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<byer@m...> wrote: sure If the piece of 6" diameter aluminum is of any length (i.e., greater than that which could be attached to a faceplate), the 7x12 cannot turn it. In fact if we are talk about

There is an old saying that you get what you pay for. As a general rule, over my 56 years, I have found this to be generally true. As far as Chinese products are concerned it depends upon whom is

I'm so confused. The more I read about mini lathes, the more uncertain I become on which one to buy. I've read that Prazi is the best at close tol.work, but is +/- .0005 close for 1" dia. x 1"long

OTOH, when you're doing repairs/mods to existing stuff, the lack of concentricity is a problem. I'm using the 4 jaw until I finish the Rick Kruger style adjustable backplate (I'm too cheap to go

Al, I agree; I'm in the process of making the same one! Roy <aldayis@a...> wrote: 4" that

Roy, I saw Rick Kruger about a month ago and one of the intresting things in his shop is the adjustable backplate. The idea and execution were clever and well done. I am going to make one for a 4"

Something to keep in mind: a little runout of the chuck, say .002 or .003 won't affect most projects as long as you don't remove the workpiece from the chuck until all operations are completed. The

Even if the land/recess match closely, 3-jaw chucks are not precise. An adjustable backplate solves both

I know this has been asked, but I coudln't find any answers when I searched... What's the largest diameter one can turn with an 7x12? I have a project where I need to turn a 6" piece of alum but

Well, there's a lot of history there. This group was one of several that have been started in response to the high volume of Off Topic messages on the original Yahoo 7x group. Unfortunately, the

Ok people I have some questions about small mills from HF: Does anyone out there have any experience with the Micro-mill HF is selling now? ($279 in the local store.) As I see it it has 2 plus's, a

Ryan, They may be out shoveling snow. Jerry and Sam the shop cat.

John, I have not heard of this problem before, but I am new to the hobby, and if any lathes had this problem I would have expected it on mine ( 8^) or 8^( - don't know which). I would want this

The raised land on my spindle plate measures 2.154 rather than 2.165 as given on the mini-lathe site. Sure enough, the recess in the chuck measures 2.165. In order to mount my 3 jaw chuck I first

Just wondering why nobody ever posts any messages in this group. Ryan The Sign Guy

Mike, Thanks for this information. I called Homier about this drilmill and Shirley, who is alway extremely helpful but relatively unknowledgeable, could not find anyone at the time who was

Some of this message may be off topic since it concerns the new Homier 12 Speed Drill Mill. If so, I'm sorry and I won't do it again. The mini lathe availablity is in the following paragraph. For any

Most likely, the work is springing away from the tool at the center point where there is the greatest amount of flex. This will happen if the work is relatively long (thus limber) compared to the

Try making a couple of passes without advancing the tool. It sounds like the work is deflecting, which a follower rest will take care of. Repeating a finish cut without changing the tool

Good Morning, Roy: I got around to shimming the headstock this weekend past. Took several tries but the head and tail stock are now in perfect alignment. Once this was completed, I centered a