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| bogstandard:
Kevin, Lots of info about the mini-lathe, here is some more from the same site. http://www.mini-lathe.com/Mini_lathe/Tuning/tuning.htm John |
| 75Plus:
Another site with a good info is the Little Machine Shop. They have a down loadable operators manual. Here is the site. http://littlemachineshop.com/Info/MiniLatheUsersGuide.pdf Joe |
| andyf:
These might be useful: http://www.toolsandmods.com/mini-lathe-mods.html http://www.gadgetbuilder.com/ Andy |
| cedge:
Shep One of the most important mods I made to mine was a simple dimple in top of the cross slide nut. You'll notice there are 3 screw in the top of the cross slide. The outer two tip the bronze nut to take the slack out of the screw threads. The center screw pushes down on the nut to remove slack in the dial. If you drill a small dimple into the spot where the center screw contacts this nut, it prevents the nut from being able to slide beneath the screw. It only needs to be deep enough to accept the end of the screw. There are dozens of different mods on line that "remove" backlash, but this one was the only one I ever found that actually did what it said it was supposed to do. Steve |
| khand:
First thing I would do is check the headstock alignment. Gadgetbuilder shows how to do this on his web site. Also lap the gibs and adjust the apron. Then you may want to check the tailstock for alignment. Just a few of the main things to get you going. I'll see if I can find Martin Kale's page. This guy went to extremes tuning up his lathe. |
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