plastic intermediate gears or metal for mini-lathe?

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DMIOM:

--- Quote from: Joules on October 25, 2013, 10:32:30 AM ---Woodsman22, may I suggest you look on this forum to see what other members have achieved with these lathes as is. If you think the 7x12 is so bad why did you buy one rather than a secondhand Sherline. Take sometime to get to know people here, they are an amazing source of knowledge. Yes some of it can be flawed, who doesn't make a mistake, but understand most speak from experience that they are willing to share freely. Ask questions, listen, ask more questions, you will soon gain respect Grasshopper... :beer:

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Joules - it might be worth reading the original the original post. Woodsman22 doesn't say he thinks its that bad - he was doing exactly what you said - he was asking, because he has found comments about the gears on-line and was asking for other, more experienced, feedback.

Dave M

vtsteam:

--- Quote from: Woodsman22 on October 25, 2013, 09:15:31 AM --- Well John, you and Vsteam could very well be right about Jerry not knowing what he is doing.

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I can't see anywhere above where I've said that. I thought I was talking about gear trains and overlapping threads. :doh:

vtsteam:
BTW, setting the topslide over to the half angle does overlap threads, technically, but in a purposeful way.

lordedmond:
the only time I have heard of the overlaying threads I am not sure if it was on here or not

was that the user had set the lathe up to curt threads in the foreign language to the lead screw and used the thread dial that did mess up the thread , he did own up to having the gear train set up wrong

I will try and find the thread

Stuart

Woodsman22:
Vtsream; my apologies, I mistook this comment:

"Error ?

What error ?
Just because someone buy a machine and can't use it, then slags it off on a web site doesn't mean to say they know what they are doing."

by John to be a reference to Jerry Kieffer's criticism of the 7 X 12 lathe that I had quoted in a comment above and I thought that you were agreeing with him. That is my error.

Also, thank you Dave (DMIOM) indeed I never did say that the 7 X 12 was a bad lathe, I merely wish to improve what shortcomings that it does have. Also, Joules yes I am quite sure that there is a wealth of knowledge to be gained from members in this forum- that is why I joined and asked the questions that I did in my first post. As to the Sherline. it would not meet my needs as stated in subsequent posts.

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