Re: Different Prices - such a range-Here is low price on a name brand
??????????????? Well just to start: this lathe is located in Arlington Texas, midway between Dallas and Fort Worth. Not far from the airport if you wanted to fly in for a look!? ;<O ?As far as can be told from the pictures it is well equipped and cared for. But there are lots of things you cannot see. It is worth a day’s drive IMO. On your scale this could be a 3!?? Bill in Boulder CO ? Sent from for Windows 10 ?
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From: Jon Rus via groups.ioSent: Monday, March 21, 2022 10:01 To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [7x12MiniLathe] Different Prices - such a range-Here is low price on a name brand ? I don't know your location so I can not guess shipping, but, Here is a low price on a name brand mini lathe and some accessories.(Not My Auction) On 3/14/2022 8:35 AM, MZ Rider wrote: I am thinking of buying a new mini lathe. The prices however seem to be in a ratio of 1 to 3 from lowest to highest. This is after making allowances for what is supplied, which for a basic model, which is all I want is the gears and a 3 jaw chuck plus a few tools. Currently cheapest on Amazon Prime in the UK is around ?400 for a 7x12 no DRO. OK for what I want. Yet similar machines seem to go up to nearer ?1200 from other suppliers.
As far as I can see they look identical. I can deal with the setting up etc.?
My experiences of cheap and cheerful Chinese products with a? few exceptions is that so long as one does not expect too much one will not be disappointed. However a 1:3 price difference for obviously the same product is not usual.
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Re: Check this out – walmart online shopping vevor lathe - Bing - Shopping
I like this one the best -?
It's an 8x32 with a 5" Chuck, for only $1,300.
ralphie
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??? ??? I gotto think that Covid hit them pretty hard . I live
outside of a town of @ 2500 in northern CA & they usually stop
by & then spend a day or two at out next big town of @ the
same
population . In the past their prices have been a bit higher than
HF , but it saves a 90 mile round trip .
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Floyd, You are the only other person that I
know of that bought a Cummins lathe from their traveling
circus!?? Bill in Boulder
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Sent: Monday, March 21, 2022 06:00
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [7x12MiniLathe] Check this out –
walmart online shopping vevor lathe - Bing - Shopping
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That's actually a very good price for a
7x14 lathe. I paid about that price for a 7x12 cummins many
years ago, and it has been a very good machine. Of
course?you end up spending that much again for the tooling.
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Re: Different Prices - such a range-Here is low price on a name brand
I don't know your location so I can not
guess shipping, but,
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Here is a low price on a name brand
mini lathe and some accessories.(Not My Auction)
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Good Luck!
On 3/14/2022 8:35 AM, MZ Rider wrote:
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I am thinking of buying a new mini lathe. The prices however seem
to be in a ratio of 1 to 3 from lowest to highest. This is after
making allowances for what is supplied, which for a basic model,
which is all I want is the gears and a 3 jaw chuck plus a few
tools. Currently cheapest on Amazon Prime in the UK is around ?400
for a 7x12 no DRO. OK for what I want. Yet similar machines seem
to go up to nearer ?1200 from other suppliers.
As far as I can see they look identical. I can deal with the
setting up etc.?
My experiences of cheap and cheerful Chinese products with a? few
exceptions is that so long as one does not expect too much one
will not be disappointed. However a 1:3 price difference for
obviously the same product is not usual.
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Re: Check this out – walmart online shopping vevor lathe - Bing - Shopping
I have a Cummins also! I got it from my neighbor when he decided he was too old to safetly operate his machine tools. I also got my Clausing 8520 verticle mill and a Chraftsman 12x36 lathe and lots of tooling and lots of good stuff.
Ralph
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I bought the mini lathe and mini mill from them.
Paul M
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Bill, do you have one that is of interest? There must be a hundred lathes on that page, some from ebay others from Walmart.
Ralph
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 11:27 AM Bill Williams < BWMSBLDR1@...> wrote: Check this out fellow campers! If it is from Wally World it has to be real!?? Bill in Boulder CO ? walmart online shopping vevor lathe - Bing - Shopping
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Floyd, You are the only other person that I know of that bought a Cummins lathe from their traveling circus!?? Bill in Boulder ? Sent from for Windows 10 ?
