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One way to improve finish, especially if the power feed moves a bit faster than you would like, is to make the tool bit more round nosed. You are sort of cutting a very fine thread which is one way to

For a very long time I used my 7x12 without any modifications whatsoever and made lots of good stuff, so unless you discover some significant problem with your machine I'd suggest just starting to

I'm a learning newbie with the mini lathes, but I think I'm getting better. I haven't messed with the cross slide travel mod. Only mods I've made are a carriage lock and cover over the apron gears to

The first mod I recommend is increasing the cross slide travel! There are several approaches that add 1" more travel, allowing you to reach the outside of anything that can be spun in the lathe. Chuck

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Thanks! I look forward to it. And I’ve noticed all of the upgrade projects on different peoples’ lathe websites. I noticed you use ProtonMail. Are you in Switzerland? Sent: Thursday, March 31,

Congratulations and let the cleaning begin! If it is anything like mine was, you are going to find foundry sand in places you won't believe. The chuck will definitely need to be taken apart, cleaned

And then after all that, then you start to get to work on your lathe. By this I mean as you use it,you find so many things that need to be fixed or altered. Most of these will be necessary and some

I don’t think there is any advantage to metal over plastic for all the main gears. You could instead put that money to something more useful. A chip guarding cover over the apron gear is probably a

?380 courtesy of Amazon and ?20 off because I was using Microsoft Edge to run the Amazon programme (I think that was it). Ordered Monday and delivered today, Thursday in a big wooden box that took

If there's a terrible shop mishap and the 'safety' spring gets separated from your chuck key, it might be about the right size to fit over the leadscrew.

You're right!? I'd forgotten that I ordered the wrong size.? I found one with the right dimensions at a local hardware store.? Fortunately the spring dimensions aren't all that critical. Apologies

Hi Mark, I have been following this interesting discussion on cross slide travel mods and anti backlash mods. I have had my go at it a few years back and am happy with what I have so I am just

I think the spring you used might have been a 9434K113 which has a 0.39" I.D. to go over the 10MM (0.394") shaft. The 9434K72 only has a 0.296" I.D..

Not exactly a 7x lathe, but close... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_ySY5UTalI&t=720s <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_ySY5UTalI&t=720s> Between 12 minutes and 13 minutes . Here is an answer on 1

Hi Chad, Quinn Dunki (Blondihacks) has talked about the way Chinese gears are made and apparently they can be a but rough. You might need to polish then a bit with a file. This will not affect the

I just looked at where the indents were and just used a small drill bit to make them a tad deeper and wider. Not much at all. But now without looking, I can feel and know where the lever and detent

This was the case on my machine, too; I tried to do a large threading operation (I think it was 13tpi ) and the lever would just pop out of the detent. Actually calling them ‘center punches’ was

On my machine the divots were more like a center punch than a drilled hole. The piece you are drilling into is cast iron so welding is probably not the best option. Brazing would be better but I

thanks for all the feedback. I'll take it apart soon to check all the gear teeth and come up with some ways to minimize any slop. If I find the forward/reverse lever detent divots aren't in the ideal