The Home Machinist!

Being a noob at casting Im sure I missed sources of information. Youtube and google have answers... but ya gotta know which questions to ask before some answers mean anything.... But the next guy can ready this here and maybe find a few answers for some of the questions I didnt know to ask until I t...

A chuck falling on the bed is a bad thing..... But falling and smashing my fingers on the bed is worst....
I have a small gantry that does the trick for me.... But those wooden cradles wouldnt require nearly as much effort to get into position....

Great idea John...

How about a knob style?
Sorry about the middle of the night, insomnia fueled pictures.
https://imgur.com/a/3LGBuW8
Rotate the knob and get feed.
Im guressing a jacobs #0

Like everyone I have ever asked I would like to add to my BXA collection. The Aloris BXA 16 is around $100 on ebay.... Give or take... Since it is a double end insert holder is it more useful than buying 2 BXA 1 holders and the accompanying insert tooling? I would like hear from the voice of experin...

Hey.... was mine your inspiration?

NP317 wrote:In favor of the Grizzly lathe is their company technical support, and probably more parts availability.
~RN

While Grizzly is around today.

The Le Blonde fan club is about 100 years old with no end in sight.

Is this better?

http://imgur.com/a/MLnrn

After cleaning a portion of the lead screw it is in fact an acme.

Recently I had a 4 foot 1 1/4" acme screw that was bent a little over .150 i the worst place. There were maybe 5 or 6 kinks I tried most everything I could imagine. And nothing worked. So I dug out the jig I used to bend some rebar. It uses a hydraulic jack. The jack sits on the back to back C ...

Atlas 10100 lead screw question.
Yeah one of the little blue lathes followed me home.
As I look at it the lead screw seems to be a 1/2X20.
Shouldnt it have an acme screw?

Wrenches are easy to make or buy... and yes you need a wrench.. This guy cuts them out of plate: http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/tooling-parts-and-accessories-for-sale-or-wanted/fs-l-series-spanners-318677/?highlight=l-00+wrench Steve Yes he does .... and I own one... But my Clausing 59XX and ...

Ill join this discussion a little on the late side.... I have owned a Clausing 5914 for about 5 years. I wanted a lathe with a clutch/brake and a variable speed. This lathe has both of those features. For the first couple years I called this lathe my money pit .The 4 gears and a cross slide screw I ...