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From: Floyd BurkettSent: Monday, March 21, 2022 06:00 To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [7x12MiniLathe] Check this out – walmart online shopping vevor lathe - Bing - Shopping ? That's actually a very good price for a 7x14 lathe. I paid about that price for a 7x12 cummins many years ago, and it has been a very good machine. Of course?you end up spending that much again for the tooling. ? On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 12:17 AM Bill Williams <BWMSBLDR1@...> wrote: walmart online shopping vevor lathe - Bing - Shopping Sent from for Windows 10 ?
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Check this out fellow campers! If it is from Wally World it has to be real!?? Bill in Boulder CO ? walmart online shopping vevor lathe - Bing - Shopping https://www.bing.com/shop?q=walmart+online+shopping+vevor+lathe&qs=n&form=SHOPSB&sp=-1&pq=walmart+online+shopping+vevor+lathe&sc=0-35&sk=&cvid=4A11BF97FD4542E59B04E02C638958EC Sent from for Windows 10 ? _._,_._,_ ?
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Re: Different Prices - such a range!
Inreressting ? Thank ? Also some other? model? at 700.00 ? Whitch ?is? the best?? bu Y ?? ? Jack 47?? 71 ? ? About price range:
For folks in Canada - Walmart.ca has a 7x14 'Vevor' for $510CAD + tax with free shipping. If I had more space, I'd buy one and set it up with the milling attachment I bought for my MicroLux 7x14.
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That's actually a very good price for a 7x14 lathe. I paid about that price for a 7x12 cummins many years ago, and it has been a very good machine. Of course?you end up spending that much again for the tooling.
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 12:17 AM Bill Williams < BWMSBLDR1@...> wrote: walmart online shopping vevor lathe - Bing - Shopping Sent from for Windows 10 ?
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Check this out – walmart online shopping vevor lathe - Bing - Shopping
walmart online shopping vevor lathe - Bing - Shopping https://www.bing.com/shop?q=walmart+online+shopping+vevor+lathe&qs=n&form=SHOPSB&sp=-1&pq=walmart+online+shopping+vevor+lathe&sc=0-35&sk=&cvid=4A11BF97FD4542E59B04E02C638958EC Sent from for Windows 10 ?
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Re: Different Prices - such a range!
About price range:
For folks in Canada - Walmart.ca has a 7x14 'Vevor' for $510CAD + tax with free shipping. If I had more space, I'd buy one and set it up with the milling attachment I bought for my MicroLux 7x14.
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Also this is nice from Blondihacks
? I Will do this. ? /johannes ? Sendt fr? for Windows ? ? Yup, first time I used my steady rest I found this and it made everything make sense and go much easier. I did run into an issue on the steady rest itself, the fingers were not moving well so I had to so call overhauls the steady rest. Now the fingers move easily. On Sunday, March 20, 2022, 12:48:37 PM PDT, Michael Jablonski <michaeljab@...> wrote: < > ? Michael - California, USA Micro-Mark MicroLux 7x16 LMS 3990 Hi-Torque Mill with power feed ? ? ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ralph Hulslander
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2022 12:15 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [7x12MiniLathe] Steady rest tune-up? Anyone have some good illustrated tips on using a steady rest? Step by step from the very beginning? I have tried but never got it really centered. ? On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 3:09 PM j_r_abercrombie via <j_r_abercrombie=[email protected]> wrote: On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 10:29 AM, mike allen wrote: I think you can also use emery cloth turned inside out.
Good suggestions, thanks. I did some reading/watching just now and well-oiled emery cloth inside-out, with the cloth sliding on the workpiece was one solution. I think a bushing of some kind, clamped to the work -in a non-marring way - might be the solution for delicate workpieces like anodized or blued pieces. Gunsmiths deal with this issue when working on blued rifle barrels.
A lot of the machinist comments online mentioned bearings marring the work because it was easy for metal particles to get rolled on to the workpiece, so that's something to protect against with some sort of shield.,
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Yup, first time I used my steady rest I found this and it made everything make sense and go much easier. I did run into an issue on the steady rest itself, the fingers were not moving well so I had to so call overhauls the steady rest. Now the fingers move easily.
