Hi,
If you live within 48 lower US states, I can ship a 7x10 mini lathe follower rest to you for $32.00. This is a new unit. If interested and you have PayPal, I can ship it tomorrow,
wilfred
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Quiet Cat Tail Plucker or Quick Change Tool Post... On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:42:16 -0000, "Andy" <andy@...> had a flock of green cheek conures squawk out: QCTP - is that "Quality Control Test Procedure" or "Quiescent Current
Transistor Power"?
If you're too lazy to write it in full, then us newbies have no chance of
learning.
Andy B
Near Southampton
England
From: 7x12minilathe@... [mailto:7x12minilathe@...]
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Subject: [7x12minilathe] Re: Wanted: Follow rest.
If your machine has a QCTP then you might consider Frank Ford's follower
scheme:
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Lots of other interesting ideas on his Frets site:
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John
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QCTP 鈥� is that 鈥淨uality Control Test Procedure鈥� or 鈥淨uiescent Current Transistor Power鈥�? 听 If you鈥檙e too lazy to write it in full, then us newbies have no chance of learning. 听 Andy B Near Southampton England 听 听
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Subject: [7x12minilathe] Re: Wanted: Follow rest.听 听 If your machine has a QCTP then you might consider Frank Ford's follower scheme:
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Lots of other interesting ideas on his Frets site:
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John
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For initial setup, a good place to visit is
听
This site has much more and at 听you
will find enough things where the mini-lathe itself could become the hobby
(which it probably is for some).听 Some of the more common modifications are
a little guard on the back side of the apron to keep swarf out of the gears, a
grommet or something where the lead screw enters the electrical box to keep
swarf out, carriage lock, and lapping the gibs and mating surfaces.听
But听the list听is almost听endless and includes changing to roller
bearings, adding DRO's, or even听going full up CNC.听
听
A couple of other good sites are 听and
听
is a
superb source for parts and accessories and definitely a good听friend to the
mini-lathe and mini-mill communities.
听
You might consider their "tweaks and enhancements
kit" =听
which provides useful things such as replacing
some "knuckle busting" nuts and听giving you the听little rubber boots to
keep swarf from getting into the electrical box.
听
is a good place
in England and has many useful things at their projects page at 听including
disassembly and re-assembly of the mini-lathe.
听
How mobile are they?听 They are light enough
that most people seem to be able to pick them up and put them down.听 But
they are heavy enough that I think careful lifting to protect your back is
important.听 Some put them on a rollaround tool cabinet such as you can get
from Sears and similar places.
听
Regarding a drop front wooden box, I wouldn't
recommend that.听 You need to get around the lathe to do things like remove
the end cover to change gears, see what you are doing when cleaning, etc.听
Instead, you might make a box that entirely lifts off similar to sewing machine
covers.听 Being open also let's more light听on the subject.听
Personally, the first thing I did was remove the sheet metal splash back because
(in my opinion) it just gets in the way when cleaning,听wanting to use a
file or hacksaw, or just general access.听 (They make more sense on larger
lathes where you can have the back stop and still have enough room to freely
access the lathe.)
听
You have come to the best group for these things
and in a pretty short time you will see there is a massive amount of information
floating around.
听
Chuck K.
听
听
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听
Hello Group,
My name is Lance. I live near Buffalo, NY.
I retired
from teaching / admin. in 2000.
I am currently afflicted with old metal
disease and travel around the NorthEast and Canada buying early 1900's metal
lathes and rebuilding them.
To that end, I wanted a small lathe to make
parts for the bigger lathes, like bat handles for a Dalton B4 or odd sized
screws for a SBL 9A.
Looking about for viable small lathe options, led
me to the HF 7x10, which I have just unboxed. First step appears to be to take
it apart for cleaning, lube and adjustment.
I looked in the files
section for a folder on set-up tips, but didn't find one.
So, my first
question is:
what are your suggestions for initial setup?
How mobile is
the mini-lathe once setup?
Can I keep it in a drop-front wooden box and use
it from there?
Thanks for the group.
I look forward to learning the
tricks on these little machines.
BTW:
I have a 16" SBL , a 9A SBL, a
10" B&L, a 8" Waltham, a 7" Dalton B4, a 3" Guilder, and two Burke 4
mills.
