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I am looking to purchase a 4 inch 4 jaw chuck for my Homier. LMS has one for 69.00 and it is a independently adj., HF has one for 59.00 self centering. Any suggestions? I've already bought the

lecompte126 wrote: Some small boring bars use 1/8" bits. I got one from Grizzly that required them. Regards Bob

Roy, Could you point the way to those government publications? It may help us all. Jerry

The round bits are nice in shop-made boring bars; easier to make a round hole than a square hole (ease of manufacture is offset by difficulty of aligning tool.) On the 7x10 group, there are

Kevin, I think the best thing I can do is point you to some books: Machining Fundamentals John R. Walker (Hardcover, 1982) 22nd Edtion Machinery's Handbook 1984

Hi everyone, I have a stupid question. I received my 7x12 mini lathe a couple weeks ago, I ordered my cutting blades from harbor freight and they came in today. Guess I was so excited about

Well, If being able to get parts real easy is your main concern...Id go with the Homier 7x12. Having dealt with both companies in CS issues, Id have to say that Homier was a little quicker to send

I posted this over at 7x10 also, in hopes of reaching some extra experienced small shop machinists advice in the matter.. I have a collet set that needs a new collet closer and Id like to be able

The Grizzly 7x12 and Homier 7x12 are the same lathe, made in the same factory - I have both. The Grizzly comes with a face plate and steady rest but these can be purchased separately from several

I haven't tried the new replacement for Freon. What I have done is used CO2 for my spray coolant for larger projects. It works well for my things. I have a 10 pound ( I think) and a 80 pounder

I am a newbie to the group. I know that many plastics become brittle at (very) low temperatures. Some of them need to be treated with liquid nitrogen to make them brittle. One experiment someone

IMHO, the proper method is to use the chuck key in a key hole. Any slight chance of distorting the chuck body is reduced by applying the force against the large pinion bearing surface instead of

Proper method is what you're doing, minus the rag. Graciously, Jim Lakewood, CA All Hail

Kelvin; if it (1) getting the screws out, (2) not hurting the lath, (3) not hurting you then it is probably OK! Bill in Boulder "Engineering as an Art Form!"

Kelvin, The normal method most folks use is to use either the chuck key itself, or what I made for mine. I made a separate hand key for the various chucks that I use on mine. In the Photos

Put the chuck key in one of the holes; use it to keep the chuck from turning. Roy <lecompte126@h...> wrote: tried turning a right

Kevil, First of all removing a chuck, do it carefully, there 3 or 4 screws on the back of the chuck. What I did on my little lathe was put a 5 inch chuck on it, I used the back plate that

Hi everyone, I was cleaning the red grease off of my Homier Lathe today. I tried to remove the 3-jaw chuck, but could not keep the chuck from turning to unscrew the 3 screws. What I did is open

Thanks a bunch Ed, I am buying a Homier...

--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "Ron DeBlock" <rdeblock@a...> wrote: <Snip> > The Delrin is wonderful material to machine, except for one annoyance: the > chip comes off as a single, long