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John, If you are looking for 11.4mm x 5mm button cells (**357, **44, *76 depending on the chemistry and drain) Radio shack sells 6 volt "n" sized batteries which contain 4 cells. They might even offer

A much smaller centre finder can be made by removing the laser diode and mounting it at the end of perpendicular crossed flexures, rigidly mounted at the other end. Only two adjusting screws are then

The $1 pointers are available from (wait for it) your local Dollar Store :-) These stores have slightly differing names but they're common now. Sometimes they keep the pointers behind the counter and

Here's a kit that replaces the spindle gears with metal gears. The gears on the intermediate shaft are still plastic so there is something to break. They are the easy ones to replace.

Is there anywhere I can buy Metal High/Low gears for the 7x12 mini- lathe? If not where can i get the regular ones? Mine stripped while cutting steel.. Many Thanks jonathan

Yeah, I'm sure it is not, but I just thought that a Woddruff key might be used as raw material if one was so inclined to make your own rockin' holder. I use carriage bolts to make old style

Vikki, I'm sure I missed it somewhere along the way but would you mind telling me where you got the $1 pointers? Thanks. :) Rance wrote: do not was as

wrote: I really must look him up, but he's in a part of town I almost never visit so it takes some organising.

Hi All, It seems HF made it official – you can buy the 8x lathe 44859 as a Special Order item though their stores. Several members noted they were able to do this using the 30% of coupon. My local

Hi Vicky, Sorry about the tap,but you did learn a valuable lesson concerning cheap tools.. I have an ulterior motive for replying to you! Where did you find the design for your centre finder? Thanks

Hey here's a laugh for you. I dropped into the local Bunnings in Too late John, Bunnings took over Hardware in SA years ago. I bought my Frost taps from there the other day, good price. (Frost are OK

Hi Ellis, Naw. If you knew Bunnings you wouldn't even ask for a self cutting tap. Even the thread cutting kind was a long shot. But I could sure use a skyhook next time I get my 4WD stuck in desert

John wrote.....When I asked where they'd hidden the thread cutting taps (I couldn't find them in the self serve settup) they called the rep from plumbing. I started for the door before I had to

Hi Vikki, wrote: Eureka! Great feeling when a broken tap is sorted! alum :-). Oh yes there will. That's unless you're about to quit and sell up your shop! But with more experience you should go

G'day Gavin. I bought my lathe from Taig Machinery P/L in Canberra. A complete package including steadies, 4 jaw chuck, TS chuck etc was available for AUD920. Freight to Adelaide was AUD75. Roger of

G'day John. My lathe does look like that, sans guards. I do have a chuck guard but it has the pivot point raised to clear the 90mm swing. Regarding your other question, there is so much other mess on

Hi Folks, Well, I did get the broken tap out! Since I had to bore out the holder more, it had to go. Was going to drill all around it with small drills, that did not work out well with the tiny

hi John, That image is slightly out-of-date as all their mini-lathes come with a tailstock lever lock as standard - with a handle that curves over the tailstock and is a breeze to operate. Hugh

Hi Folks, Got it together and almost calibrated tonight: http://wrlabs.shacknet.nu/~vw/MyMachineShop/ Under temporary working stuff - First entry: first prototype. Initial results are encouraging!

Thanks for the comments. Perhaps that explains why I had to move the table a bit after drilling to get the tap to line up, not much, but enough to notice. I suspect that if I had spun it with the