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How about we leave it at this..."everyone has his reasons". ;) Everyone's needs, abilities, wishes and ideas will differ and perhaps there is no "holly grail" of gibs or any other part for that

I too was going for Cummins but have decided to go for the harbor freight model 44859 8x12 which is the same one sold by lathemaster. It is really an 8x14 and when on sale for 439.00 a much more solid

Does this mean crossed roller slides on Haas and Mazak turning centers should wear out in a week, rollers hardened to 52 to 55C running on rails equally hard? Open lubrication and flood cooling!

I'm looking at buying a 7x12 and am trying to decide between the Homier and the Cummins. It appears the Cummins, although $100 more comes with more accessories, but Homier has an accessory kit for

Hi Marty, Gotta go with Roy on this one. You're making things overly complex. This isn't a big lathe. The existing plates are quite adequate once shimmed properly. I haven't shimmed yet but plan to. I

Hi, From what I understand they are mostly made in the same factory but to individual distrubutor spec. That is, the distributor has some freedom to specify fine details like power filtering, way

I just couldn't understand why anyone would go out of their way (poor pun) to use hardened strips and see it as an improvement rather than a potential risk. John Hi John: I liked the pun :) Here's my

For the 7x lathes the cheapest is the Homier ($299) but it comes with no tooling. Next is the Cummins for $399 with a good accessory package The Harbor freight is actually 2" shorter than the others

G'day Marty,John, Gianni et al. To extrapolate what Marty is saying suggests a lathe should never wear out. Unfortunately that is not the case. The contaminants have to be factored into the

All the ones currently being sold in the US are made by the same place, SEIG. The listing on mini-lathe.com should help you decide which vendor gives you the best value. Roy wrote: Made bit the to

It'd be kind of borderline. The drills are rated for up to Rc65; cobalt tooling is around Rc67. They're also extremely easy to chip; if you don't have a pretty rigid setup they'll self destruct. Roy

Carbide Depot's site has a pretty good section on decoding the insert nomenclature. They frequently have some good deals on "surplus" tooling. Not affiliated, just a satisfied customer.

I think you're making things needlessly complicated. The existing slide plates work fine if they're mounted/adjusted with shims rather than the jackscrews that work well on larger machines. Roy

wrote: HF sells that isn't imported is time. You can find a nice used Made in America machine on eBay or local auctions, but it might take a bit of time and many are true "labors of love" - in the

Hi Marty, Yep, you may well be correct - it may be a non-issue. Then again, without a pretty good reason, I personally wouldn't do it just to find out. There shouldn't be excessive forces. After all,

Hi John, You raise a good point - I read his feedback comments. 800WATT is sometimes slow on shipment and most now expect rapid delivery unless otherwise notified. My suspicion is that he sells items

Excellent link Chuck. On my desktop. Thanks Marty

Gianni wrote: My idea is to replace the saddle gibs with a pair of HSSco flats I brought in a surplus shop John replies: Flat for those strips is good. I'm not so sure about hard. That will ensure the

be very careful dealing with 800watt, I never got my items and he would never answer my emails . Some people have been able to deal with him but many got stuck. good luck, john

Thanks, Some of 800WATT's listings look pretty good - except he lists as US only. :-( Maybe I'll politely ask. John wrote: example, a vendor "800WATT" sells the calipers item at good prices - watch