开云体育

Ian, If you want to drill holes then a floor standing drill press is better and a good home shop should get one before the mill. A X3 mill is big enough but an expensive hole drilling machine. The

Under a baby lathe which I own, I fitted a ?2/$4 baking tray to act as a chip pan. At 14", it wouldn't be long enough for the 8x12, but I wonder if bigger ones are available for commercial bakeries.

Hi, The 8x12 does not come with a chip pan and HF doesn't sell one. Lathemaster has one but it is a bit on the pricey side. They do have a black splash guard (about $17...I believe) - no holes in the

G'day again Rance. Regarding the oiling. I bought some cheap squirt type oil cans for AUD2.00 ( USD1.50 or S80p )from the cheap goods store. Where-ever you are you must have access to such stores. In

--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "Steve Claggett" <790racer@...> wrote: I appreciate you trying to find that. I want to turn some 20" small dowel like wood that could be fed through the headstock

Hi folks, Update... I hath created a monster, I think :). After loosening the socket head screw under the tailstock I discover the top of the tailstock flops in the X and Y axis. Raised section on the

Also, At HF, they carry a small variable speed 3" grinder that has a very fine wheel as well as a felt type wheel on the opposite side. I have had mine for a few years now and been very happy I bought

Nudge the ball with the spout of your oil can. The ball sits on a little spring and should push in pretty readily so the oil can flow around the ball. They're KISS compatible. :-) John

I noticed them in a torrent named "army courses" the other day. They're also at opensourcemachine.org . You can check them out there and decide if they're any good or not! - Paul Moir

Does anybody know a procudure how to make a handcrank? A while ago I ran across a procedure on one of the lathe/minilathe/machining websites. But I do not remember any more which website that was.

There's some more TS info in the "links" section at: http://www.mini-lathe.com/ There are several different mods floating around to eliminate the clamp screw on the underside of the TS & some that

The handiest threading accessory you can make is a handcrank! Particularly on short, shouldered pieces turning the lathe by hand gives more torque & much better control. The threading dial is only

Ah, but even reading about that wouldn't teach you half as well as making the mistake! I'm not saying you'll never repeat it. But next time you won't need to double check the spec 'cos you'll know it

I got the Homier a couple of years ago. The first time I fired it up, it ran noticably slower in reverse than forward. I called Homier & asked about it, and they said that the speed should be the same

Thanks for the advice. I think I'm getting it figured out. It helps now that I changed gears to give me a recognizable thread - don't know what TPI the stock gears give you, but it isn't pretty.

Hi, So "They are Recent Manuals not old or vintage." Further down in the same listing is the Disclaimer. That says the material "come from vintage old training...". It further adds "These materials

I got to try that experiment, seems that it should be relative for aligning the tailstock though. I figure that when I am confused as I am at the moment, I must be on the verge of understanding

Welcome to the group, someone here should be able to answer your question. The controller normally provides reduced drive for reverse. When the switch is in the Rev position, is the spindle actually

Hello all, I've been lurking on this group for sometime while waiting to get a lathe and have finally bought the 7x12 from homier. I'm excited about learning how to use it but I seem to have a

G'day John & Vikki. John's right regarding the DTI mounting in the 3 jaw chuck. But for centering a work piece my comments still stands. It is handy for turning eccentric cams to put a packer under