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Re: Compund Slide Slop
A little feed slop is necessary for the feed screw to not bind. The standard way to deal with it is to always back out farther than necessary, then advance to the desired position - the slop is
By Roy · #163 ·
Re: Compund Slide Slop
What I did when I got mine was take apart everthing that had to dow tih the crossslide, got some fine grit sandpaper cleaned up everything, get any junk outta there,lapping the gibs does help alot,
By Sean <[email protected]> <smurf707@...> · #162 ·
Compund Slide Slop
Hello everybody, I'm another lucky person who got a mini-lathe for Christmas and I'm having a great time with it. I'm new to metal turning but I've been to both Mini-Lathe.Com and The Little
By bt99ss <[email protected]> · #161 ·
change gears
Never mind ya'll, I answered my own question. I kept messing with it until it done what I wanted. Thanks, Matt, kf4zgz
By kf4zgz <[email protected]> <kf4zgz@...> · #160 ·
new member...new lathe...& questions
Hi all!, I'm new to lathes and new to the list. My name is Matt and I live in NC.I whined about wanting a lathe until my wife bought one for a christmas present when Homier came to town. I now am
By kf4zgz <[email protected]> <kf4zgz@...> · #159 ·
Harbor Freight QCTP
Hi! I've just joined the group (' just got my 7x12 as a birthday present), and I am looking for comments on the Harbor Freight quick change tool post sets such as SKU 35140 and 45439. At $80, they
By Danny Stone <[email protected]> <dansto@...> · #158 ·
Re: This thing on?
Welcome, Neil. Here's a good place to start: http://www.mini-lathe.com/Mini_lathe/Introduction/introduction.htm Frank Hoose http://www.mini-lathe.com --- Neil <cobra_neil@...> wrote:
By Frank Hoose · #157 ·
This thing on?
Hi, Just joined the list, and introducing myself. I'm an electronics hobbyist that's looking into making a product that will need small enclosures and so far I'm looking into buying the tools and
By Neil <cobra_neil@...> · #156 ·
Re: New Member - Question on forming curves
It's known as "spherical turning," although, you're more interested in radius turning. The two basic approaches are to generate the radius with some type of pivoting toolholder or to trace an
By Roy · #155 ·
New Member - Question on forming curves
I'm a beginer with my lathe. I have been practicing facing, turning and boring with good results. My question is, how do you create a cure on a work piece. I want to make dies for an air planishing
By evill914 <[email protected]> <evill914@...> · #154 ·
Re: Chucking medium diameter tube in Mini lathe
I didn't know the RHD name for them, or if they were readily available (read, "cheap") in the UK. As usual, the snipes save the day :-) Roy <captkenn@m...>" <captkenn@m...> wrote: JimE 5/8"
By Roy · #153 ·
Re: Chucking medium diameter tube in Mini lathe
Hi JimE & Roy et al, I tried the method of reverse clamping on the chuck suggested by JimE but it didn't work for me. However, would you believe it Roy, I have three different sizes of exhaust
By Capt Ken Appleby <[email protected]> <captkenn@...> · #152 ·
Re: Chucking medium diameter tube in Mini lathe
For a low-budget expanding mandrel, an automotive "tailpipe expander" can be held in a chuck. They're not as accurate as a "real" expanding mandrel, but, can be fiddled into position for
By Roy · #151 ·
Re: Chucking medium diameter tube in Mini lathe
Hi Mike, Mmmm I hadn't thought of wood! That makes good sense I will give it a try tomorrow Regards Ken / /
By Capt. Ken Appleby <captkenn@...> · #149 ·
Re: Chucking medium diameter tube in Mini lathe
<captkenn@m...>" <captkenn@m...> wrote: nor Large tubing always seems to flex it's way out of the jaws. How about a tapered hardwood plug, center drilled and used with the live center? Recently I
By walsh2002bc <[email protected]> <me.walsh@...> · #148 ·
Re: Chucking medium diameter tube in Mini lathe
I've chucked a 2" ID piece using the outside of the regular jaws of the standard 3-jaw chuck. Just remember to turn the handle backwards to tighten ...@;-) Graciously,
By Jim E. <jim0000@...> · #150 ·
Chucking medium diameter tube in Mini lathe
Hi, I have come across a problem. What is the best way to put a 2"x 8" Brass tube in the mini-lathe. I find that using neither the 4-Jaw nor the 3-Jaw allows it to grip sufficiently. It seems to be
By Capt Ken Appleby <[email protected]> <captkenn@...> · #147 ·
Re: Chester UK
sorry mike i got your name mixed up with another e-mail i was doing at the same time!!! BEST WISHES FOR 2003 DAVID WILLIAMS BOLTON ENGLAND www.smartgroups.com/groups/pre78bmw
By david <davidalan@...> · #146 ·
Re: now Chester UK
the chester cobra is the same as the SEIG X1. chester even use the seig picture from their website,price is ???339 as opposed to ???499 at warco. have you bought a micro mill steve? you could
By david <davidalan@...> · #145 ·
Re: US/UK prices making a living, now Chester UK
I have bought several machines from Chester, David and also found the machines as supplied were useless. They all needed stripping and rebuilding. The service from Chester was abysmal. They are just
By Mike Ousby <steam.tram@...> · #144 ·