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My pet peeve is radio traffic reports.听 You're driving in an unfamiliar area so you tune in to learn whether you are about to hit traffic and you hear:听 "Tie up on the approaches to the GWB," and being from out of town have no clue what "GWB" means or whether it's relevant to听 your route. Now, "GWB" read out as the letters has 5 syllables. Coincidentally, perhaps, "George Washington Bridge" ALSO has five syllables, so the radio station has conveniently shortened 5 syllables to 5 syllables!
Similar problems ensue with terms like "the Holland", meaning "the Holland Tunnel", etc.听 You have to be "in with the in crowd" to get any use of such reports.听
My all time favorite is "the Blue Route".听 You will not find "the Blue Route" on ANY road map, and the radio will NEVER tell you what they mean.听 You can find it with a Google search, but few of us can do that while driving...
So, while I recognize the value of abbreviation, I vote for defining important terms before abbreviating them.听 I may use unimportant abbreviations like IMO ("in my opinion"), but I reserve the right to interpret your "LOL" or听 "ROTFL" any way I like, possibly casting indecent aspersions upon your character!
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Bruce
NJ
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Little Machine Shop has a minilathe guide which may be of help:
ArcEuroTrade has disassembly/assembly guides for a similar minilathe here:
If you are looking for a "portable base" you may be interested in my project here:
I planned my "replacement chip tray" so that it could be turned into a box for storage if necessary, but I never got around to building the rest of the box as my lathe is always set up. Should be easy to figure out how to do it though. Meanwhile, the base is quite sturdy and holds the lathe well without having to fasten the base to the bench top. It's reasonably portable if you are up to moving 65-70 pounds (fairly easy with a helper).
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Hello Group,
My name is Lance. I live near Buffalo, NY.
I retired from teaching / admin. in 2000.
I am currently afflicted with old metal disease and travel around the NorthEast and Canada buying early 1900's metal lathes and rebuilding them.
To that end, I wanted a small lathe to make parts for the bigger lathes, like bat handles for a Dalton B4 or odd sized screws for a SBL 9A.
Looking about for viable small lathe options, led me to the HF 7x10, which I have just unboxed. First step appears to be to take it apart for cleaning, lube and adjustment.
I looked in the files section for a folder on set-up tips, but didn't find one.
So, my first question is:
what are your suggestions for initial setup?
How mobile is the mini-lathe once setup?
Can I keep it in a drop-front wooden box and use it from there?
Thanks for the group.
I look forward to learning the tricks on these little machines.
BTW:
I have a 16" SBL , a 9A SBL, a 10" B&L, a 8" Waltham, a 7" Dalton B4, a 3" Guilder, and two Burke 4 mills.
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If your machine has a QCTP then you might consider Frank Ford's follower scheme:
< >
Lots of other interesting ideas on his Frets site:
< >
John
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Hi Lance, and welcome to the group.
One of the UK suppliers of the same lathe, though in its longer bed version, offers it both "as shipped from China" and "as prepared by us". Very helpfully, they have published a description, with photos, of the process they put it through:
< >
I'm not suggesting you demolish your new lathe to quite the same extent. For example, you probably won't want to get involved with the large section starting at paragraph 49 a which describes replacing the spindle ball bearings with taper rollers. However, you may find the rest of it useful in fixing any little niggles.
The introduction mentions "paraffin", which is more precisely known as kerosene in the US.
Andy
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Hello Group,
My name is Lance. I live near Buffalo, NY.
I retired from teaching / admin. in 2000.
I am currently afflicted with old metal disease and travel around the NorthEast and Canada buying early 1900's metal lathes and rebuilding them.
To that end, I wanted a small lathe to make parts for the bigger lathes, like bat handles for a Dalton B4 or odd sized screws for a SBL 9A.
Looking about for viable small lathe options, led me to the HF 7x10, which I have just unboxed. First step appears to be to take it apart for cleaning, lube and adjustment.
I looked in the files section for a folder on set-up tips, but didn't find one.
So, my first question is:
what are your suggestions for initial setup?
How mobile is the mini-lathe once setup?
Can I keep it in a drop-front wooden box and use it from there?
Thanks for the group.
I look forward to learning the tricks on these little machines.
BTW:
I have a 16" SBL , a 9A SBL, a 10" B&L, a 8" Waltham, a 7" Dalton B4, a 3" Guilder, and two Burke 4 mills.
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Here's one...
听
听  Steve Langford
From: G.
To: 7x12minilathe@...
Sent: Thu, February 14, 2013 7:20:36 AM
Subject: [7x12minilathe] Wanted: Follow rest.
听
I am looking for a low buck follow rest.
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I am looking for a low buck follow rest.
