Around December 2000, Harbor Freight started selling a follower rest for the 7×10 as SKU 43580 for $16.99. It will fit any of the Sieg-made 7x mini lathes. A follower rest is similar to a steady rest, but is attached to and travels with the carriage to provide a moving support for the work behind the cutting tool.
The lathe sits in a tray-like top, which acts as a collecting pan for recycling coolant, in case you decide to outfit your SC8 with a coolant flow system. The Deal is Sealed. Before long, Mike and I got talking about the advantages of having DROs on the lathe – especially on a lathe in this class, which is capable of some really fine work.
The shop and laundry faucets are easier to repair than the kitchen faucet because the sprayer is a separate unit. Here's the lube procedure: Shut off water. Remove plug and loosen set screw, lift off handle. Remove cap. Remove faucet assembly. Remove and lubricate O-rings; replace O-rings. Lubricate nylon ring.
The 'standard' bandsaw for mini-lathe owners is widely known as 'the 4×6 bandsaw' since it can cut through a rectangular cross section up to 4×6 in size (try that with a hacksaw!) It can also operate in an upright position, but is very limited in this mode due to the short throat depth (distance from the blade to the support casting).
The standard Sieg tach is sold in the U.S. by several retailers including LittleMachineShop and Micro-Mark for about $125 at the time of this writing. For those who like to tinker with electronics, Macpod now offers a tachometer kit that plugs into the port on the SX2 or SC2. Unlike the standard tach, which uses a blue backlit LCD display ...
At a list price of $749.95, the Micro-Mark 7×16 is more expensive than the 7×12 lathes, but the list of features above, plus the careful packaging and attentive service provided by Micro-Mark are what sets this lathe apart. And, if you act soon, you can buy this lathe at a promotional price of $689.95 (July 2010) which really is a bargain.
A great starter lathe offered at an incredibly low price! Powered by a 1/3 HP motor, the 7" x 12" Mini Metal Lathe cuts right-handed and left-handed threads while easily fitting on your bench so you can machine your own parts. The G8688 is equipped with features found on larger lathes including inch and metric dials, a turret tool post, and 3 ...
Here's a report from Dick Denby: Joe Schulte, myself, and a friend visited Micro-Mark's home office today to discuss and review their new 7X14 Mini- Lathe Model # 82710 @ $629.95. Their 7X12 Model Mini-Lathe # 82500 is now discontinued.The # 82500 previously had been on sale for $499.95,regularly $ 569.95. A difference of $ 130.00 old ...
Ordered a Homier 7×12 Mini-lathe from their website this weekend and UPS delivered it this afternoon. Box looked OK on the outside. After unpacking though I found the lathe inside to be pretty banged up. Chip tray totaled, tailstock handwheel busted off & shaft bent, crossfeed handle and dial busted off and completely missing, plastic gear end ...
The main toolpost and tool holders are hard-anodized aluminum. The basic set is currently priced at $75.00 at LMS and includes the following elements: Tool Holder and M10 mounting bolt. 2 standard (turning) tool holders with .510″ slots. 1 …
BestEquip Metal Lathe is made from aluminium and weighs just 110 lbs. It comes with a 7-inch swing over the bed, and the distance between centers is 13.78 inches. The spindle bore is 21mm long, and the thread ranges from 12 to 52 TPI. Furthermore, the lathe bed is made of quality cast iron, and the gears are of nylon.
More accurately, the 7×10 is really a 7×8. Measuring from the base of the headstock to the end of the bed, the 7×10 is 15 1/2″ and the 7×12 is 19 1/2″. While 4″ may not seem like much, in practice it makes a big difference. This is because the 7×10 version provides about the minimum possible length that can still make a functional lathe.
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The C6 lathe has a semi-quick mount system for the chucks. The nuts stay on the mounting studs all the time, and pass through oversize holes in the lathe spindle. On the back side of the spindle plate, is another steel plate about 3/16″ thick. It has three keyhole-shaped holes in it and the nuts for the chuck pass through the large part of ...
Raw Materials for the Mini Lathe. While it is referred to as a metal lathe, the minilathe is quite capable of working with many other materials such as plastics and wood. Which material to use for a specific project depends on a number of factors such as: Within a specific type of metal such as brass, steel or aluminum, there are various alloys ...
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The Mini Lathe lists gear settings for 18 different inch threads. Here is a photograph of the gear change chart. Using only the supplied gears, the Mini Lathe will cut many more inch threads than listed on the chart. Also with only the supplied gears, there are many metric threads that can be cut with sufficient pitch accuracy for a few ...
If you are regular reader of mini-lathe or the 7×10 Interest Group, you know that in the summer of 2001 Homier introduced a new version of the 7×12 mini-lathe at the remarkable price of $299 and with some unique …
Mini-lathe is an extensive information resource for the 7×10, 7×12, 7×14 and 7×16 mini lathes. This site is intended primarily to help new and prospective owners …
Dial indicators usually have either a 1″ or 2″ range and are calibrated in increments of .001″. A smaller dial reads each revolution of the larger dial in increments of 0.100″. The outer bezel rotates and turns the numeric scale with it so that you can set the indicator to zero at any plunger position. Most D/Is have two little movable ...
Mini-lathe. 4-jaw chuck, Mini-mill or drill press. 4×6 Metal Cutting Bandsaw (optional) The usual drills, taps and standard shop tools such as dial calipers. 5/16-18 Tap. 5/16-18 Die and Die Wrench (optional if you know how to cut threads on the lathe) 1/4″ chucking reamer (optional) 3/16″ chucking reamer (optional)
