Once you've cleaned up the tables and checked them for true (ie when set to a feed depth of zero they make up a flat plane) It is pretty much a given that the knives will require a sharpen and reset, and that'll be a good time to clean the cutter block. I have a 12" wide machine and a 4" extractor ...

And an Enterprise dinghy. God they were horrid (still are, but better than a GP14). I'm a merlin rocket man....

I made a clamp that fits over the lathe ways, that acts as an end stop but also holds a dial gauge so it is easy to measure carriage travel. It helps that I found a dial gauge with 50mm range. So that sets longitudinal travel.

For cross feed travel I have an irritating and (one day hopefully to be ...

Vote for plusgas, soak plenty, don't rush. Let it cycle hot n cold with plusgas on it. Quite a few times.

Good luck

Looking at your pictures I'd say try: up the speed on the chuck and take lighter passes (0.5mm is removing quite a lot of metal), and your lathe isn't really heavy duty. (Not putting you /it down).

Parting tools are fussy and the cause of many rejected components. Make sure it is sharp (easy if you ...

ER32 collet for the mill attachment will be a winner, on my mill I hardly ever use the Jacobs chuck - I only use it in situations where you have a number of holes that each require several drill stages (spot, through drill, drill to size, c'sink for example).

On small stuff try running the lathe a ...

I'll dig through my random materials box and see if I have anything of that size outer. I turned a part last week from memory 84mm outer - which makes me think I'd know if I had something that kinda size.

BTW: I don't class myself as a proud lathe owner, I regard taking on this sort of thing as ...

Best I can tell, they're much the same thing - aimed at the same market in any case. If I'd had any to hand I'd have used Duck oil, - the cheapest of the cheap. But: I looked around the shed for a suitable spray, grabbed the nearest to hand and used that.

I do have a 5 ltr can of wd40, but thought ...

I refer to the original post / poster: I feel your pain. I had the same thing the same weekend, shiny new 4 jaw scroll chuck gone orange, milling bed, lathe ways and cross feed ditto, water on everything.

My take is that after 4 or 5 days and nights around or below zero (so everything in the shed ...

I see it as quite simple: if you don't like it - don't go there. I like that the rest of the site is pretty civilised and if people feel the need to be horrible then fine, that's the place to go. Nobody actually gets hurt.....

I've never seen Star Wars

Or had sex with an aardvark

Lovely motor. Very nice.

Red ring disease

I had two T5s (both bloody noisy and unreliable) (and expensive). Then a nicely specced 5 series estate, a 7 series, then two Trafics. Which are a lovely drive cheap to run and I'd have another. But: i wouldn't own one more than say 5 years old, no reason probably other than prejudice. They've both ...

I had two T5s (both bloody noisy and unreliable) (and expensive). Then a nicely species 5 series estate, a 7 series, then two Trafics. Which are a lovely drive cheap to run and I'd have another. But: i wouldn't own one more than say 5 years old, no reason probably other than prejudice. They've both ...

Good luck from another enjoying the grind that is chemo. Nothing will get though through like attitude, so you’re halfway there already!

How much did your latest watch cost you? How many hungry people could that have fed?

There's a great big plank in your eye. https://biblehub.com/matthew/7-3.htm


It's non of your business really, but what I gave to charity in the last year was a lot more than my last watch.

However, like ...

I had no idea things were that bad. It seems living somewhere obscure and riding an old shitbox most people wouldn't know what it is has advantages. My heart goes out, stolen bikes are so much crap.

Money seems to arrive in all manner of unworthy corners, and plainly many of the recipients have no clue as to what might constitute a worthwhile use for it.

But if that's someone's living room then they've definitely got no friends....

I'm certain the burger van is a very fine vehicle. Yes, certainly. It certainly looks it, and totally cool.

You'll be very very happy together. For many years. Even if you spend most of those years wishing someone would nick it.

Suits you, sir 0