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Re: Slightly off topic - Vibratory Media Tumbler
I have the larger Harbor Freight one, and it has held up well. The smaller ones kept burning out after a few uses, but this one has not. I have left it running for days without issue.
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Re: Slightly off topic - Vibratory Media Tumbler
Neil;
If I may ask,how large?
What are you planning on tumbling?
How heavy are the parts?
What type of media?
I use a tumbler for brass cases,with dry media.
And I cast silver jewelery, and use a wet tumbler,with ceramic media,and do a final finish,with'
Stainless steel shot.
Most hobby level case tumblers,do not have enough ''power'' to move heavy loads,and require a tumbler designed for jeweley type applications.
Do you have a supplier in the UK that caters to jeweler manufacturers/hobbiests?
I have one tumbler,that has a rubber lined bowl,with a spiral ramp up the edge,and you can adjust it,so when you open the gate on it,the finished parts will feed up,and out,and the ceramic media stays in the bowl.
It would be fairly easy to build one ,once you have seen what is under one.
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From: Neil
Subject: [7x12minilathe] Slightly off topic - Vibratory Media Tumbler
To: 7x12minilathe@...
Date: Thursday, February 14, 2013, 11:10 AM
听
I'm after a hobby/semi production Vibratory Tumbler for metal finishing.
I'm after domestic scale, largish capacity, possibly with interchangable bowls but not a full on industrial one ton auto unloading machine.
Here in mighty blighty, guns are a big taboo, so no one really does brass reloading and stuff like that, so these things are not so readily available as they are in the US at a hobby level.
Can any of our US cousins give me recomendations or web links to known good tumblers that they know are worth their salt. With a view for me to go and get one imported.
Cheers
Neil
in England
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Re: Slightly off topic - Vibratory Media Tumbler
Hi I bought a small version for stone polishing but now regularly use it for metal parts made on my lathe (see how I got it on topic :))
Try these:-
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I'm after a hobby/semi production Vibratory Tumbler for metal finishing.
I'm after domestic scale, largish capacity, possibly with interchangable bowls but not a full on industrial one ton auto unloading machine.
Here in mighty blighty, guns are a big taboo, so no one really does brass reloading and stuff like that, so these things are not so readily available as they are in the US at a hobby level.
Can any of our US cousins give me recomendations or web links to known good tumblers that they know are worth their salt. With a view for me to go and get one imported.
Cheers
Neil
in England
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Re: Slightly off topic - Vibratory Media Tumbler
I'm after a hobby/semi production Vibratory Tumbler for metal finishing.
I'm after domestic scale, largish capacity, possibly with interchangable bowls but not a full on industrial one ton auto unloading machine.
Here in mighty blighty, guns are a big taboo, so no one really does brass
reloading and stuff like that, so these things are not so readily available as they are in the US at a hobby level. Have you tried jewellery & the rock polishing folk? Tony
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Slightly off topic - Vibratory Media Tumbler
I'm after a hobby/semi production Vibratory Tumbler for metal finishing.
I'm after domestic scale, largish capacity, possibly with interchangable bowls but not a full on industrial one ton auto unloading machine.
Here in mighty blighty, guns are a big taboo, so no one really does brass reloading and stuff like that, so these things are not so readily available as they are in the US at a hobby level.
Can any of our US cousins give me recomendations or web links to known good tumblers that they know are worth their salt. With a view for me to go and get one imported.
Cheers
Neil
in England
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The 3 I have in use in my shop were wiped off with a wet klix rag, oiled, &
put to work. After a bit of use, the cross & top slide gibs needed a little
adjustment. I was afraid that chips would ge into the rack gears and made
covers out of Al siding scraps. The wrench and nut arrangement for clamping
the TS got tedious, so I built camlocks for that job. IMO these lathes are
a BIG bargain.
Mert
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From: 7x12minilathe@...
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Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 11:13 PM
To: 7x12minilathe@...
Subject: [7x12minilathe] New Member
Hello Group,
My name is Lance. I live near Buffalo, NY.
I retired from teaching / admin. in 2000.
I am currently afflicted with old metal disease and travel around the
NorthEast and Canada buying early 1900's metal lathes and rebuilding them.
To that end, I wanted a small lathe to make parts for the bigger lathes,
like bat handles for a Dalton B4 or odd sized screws for a SBL 9A.
Looking about for viable small lathe options, led me to the HF 7x10, which I
have just unboxed. First step appears to be to take it apart for cleaning,
lube and adjustment.
