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crashbone256
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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MERTON B BAKER
The 3 I have in use in my shop were wiped off with a wet klix rag, oiled, &
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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 -----Original Message-----
From: 7x12minilathe@... [mailto:7x12minilathe@...]On Behalf Of crashbone256 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. ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links |
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Hi Lance, and welcome to the group.
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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 --- In 7x12minilathe@..., "crashbone256" wrote:
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Little Machine Shop has a minilathe guide which may be of help:
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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). --- In 7x12minilathe@..., "crashbone256" wrote:
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¿ªÔÆÌåÓýFor initial setup, a good place to visit is
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This site has much more and at ?you
will find enough things where the mini-lathe itself could become the hobby
(which it probably is for some).? 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.?
But?the list?is almost?endless and includes changing to roller
bearings, adding DRO's, or even?going full up CNC.?
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A couple of other good sites are ?and
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is a
superb source for parts and accessories and definitely a good?friend to the
mini-lathe and mini-mill communities.
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You might consider their "tweaks and enhancements
kit" =?
which provides useful things such as replacing
some "knuckle busting" nuts and?giving you the?little rubber boots to
keep swarf from getting into the electrical box.
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is a good place
in England and has many useful things at their projects page at ?including
disassembly and re-assembly of the mini-lathe.
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How mobile are they?? They are light enough
that most people seem to be able to pick them up and put them down.? But
they are heavy enough that I think careful lifting to protect your back is
important.? Some put them on a rollaround tool cabinet such as you can get
from Sears and similar places.
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Regarding a drop front wooden box, I wouldn't
recommend that.? 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.?
Instead, you might make a box that entirely lifts off similar to sewing machine
covers.? Being open also let's more light?on the subject.?
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,?wanting to use a
file or hacksaw, or just general access.? (They make more sense on larger
lathes where you can have the back stop and still have enough room to freely
access the lathe.)
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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.
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Chuck K.
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Jerry Durand
I cleaned mine up, had to lap the cross slide a little, covered the rack
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gears, and made a handwheel. Also made a new motor mount because mine wouldn't stay adjusted (it hasn't gone out of adjustment since I installed this). I have tapered bearings for whenever there's an opportunity to take the cover off. Oh, and I added a pilot light so I would stop leaving the power on when I was done. And a top plate for a lamp and magnetic mount. This last thing has been VERY handy. On 02/14/2013 02:38 AM, MERTON B BAKER wrote:
The 3 I have in use in my shop were wiped off with a wet klix rag, oiled, & --
Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc. www.interstellar.com tel: +1 408 356-3886, USA toll free: 1 866 356-3886 Skype: jerrydurand |
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