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Just back from visiting my daughter and the grand children. It has been a wonderful BH even if the weather has been a bit rubbish
Just looked at Quinn Dunki's skit on it on U-Tube. She recommends going really slow on a mini-lathe. c. 60RPM I will try that.This is a draw back on many small lathes. A lot of people use the method you describe. Still as 'This Old Tony' says, any lathe is better than no lathe!
Is that with HSS? I don't think carbide will work that slow, probably break the tip. Good luck and let us know what happens!Just looked at Quinn Dunki's skit on it on U-Tube. She recommends going really slow on a mini-lathe. c. 60RPM I will try that.
Yes, she was using HSS (as was I today) but I was trying much higher speeds (400+).Is that with HSS? I don't think carbide will work that slow, probably break the tip. Good luck and let us know what happens!
Hide under the bedThe roof is coming off my house if this wind gets any stronger
The roof is coming off my house if this wind gets any stronger
Hide under the bed
No wind at all here... not even a breeze.
Did she fart?Nowt wrong with a bit of wind..
Did she fart?
Me too.We have 2 G-Techs and I have to say I find them to be over-rated and under-performing at the best of times.
Of course this may be because the main "driver" of these devices never empties them properly, nor does she ever fully tap out the filters so they just get worse & worse over time until eventually I cannot stand it and do what ought to be done as regular maintenance at every emptying.
Stand your ground....All I can say is..."Don't push me"
Now, bearing in mind I know 10 tenths of feck all about lathes....I went to fit my nice new SanOu 4-jaw chuck to my mini-lathe and was disappointed to find that I could not.
The fixing bolts are too long to pass between the rear of the headstock mounting plate and the headstock casting itself.
It will need to be affixed with studs that screw into the chuck and then pass through the plate and nuts placed on the other side.
Ordered a set of SS M8 exhaust studs to do the job.
I am still unable to "part-off" on this little lathe. It lacks the rigidity of a Myford or a Boxford or a Colchester and I have managed to stall the damn thing several times as it snatches the parting blade and tucks it under.
The setup seems ok (perfectly on the centreline and using a parting blade to "face" a few thou' end of a rod leaves no "PIP". But the parting action keeps failing on me.
Will I be limited to cutting stuff oversize and then "facing off" down to the required size I wonder?
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