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Ed. I have been checking in with Homier for a long time. Like you I saw the notification on their site "this item out of stock" and "shipment expected 3/15/2007". I kept checking and one day it showed

The shapes for the HSS tools are really easy and getting all the angles "exactly right" is not critical. Close enough is usually OK. I went the same route you did mainly because I could not wrap my

It's a Clarke CL300M which seems to be the same thing. Thanks all. Sounds like fabbing a custom one is gonne be my only option. I'll have to go see my metal supplier and see if I can pick up a bit of

I just started machining, had my mini-lathe a couple of weeks and only every used a milling machine before. Everyone told me to just buy HSS because I'll get a better finish, the tooling is cheaper

OK, OK! The smaller knurler is now officially compatible with the mini lathe. When looking for the true meaning of deep questions like this, you guys have to factor in the fallibility of

Let me throw in my $0.02 here. Granted, I used it on a larger lathe, I found about the best compromise to a HSS "insert" using a standard HSS toolbit is the diamond toolholder. Don't know how well it

Veni, I you want to make a QC box, I believe there are plans on the mlathemods group. Jim B. --- born4something <ajs@...> wrote:

Hi Paul, I am relativly new to the metal lathe myself! I did not buy mine for building engines as well but imho there are so many techniques that can be learned from the small engines that it is worth

Hi Ed, Point well taken. I routinely use the hand-contact and counting rule and surprisingly it is rather accurate. However, without doubt, the motor is running on the hot side - of course, I am

Same price, more or less, Graham - $7.50 from British Tools in the US, or ?3.92 from Chronos over here. A gbarker2003 <graham.barker@...> wrote: Hate to say this, but you can buy these

Hate to say this, but you can buy these in the UK for ?3.92 from Chronos and probably from several other suppliers. Graham company is marketing. I great for checking the

Hello. Wondered if there were any books or Web pages with suggestions/plans for things to make on the metal working lathe. I know you can make model engines and tools etc, but was thinking more in

Hi Gerry, Thanks for confirming that bit about being assertive. Interestingly, while LMS doesn't list the smaller tool as suitable for the 7x, they do list the 9x as compatible. As a friend of mine

Hi John, I forgot to mention the one about the diameter, and you are right that you need to crank the knob up tight to get the tool to bite and then follow the knurl. THe smaller one does fit the 7x,

It's certainly true that if you could only have one chuck, it would be the 4-jaw, but I like having both. Much of the time when I'm holding a piece of round stock, I'm going to make something smaller

Hi Veni, The common mini-lathe has manual change gears on the end of the headstock. You either look up a table of thread pitches to determine which gears are needed or do your own working out on the

Hi, I'm newebie and wonder if this minilathe carries a NORTON gearbox. It's for doing threads, so if an alternative method let this minilathe get that, it would be OK. I've been told that if done that

Hi Rod, Yeah, setting up the 4-jaw gets faster with practice although I find the 3-jaw convenience more than adequate for most chores. The 4-jaw does give you a bigger pass through hole. I take it you

i use a 4 jaw chuck . i would never go back to a 3 chuck . 4 jaw you can fit anything in it and you can set it true for turning. i went with a 2346 chuck 5 in with adapter . from

HSS inserts are pricey because they're uncommon. For carbide, the basic holder determines the insert shape, usually only one general family fits. The other approach is to use the brazed carbide