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[thin-woodsman]

The sabre-saw blades are a good idea. Modify the toolholder so it is threaded to take different accessories, like the stuff George Thomas or Tubal Cain...

[thin-woodsman]

I agree the 5C are more expensive - my (old and used) lathe came with a 5C lever-closer chuck in the spindle and a buncha collets. Looking at the cost...

[thin-woodsman]

I've had an MLA-18 kit on the TODO shelf(/ves) for a couple years now. Maybe your build will inspire me to finally get started

Also thanks...

[thin-woodsman]

You should be able to use external jaws in the 4-jaw to grip the outside of the little 3-jaw. If the back of the 3-jaw isn't true enough to register on...

[thin-woodsman]

Ah, I misunderstoof "haul" to mean "purchase" at first.

Interesting radius tool - gives me some ideas...

[thin-woodsman]

I picked up a toolpost grinder (probably the same one) for the 7x16 bench lathe. Noticed the same thing when I set it up, which led to much cursing as...

[thin-woodsman]

Make one out of aluminum soft jaw:




I sized this for 5/16 dowel pins, which I have lots of in many lengths The angles...

[thin-woodsman]

Pretty neat idea. Are you running it with a controller, or are you setting the speeds manually?...

[thin-woodsman]

It'd be a pretty neat thing to mount to an angle plate. Save some sine bar setup time for when it just gotta be good enough.

[thin-woodsman]

heh, sounds like the road I'm on, only delayed by about a decade. Started with a (manual) Taig mill and a 7x16 Micromark lathe. because UPS was the only...

[thin-woodsman]

Nobody seesm to have pointed it out but there's a few projects out there addressing this. It's not an uncommon upgrade to small lahes.

Using...

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On the "oily rag" front (because if you're just starting out, maybe you don't own any): I keep on the bench a condiment (ketchup/mustard) squeeze...

[thin-woodsman]

heh, I also misread that at first - as "try THIS when sober" rather than "good luck getting this done if you only got a lathe" ...

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Or the opposite. I don't know anybody without work who wasn't unemployed when the pandemic started. There was a mention in the previous thread on this...

[thin-woodsman]

Hadn't thought of that - and I even owned one when I was bending conduit for the shop wiring. D'oh!

These are great for things like a tilting...

[thin-woodsman]

I made a bench block (crossed V-slots, shoulders, and a couple brass inserts for clampig screws) from osage orange last winter. I used the Taig as it...

[thin-woodsman]

What is the finishing process? I've only worked with a small number of rubber parts, and they never looked nice ...