On Sunday, March 20, 2022, 12:48:37 PM PDT, Michael Jablonski <michaeljab@...> wrote:
< > ? Michael - California, USA Micro-Mark MicroLux 7x16 LMS 3990 Hi-Torque Mill with power feed ? ? ?
From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Ralph Hulslander Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2022 12:15 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [7x12MiniLathe] Steady rest tune-up ? Anyone have some good illustrated tips on using a steady rest? Step by step from the very beginning? I have tried but never got it really centered. ? On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 3:09 PM j_r_abercrombie via <j_r_abercrombie=[email protected]> wrote: On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 10:29 AM, mike allen wrote: I think you can also use emery cloth turned inside out.
Good suggestions, thanks. I did some reading/watching just now and well-oiled emery cloth inside-out, with the cloth sliding on the workpiece was one solution. I think a bushing of some kind, clamped to the work -in a non-marring way - might be the solution for delicate workpieces like anodized or blued pieces. Gunsmiths deal with this issue when working on blued rifle barrels.
A lot of the machinist comments online mentioned bearings marring the work because it was easy for metal particles to get rolled on to the workpiece, so that's something to protect against with some sort of shield.,
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Ralph Hulslander Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2022 12:15 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [7x12MiniLathe] Steady rest tune-up ? Anyone have some good illustrated tips on using a steady rest? Step by step from the very beginning? I have tried but never got it really centered. ? On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 3:09 PM j_r_abercrombie via <j_r_abercrombie=[email protected]> wrote: On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 10:29 AM, mike allen wrote: I think you can also use emery cloth turned inside out.
Good suggestions, thanks. I did some reading/watching just now and well-oiled emery cloth inside-out, with the cloth sliding on the workpiece was one solution. I think a bushing of some kind, clamped to the work -in a non-marring way - might be the solution for delicate workpieces like anodized or blued pieces. Gunsmiths deal with this issue when working on blued rifle barrels.
A lot of the machinist comments online mentioned bearings marring the work because it was easy for metal particles to get rolled on to the workpiece, so that's something to protect against with some sort of shield.,
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Anyone have some good illustrated tips on using a steady rest? Step by step from the very beginning?
I have tried but never got it really centered.
Ralph
On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 3:09 PM j_r_abercrombie via <j_r_abercrombie= [email protected]> wrote: On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 10:29 AM, mike allen wrote:
I think you can also use emery cloth turned inside out.
Good suggestions, thanks. I did some reading/watching just now and well-oiled emery cloth inside-out, with the cloth sliding on the workpiece was one solution. I think a bushing of some kind, clamped to the work -in a non-marring way - might be the solution for delicate workpieces like anodized or blued pieces. Gunsmiths deal with this issue when working on blued rifle barrels.
A lot of the machinist comments online mentioned bearings marring the work because it was easy for metal particles to get rolled on to the workpiece, so that's something to protect against with some sort of shield.,
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On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 10:29 AM, mike allen wrote:
I think you can also use emery cloth turned inside out.
Good suggestions, thanks. I did some reading/watching just now and well-oiled emery cloth inside-out, with the cloth sliding on the workpiece was one solution. I think a bushing of some kind, clamped to the work -in a non-marring way - might be the solution for delicate workpieces like anodized or blued pieces. Gunsmiths deal with this issue when working on blued rifle barrels. A lot of the machinist comments online mentioned bearings marring the work because it was easy for metal particles to get rolled on to the workpiece, so that's something to protect against with some sort of shield.,
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you can wrap the work piece with s piece of cardboard like from
the bottom of a tablet & the adjust the fingers to fit the
cardboard . I think you can also use emery cloth turned inside
out.
animal
On 3/20/2022 5:06 AM, Craig Hopewell
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On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 07:08 PM, Johannes wrote:
I dont like this steady rest, I am sure I am
doing something wrong, it always destroy my metal rod.
Has someone have success with this solution?
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I also must be doing something work.? ? And I have modified the
rest with ball bearings.? ?The work was anodized aluminum tube
which was well marred by the effort.? ? Very carefully fitting
duct tape can help.? ?I don't have much need for the rest so not
much of an issue.
The slots do need to be modified to gain back some lost capacity -
but not all the loss can be regained.
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Lone Tree, Colorado? ?USA
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Johannes
