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<thornappleboots@...> wrote: Have a look here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/7x24Mini-LatheCNC/ It shouldn't be too different for the x14 than the x12 or x10.

I think that screw is supposed to stop the tailstock sliding. Not a lot of use, really, unless you set up your lathe on a steep hillside. A rancerupp <rupps@...> wrote: Well, I just dove in

Vikki wrote.....Got an idea and tried it out and it seems to work pretty well. Not sure it would stand up to serious hogging, but worked out well turning down a about a 1/2" square stick to a dowel

Hi Ian, Yep, what Vikki said - pictures! Actually, I keep promising myself to rig up a little travelling chip tray. I thought your lathe came with skirts & wipers or is that my memory playing tricks?

wrote: http://www.littlemachineshop.com/products/product_view.php?ProductID=1681&category=1 Yep and the base price for it is about half that for a Micro-Mill on sale. Micro-Mill is FAR more useful

Hi Folks, Got an idea and tried it out and it seems to work pretty well. Not sure it would stand up to serious hogging, but worked out well turning down a about a 1/2" square stick to a dowel :). Took

Is there a bed extention for the micromark 7x14 or plans somewhere to make one.

PICTURES PLEASE! PICTURES PLEASE! :-). Thanks & take care, Vikki.

Hi Ian, Thanks for the response! wrote: That was the easy part :). Spent most of the evening working at following these directions and I am still not sure I got this right. If you would please look

A milling slide vice for lathe means you are limited by the lathe speed. You will not be able to mill with the smaller bits which will need higher speeds. Gavin

G'day all. Had a few minutes to spare this morning and I had to get out of the house to clear my head. No! not a hangover. I was sick of catching my thumb nail on the cap screws which retain the cross

Well, I just dove in with both feet to get it cleaned up. I decided to go ahead and disassemble the cross slide, compound, and tailstock for the cleaning. Since the parts were away from the lathe, I

Hi Rance, That toolhaus.org link is a beauty. It sure beats scrolling through dozens of pages to check the weak points for high turnover sellers. Puts all non-positive comments together where you can

Hi, If they are the red painted ones with braised carbide tips, they are crap. Other than practice the only reason for putting them in the box was so you had something to do on Christmas afternoon if

Vikki, Now that I've got my lathe to look at I'm thinking of an alternative option for a woodworking tool rest. I might plan on just running the spindle in reverse and doing my woodworking-turning

It's usually fairly easy to find somebody cheaper than Woodcraft, some of their apparent higher price disappears when shipping is calculated. Penn State has a pretty good reputation, the 3 tool set

wrote: use of the from just to offer one more opinion. i mixed up a batch of stp and mobil1 consisting of 1oz. stp to 3oz. mobil1. i was amazed at the results. it makes a fantastic wayoil! i also used

Boy are you right about interesting ideas. His site is loaded with "why didn't I think of that" ideas. And not only that, great photos and short and to the point text. Here's a link straight to his

Okay, it's not a complex deal although it appears to be. First off, find an old dot matrix printer and rob all the rods out of it. Take the larger one that the print carrige rides on and chuck it up.

I've got one of those vertical slides. It's fittted by removing the topslide and fastening it down to the "swivel disk" in the cross-slide. It would have been better if it had T-slots to fasten jobs