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Good! When I had described my situation of having to choose between the two lathes, your comment was, humorously, "What a dilemma!". I was more or less in limbo not wanting to purchase any accessories

Here's some info that may be of interest: http://www.mini-lathe.com/Mini_lathe/Versions/Micro-Mark.htm Frank Hoose http://www.mini-lathe.com --- copascetic1 <copascetic1@...> wrote:

fhoose@... writes: Read your review many time before I purchased my 7X14. I had written to you quite some time ago how thru the largesse of a friend of mine I had the opportunity to "play" with

Good Morning All: After much checking and testing of my Homier 7x12 lathe, I removed the hs assembly, and found the cause of the alignment problem. The locating vee way was gouged out during the

Would enjoy hearing opinions from owners of the Micromark 7X14

Would enjoy hearing opinions from owners of the Micromark 7X14

Generally very true. Usually the only detractors for a longer bed are budget and shop space. When considering how the extra length would be useful, remember all the work that can be done with the

No... With the HF 7x10, the working distance with the chuck mounted is more like 8". They use the older convention of distance between tapered centers mounted at both the headstock and tailstock to

Frankie, For the lack of a better example, I'll try this one... Imagine you had a big 1" bolt, 12" long. You want to face the underside of the head, and turn the flats off the bottom 1/8" of the hex

With all the talk about bed length, it seems to me the only space that matters is how much space you have between the work piece in a chuck and tool bit in the compound Frankie

So, that would imply, as to lathe size, the bigger the better, no? Frankie

Retaining the same dimensions you gave, could you do it on a 7X10? Frankie

Nick, I'm on digest mode so my response is slow coming. First thing to do is pull your tailstock off and ck for burrs, rough spots, etc. after you do the initial alignment ck. Use a small, fine file

Here's a link to an article by Jose Rodriguez that may be helpful. Also some info by Rick Kruger http://www.cartertools.com/tgtest.html

Here's a website with the info for decoding carbide inserts: http://www.4carbide.com/tech.htm -=- Bob

Good Morning Bob: I appreciate the quick response and will try this method. Should the ts prove to be too high, would it be better to shim the hs, or lower the ts with some careful filing of the base

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.? Center

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, measuring

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 tailstock