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I purchased the wood rest package from LMS also. Most of the time I put a round bar in the tool post since it is quick and most of the time I am just putting the final contours on the piece being

<barryvabeach@...> wrote: Quite good, gives me a real good idea of how to improve this, err, thing :-)! Looked at that last night and I like your idea here, removing the chuck is a bit of a job. I

Vikki, I took some poor pictures and they are posted here with some notes http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeqv2es/id1.html If you have any questions let me know. In fairness to LMS, the spur center is very

Hi, What might be missed is that the motor is running unloaded. While it is not at all unusual to run the motor for minutes at a time, the temp rise for an unloaded motor running continuously for 1

Chris, a postscript. Warco's stand is expensive for what you get, so save your money and make a wooden one. No need for massive timber - the lathe is probably lighter than you are, and chairlegs are

On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:25:41 -0000 "houe2005" <houe2005@...> writes: electronics. People make the same mistake with oil temperatures. I have a Norton motorcycle whose dry-sump engine holds the

Before I made a quick-adjusting toolpost, I kept a vitamin bottle full of old feeler gauge blades. Select an assortment of blades, scrap sheet metal, or whatever that give you the adjustment you want

Hello Barry, Thanks VERY much for your response! <barryvabeach@...> wrote: Noticed that it was just stuck together with a roll pin, how long that would hold up while rounding off square stock, I don't

Vikki, I bought it and was not very pleased. As you saw, I could never get it to the right height. Plus the tool rest was not rigidly attached to the round bar portion of the post which controls

As others have pointed out this really doesn't seem out of the norm. Remember what might seem hot to us is just getting warmed up for electronics. Hot water at about 130F can burn skin yet most

I ordered the wood turning tool rest kit from LMS (we'll avoid mentioning the nightmare getting it from UPS): http://littlemachineshop.com/products/product_view.php?ProductID=1685&category= Granted,

Hi Ian, The motor runs fine, just a bit hot which appears "normal" for this motor. All the connections are fine. When I worked in a Standards Lab we would do these measures, but I'll leave that for a

OK, Chris, go for it. If you want to look at one first, I'm in South Manchester. I can let you have pics of one or two mods I've made - if you want them, email me direct, because they won't be of

It sounds like I should probably just save them up for the salvage yard after all. Thanks for the info! Mike

Rutland Tool & Supply and Wholesale Tool are two other good internet tool stores. Gregor Stransky, San Antonio, Texas

Hi Mike, I am into aluminium casting. The problems with swarf and chips is that they high a high surface area and when you try to melt them you end up with a lot of dross (oxide) and very little

ENCO is a good tool store ,they have many all steel tools at low prices. Good Luck ,Fred harleyknall <knall@...> wrote: I am doing light gun barrel work, just need to reduce outside diameter over

They're actually very common in the states now - GMA3 fuses (5x20mm) are the most commonly used in NEW equipment. (Even the small portion still manufactured in the US) Rabid Uncle Rabid (

Ok, I finally got a lathe, & I'm finally starting to make some chips (and that's about it, for now at least!). So once I make the chips, what do I do with them? For the amount I'll be producing, it

Hi Andy had a look on the Warco website and the wm180 looks good value considering the standard accessories you get with it, plus also it comes with tapered roller bearings in the headstock spindle