave

FYI Field work would be a drive 1 to 2 hours to job site. A mini lathe would save a 4 hour round tip or more and paid the same day. I was ask by one company for a 4 hour drive just to do milling on

When first look at mini lathes back in 2003. At time I had a full size lathe but needed a light weight lathe for field work. It was for line boring heavy equipment like backhoes. Need a lathe in field