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G'day John & Gerry. Somehow I seem to have finished up using "Tap Magic" and find it works well on MS. Like Gerry I use a WD40 generic equivalent on Ali. I remember being taught that the cutting fluid

G'day Rodney. Roy's advice is sound. Just buy yourself a half round file. You could cut a full hole and sell the half you don't need on eBay. Pardon me I've been working up bush for few days and am

G'day John & FRI. "Well you could build a 4-post bed with a higher than normal sleeping shelf and a workbench under." What a creative way to spend a sleepness night! Unfortunately the 7x12 is too

Hi Herb, I have had the same problem. I have replaced the screws with normal M4 cap head screws. You have to turn the tips of the screws down to match the normal gib screws. Kind regards Mike

It is only relatively recently that Health and Safety regulations on both sides of the pond have led to the fitting of the safety guard on a machine that was never designed with it in mind and this

Whilst WD40 is quite good for tapping aluminium it is not as you have found much good for anything more. For what it costs it is far better to buy a purpose made tapping oil or compound which makes

I'm sure it would be easy enough to remove the chuck guard, I'm just annoyed that I have to in order to use the advertised capacity of the machine. I'm sure there is some bizarro world where the 10"

My only problem with the HF is it's size. When I can get the Homier for basically the same price ($20 more including shipping & tax) the HF doesn't seem like much of a value, even at 30% off. While I

In my opinion one of the cheapest and satisfying fixes you can make on these lathes is to replace any of the fasteners that are going to be adjusted ie all the gib screws, the topslide backlash

Hi, I was tapping 6mm in 1/2" steel. Drilled 5mm and used WD40 as it was handy. Pretty hard going and I snapped the tap on the 2nd hole. Enough stub to wind it out with the vice grips. I ordered some

I need to lap the gibs on couple of my machines I recently purchased, (with little time to use/clean, etc., 'till now). I've never lapped gibs - any particular tips? Dennis (really new at some of

Hi Herb, I'd do both. Slot it for now and get on the air. Pick up a new one at the locat industrial supply store at your leisure. Or LMS of you don't have a convenient source. I was a bit worried when

Sure, you can slot it! You can use a dremel or a thin hacksaw. Of course, you will need 2 tools to adjust the gibs from now on, unless you slot all the adjusting screws.. rexarino -- Do I contradict

I'm in the process of "lapping" in my dove tails etc and have discovered that one of the gib screw heads are stripped out where the allen wrench goes into it. The threads are fine, it's just that the

Hi Pat, You'll get lots of opinions on the small Chinese lathes - especially around here. My take is that they're not for everyone. Some call them a kit. In my books they are, but not in a derogitory

I had to re-read your post to see what you were telling me. I just checked my Enco order - I did order 5/16". Typo in previous post, good catch. Ed

Well you could build a 4-post bed with a higher than normal sleeping shelf and a workbench under. Just not sure what your lady might say. I know what mine would. No, she doesn't read this forum. :-)

The 7x uses 5/16 blanks - you can use 3/16 with some shimming and a lot less grinding. The only drawback would be the 3/16 tool is not as stiff. Aaron

Vikki, That mandrel looks too big for pens. A pen mandrel is 7mm I believe. You'll also need specific size bushings for the mandrel too. Your pen kits are probably "American classic" or "Slimline". I

What size hole in what thickness of what material? For sheet metal, there are "D" shaped chassis punches available. For anything thicker, there's no real quick & easy way to make the hole. The classic