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It's balance is pretty good. I think it was around $150. I guess I'd want something good for that sort of money. I inherited it after my father-in-law died. He previously had a steel fabrication

Well, this link might help with the pain of going with a bigger lathe. http://i.slickdeals.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=32577&d=1173297420

Hi all, I got a HF 30% off coupon that is good thru Monday. It is a scan of a print coupon. I used it today at a Harbor Freight store in North Austin, TX. It scanned and gave the 30% discount on a

I called HF today and they have the lathe in stock, unfortunately it's $499 and they wouldn't give me the $439 sale price that apparently ended Feb 28. I was going to go smaller, but Homier out of

What size tools is the 8x12 tool post designed to take? I've heard 3/8" and 1/2". I'd like to order now so by the time I receive my lathe (about a week) I'll be able to do the basics right away.

Hi Ron, I never when to machist school - my academics took a different path, but my learning was "hands-on." Your description or reality is right-on if I can use the machists who worked at Zeiss as a

You do a good job Chris, we'll allow you a little fallibility now and then !! ;-) Gerry Leeds UK

By the way, a threading tool is also technically a forming tool. Chuck K.

Gotcha. Thanks. Chris -- Chris Eilbeck MARS Flight Crew http://www.mars.org.uk/ UKRA #1108 Level 2 UYB Tripoli UK Member #9527 LSMR

---- Aaron Pasteris <aarons_groups@...> wrote: One of the best rules I learned at Machinist's School was , "Make the tool fit the work, not the other way around." When I worked for GE, one of

A form tool, or "forming" tool bit, has a particular shape ground into it for making a particular shape on the workpiece that would be hard to do with regular tool bits. For instance, if you wanted to

I guess brazed carbide must be pretty bad then because I've found inserts to be a whole load better than those. What's a form tool? Chris -- Chris Eilbeck MARS Flight Crew http://www.mars.org.uk/ UKRA

That's rip-off Britain for you! 30-35 quid for a 6" grinder, 30 quid for a stand. You pay $400 for a lathe, we pay 400 quid despite it being ???1=$2 or there abouts. Chris -- Chris Eilbeck MARS

Hi All, I thought it might be better to continue the thread - I do not expect much will be said on this item. I posted the temp rise on the HF 8x12-14 stock lathe motor with pulleys and gears engaged

I think international shipping might soak up any savings I might make ;o) In the long run I need to get a bigger shed. I already have to move the bikes out of the shed to be able to machine anything.

Must be well balanced. My 6" grinder ($25 HF) walks right scross the bench if it isn't bolted down. Regards, Mark markrages@gmail -- You think that it is a secret, but it never has been one. - fortune

Mount a small grinder to a piece of 3/4" plywood (also works for the lathe) and store under your bench. Take out and clamp it to your table as needed. I have both cabide and HSS tools. The carbide

$130 !!!! Wow you're definitely high maintenance :) Take a look at: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=94186 or for something really small

And my 8" grinder sits behind my lathe at the back of the bench. Never been bolted down. I pull it out as and when needed. Wouldn't be without. If space REALY limited me I'd still keep a 4" angle

Go to Grizzly.com, they have alot of tooling for a decent price, Gordy bits little and a with it doing.