I looked in the files section for a folder on set-up tips, but didn't find
one.
So, my first question is:
what are your suggestions for initial setup?
How mobile is the mini-lathe once setup?
Can I keep it in a drop-front wooden box and use it from there?
Thanks for the group.
I look forward to learning the tricks on these little machines.
BTW:
I have a 16" SBL , a 9A SBL, a 10" B&L, a 8" Waltham, a 7" Dalton B4, a 3"
Guilder, and two Burke 4 mills.
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Re: LMS Bed Extension Kit, HiTorque 16" $99.95
I've done a couple of 7X bed extensions.� I
mill the� two faces & bolt both beds to a 1/2" thick steel plate, full
length and 6" wide.� The two leadscrews can be neatly spliced together, and
a bit of extra length spliced in at the HS end.�
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Mert
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If I were to do I would have to have both beds faced where they meet
clamp them to the underside of a piece of RR track, Nickel weld after
pre-heating.
The lead screw had me stumped.
If I had the specs on the thread I might find one on ebay...
OR...Change out the half-nut with a 燾ommon thread 1/2-16
etc...
Just a thought....
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� Steve Langford
From: Mark Schwiebert
To:
7x12minilathe@...
Sent: Wed, February 13, 2013 2:22:30
PM
Subject: Re:
[7x12minilathe] LMS Bed Extension Kit, HiTorque 16" $99.95
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Steve;
You can pick up a used bed,and lead screw on here,and,if you bolt
both beds down,and line them up ,you can add another 16 in.
Lead screws can be joined by turning a lap joint,and pin it.
Someone just had a bed for sale on here,and did not know if it
sold.
Just ask the group if interested.
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Steve Langford wrote:
From:
Steve Langford
Subject: Re:
[7x12minilathe] LMS Bed Extension Kit, HiTorque 16" $99.95
To:
7x12minilathe@...
Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2013,
3:57 PM
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Hello...
I am a new member here and I have the HF 7x10...
Was a member at the 7X10 group but they talk about politics
there...
Has anyone taken the bed extension for the 7X10 and extended by
adding to the existing bed?
I had thought it could be done with exception of a longer lead
screw...
Can this lead screw material be bought in bulk?
Does anyone know the thread pitch of the Harbor Freight 7X10 lead
screw?
I have had my lathe for 3 years now for building small IC engines
and general turning...
I usually buy my stock in 12" lengths and a longer bed would be
helpful...
�
� Steve Langford
From: Michael Jablonski
To:
7x12minilathe@...
Sent: Tue, February 12, 2013
11:40:15 PM
Subject:
[7x12minilathe] LMS Bed Extension Kit, HiTorque 16"
$99.95
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Just a heads up. LMS has their 16 inch bed extension
kit on sale for $99.95
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This is only for their LMS 7x12 HiTorque lathe.
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It includes a bed casting, a lead screw, a rack, a
chip pan.
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NOT a bolt on kit. It requires you to drill and tap
10 holes in the new bed casting.
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If Norton does not make such a wheel I'll be astounded.
Mert
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From: 7x12minilathe@...
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Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 8:22 PM
To: 7x12minilathe@...
Subject: [7x12minilathe] grinder wheels
Hello
Can anyone tell me where I can find wheels for my harbor freight 6" tool
grinder? Not the regular bench grinder but the big tool grinder for carbide
tools. I want a wheel that is made for HSS, like the Norton white wheels.
TIA
Robert
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Whew john I am not mad then听 , I checked a couple of times on that link, I was interested to see what the programs actually did . Thanks Don 听
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Sent: Thursday, 14 February 2013 6:26 p.m.
To: 7x12minilathe@...
Subject: Re: [7x12minilathe] Re: Tool SW听 听 Possibly Ivan has a fix for this. 听
From: Don Leitch <don@...>
To: 7x12minilathe@...
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 11:33 PM
Subject: RE: [7x12minilathe] Re: Tool SW 听 听 I clicked on the link in your email 3 programs came up. One loaded, the other two said it was a 32 bit program and that I needed the 64 bit. I better check again must be something I missed
Thanks Don,
are you sure you are using the right version?
- Wshop.zip contains Windows PC application (works at my Win7 64)
- Gears.zip and SX2.zip contain small applications with same functionality as previous but for Windows Mobile 6 OS - I am using them at my smart phone
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> Thanks Ivan but 2 of them are 32 bit and wont run on a 64 bit machine.
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> Don
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