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Nick, Was reading in an old PM Shop Notes last night a possible solution. Buy yourself a piece of ground drill rod a touch over 10" long - something which will go thru the spindle - 1/2" dia.?

Good Morning Frank, I am turning 1/2" dia 6061 aluminum and 1/2" 12L14 stock. Using a dial indicator on the carriage, I am seeing .010" reading from the chuck (standard 3 jaw) to the ts,

It seems unlikely to me that the HS is out of alignment. The TS easily could be, but you can get it close enough for most work by simply turning a point onto a piece of stock using the compound and

Good Morning All: Having trouble setting up a Homier 7X12 lathe recently purchased. This lathe is turning a taper from tailstock to headstock no matter how much adjustment I make to correct

LMS has several different types of turning tools that take the indexable inserts. My question is, what's the difference between these two types of inserts? TCMM inserts TCMT

That's exactly what I was looking for. THANKS! - Brice

Make a sleeve out of some aluminum flashing, or just use small pieces of flashing under each jaw to protect the workpiece. Some guys cut up alumimum beer or soda cans for this

Hello. What's the best way to chuck material in a lathe without it getting all scratched, dinged, and gouged up? I've been finding, especially with brass, that I have to tighten it in the chuck

I bought one at HF Houston a couple weeks ago and got both sale price and 20% off, but it took a half-hour wait while they found someone to approve the 20% coupon. Net cost $399

I would like to know something about the Cummins lathe and where one can be bought. It is time to get some regulations placed on UPS and Fedex...like no signature=no proof of delivery. UPS has been

The premium content article is good. I learned to thread at my school on the lathe, but i subscribed to the article anyways. The only thing i did not like was the setup explanation. The drivetrain