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Well I finally went out and did it. What you ask......I went and bought this.

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Harbour Freight had them on sale(ending today) for $369.00

So I bit the bullet and bought one. Now I can finish a couple of projects that I have waiting.

Just have to clean all the Nasty Red grease off of it.


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and spend another coupla hundred on accessories.

Congrats. I love my lathe. Nicest tube cutter I ever bought.
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Too cool. Good catch, that! :8)
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Sorry to hear that, you could have gotten a much better mini lathe at a cheaper price at Rockler. The JET mini-lathe is more reliable and far more stable at higher speeds.
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'cept that's a wood lathe and is missing several componants common to metal lathes.
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That's a wood lathe all right.....Didn't have a need for just a dedicated wood lathe. Nice thing about the 7x10 metal lathe is that you can buy a wood working tool rest to take the place of the metal tool bit. So you can still turn wood if the need comes up.
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ahh, sorry Darkov :oops: . I thought that unit you got there was a wood lathe. Many apologies!
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Darkov wrote:Nice thing about the 7x10 metal lathe is that you can buy a wood working tool rest to take the place of the metal tool bit. So you can still turn wood if the need comes up.
Maybe right, but you'll see, you will have to do plenty of grinding and adjustment to the tool rest unit to make it fit in your lathe tool holder, especially the one from Micromark.
http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.as ... t&ID=82570


The tool rest shaft is too short, I had to build a new longer one.
the block of the unit does not enter the slot of the tool holder, I had to grind it to a smaller size, and so on.
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animek wrote:
Darkov wrote:Nice thing about the 7x10 metal lathe is that you can buy a wood working tool rest to take the place of the metal tool bit. So you can still turn wood if the need comes up.
Maybe right, but you'll see, you will have to do plenty of grinding and adjustment to the tool rest unit to make it fit in your lathe tool holder, especially the one from Micromark.
http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.as ... t&ID=82570


The tool rest shaft is too short, I had to build a new longer one.
the block of the unit does not enter the slot of the tool holder, I had to grind it to a smaller size, and so on.
Depends on the size of the tool post. IIRC that's for a 1/2 inch tool rest, not the 3/8 that most have. Then again it could be for 5/8 or 3/4 post. Check out the Little Machine Shop.
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ooo... many spinning projects could be made quickly with that...
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Kylwell wrote:and spend another coupla hundred on accessories.
Yep, I went out and bought a new 6" bench grinder and a bunch of tool blanks today....there goes another $50.....isn't our hobby fun :roll:


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Just wait until you want a collet set, follower rest, knurl cutter, steady rest, live centers, and mill adapter (which means you'll also need the clamp set, divider plate, angle plates...)
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Kylwell wrote:Just wait until you want a collet set, follower rest, knurl cutter, steady rest, live centers, and mill adapter (which means you'll also need the clamp set, divider plate, angle plates...)
And then you run out and buy a mill... :|
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end mills, fly cutters, boring bars, v bocks, 1-2-3 blocks.....
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Yep, I went out and bought a new 6" bench grinder and a bunch of tool blanks today
Just wait until you want a collet set, follower rest, knurl cutter, steady rest, live centers, and mill adapter (which means you'll also need the clamp set, divider plate, angle plates...)
And then you run out and buy a mill...
end mills, fly cutters, boring bars, v bocks, 1-2-3 blocks.....
We need a "Tim the Tool-Man Taylor" series of manly caveman grunts here. :D :D :D


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Post by Darkov »

It is addicting isn't it :twisted:


Already started mod'ing the thing......Cam release for the tail stock.

And a bunch of other little mods I found on www.minilathe.com

As for a mill.....I've had my eye one one of those for a while too.

That darn Tim the Toolman syndrome



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This thing is not even at the house yet, and my friend has me looking at collets... Plus he is making me build my own computer to run the thing. :?
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DennisH wrote:We need a "Tim the Tool-Man Taylor" series of manly caveman grunts here. :D :D :D
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