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Mert, Building a crank for a 7X lathe is quite simple, I’ve done 2 now, using 1/2” water pipe for the main “shaft” portion, a hunk of 1/4” X 1” flat stock for the crank, and an aluminum

Yeah, I have a wood lathe sitting here and no room for it due to things that don't belong in the shop but are (read: not mine!). Since the wood lathe showed up I'm getting pushier on getting this

The Sherline threading att. is well designed, comes with gears for a lot of thread pitches, and from my experience with the 7xs & the Unis, it's a better idea. The hand crank is an excellent way to

In article <F7049777D8D347CCA1A729102B3B14FE@johncb8ea879a5>, John Bernoth <jbernoth1@...> wrote: Thanks for that, they are indeed very good prices. -- Stuart

Hi folk, I have found the best / cheapest place to get the Workshop Practice Series to be www.bookdepository.co.uk they post free world wide and were WAY cheaper than any where I tried locally, i.e.

The advice received here has been very helpful, and brought up a lot more questions. One of those of interest was on thread cutting, it looks like it may be a problem with the Taig lathe, while on the

Most stock Taigs only have a rack/pinion ... Some now come from the factory with a LS too.... http://www.taigtools.com/Images/lathe4.JPG Added a LS to mine:

In reply to the question about the Sherlines. They suffer from the same reversible leadscrew and the necessity to crank the carriage back & forth with the LS. I assume this is true of the Taigs, but

Hi Ron, Both the Craftex and Homier lathes are re-branded Siegs from China. The Sieg 7x lathes constitute the majority of the mini-lathes in the US and Canada, I think. There are a few from the Real

Further, you'll find the Taig is both more and less versatile, and a LOT smaller, even though its motor is a LOT more powerful. Mert

FWIW, I paid $300 US + shipping for my Homier 7x12, but it was a long time ago when the dollar hadn't shrunk nearly as much as it has now. Mert

If you buy it now and stash it away, you'll make room for it a lot sooner than first making room and then buying it. Vince. -- Michigan VHF Corp. http://www.nobucks.net/ http://www.CDupe.com/

Thanks for those titles too Andy. Last night I put an order in to Lindsay Books. Arceurotrade is next on the things to do list. I visited the Busybeetools website and was looking over their Craftex

Hi Ron, As I think I mentioned in one of my emails, Arc Euro Trade stocks the whole Workshop Practice series, at about half the price of Amazon in the US. Arc Euro's shipping charges are reasonable,

The last date to order from Lindsay is February 28th. Here's my post on the subject from last month. Mike Taglieri miket_nyc@...

Thanks Roy, I was thinking of putting off my purchase for now, maybe I should re-think it. They have a few books of interest, I hope that someone will continue to offer them at a reasonable price.

Lindsay books has a lot of useful shop stuff. I think they're scheduled to shut down sometime in the not too distant future. http://www.lindsaybks.com/prod/index.html There are some public domain

It is very easy to make a simple adjustable broach, see: http://mikesworkshop.weebly.com/small-hole-slotting-tool.html Mike

Standards for threaded pipe exist up to 24 inches. The largest I've seen is around 12 inches but 6-8 isn't uncommon. I have no idea how they applied the torque to make these up. Of course, modern

Thanks, I could do a web search, but if you have it handy, where could I find the "Workshop Practices" series of books. Internet stuff is great, but I get neck and back problems if I'm in front of the