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Well while your here, kits can be bought from PMR research, I think Stuart are doing ready machined kits, though I am interested if you found something? Have you built an engine up? As a newbie to the hobby, I would say that these engines can be built at home with limited experience, I just tend...

Been playing around today, and since it was freezing cold I thought I'd stand still and turn my cross slide handle real slow, the results of a few hours stood still........ A faceplate that's gone from 5thou out to around 5tenths of a thou. I got a lot of chatter at one point, and it showed on...

Hi Norm, yes I have had a couple hours looking at what I would be able to do, and buy/build for the lathe, you'll have to bear with me to catch up on all the possibilities Norm, there is as you say a 3D dimentions now been added, and it would be possible to machine quite a lot of parts, some I...

Hi all, Started on this for a friend today. First a jig has to be made to support the tube in the lathe. A scrap piece of Ali is faced off in the chuck. Then double sided tape and the wooden blanks can be turned to the internal size of the tube. These are then put in the 3 jaw and...

Yes I'm thinking a new foot may be required then save the one on it for when there's an upgrade. 😀 Though if your offered a horse you wouldn't look how long it's teeth are.just plain rude

Well my milling question may be void soon anyway as I have been offered one of these :) http://www.lathes.co.uk/amolco/ Although it is designed for the ML7, or as a stand alone unit, the person who's offered me it has said that he will do the machining on the foot to allow it to fit my ML4 and...

Firstly Nick, yes Joe has an answer which is where my earlier post stems from with regards to a sleeve with three cuts bored out. Frazer that I've seen also, however that video is what sparked the question, an angle plate mounted to the cross slide with the top slide bolted to it giving Z axis...

I've seen the taper attachments in operation, and now understand how they work, for a MT1 taper though on my ML4 dialing in from an existing taper, would work just as well just a long winded way around. I also have a MT1 to MT2 adaptor which is brand new, as the Morse tapers are the same it...

Thanks Baron, In the long term that is my wish. To make a dove tail slide, that will mount to an angle plate, and thus a vertical slide. May take a bit before im at that stage so looking for an interim measure until I have the skill set to do that. I know that it would be risky in that the...

Yeah that's my concern also, and getting them all facing the correct way for cutting. They are all numbered corresponding to the individual holes, as they are all different lengths. I assume this was set up with blanks and ground on the lathe, or something with a spindle thread and motor, so...

Norm I'm afraid I didn't understand the router idea. I know with a flycutter, end mill, and clamp set plus an angle plate the lathe becomes a lot more versatile and goes from just turning round bits, to skimming flat surfaces, making dovetails, and a whole host of tooling.

Hi Frazer, I was thinking along the lines of milling slots, however I do have a flycutter, or that's what I assume it is, round metal lump that is screw fitting to fit straight onto the spindle. Though it has six round "bits" in it that are held in place by bolts around it's circumfrence. One of...

The problem with it is as soon as the sleeve is removed from the jaws it's no longer on center line, as you say it would have to be indexed exactly the same every time. The sleeve is a one time use, but could be bored again, for a larger dia mill.

Yes I understand how it could walk out of the chuck jaws, my thought was to make a sleeve in the 3 jaw bored to fit the dia of the end mill. With 2 slits nearly all the way through, and a 3rd that's cut the whole way through. This would then eliminate run out and also provide a much better...

Hi all, Just a quick question about holding end mills. I was looking to buy an end mill and angleplate, plus associated clamps ECT for me to be able to mill on the lathe. There's something in my head that's telling me I read that holding an end mill in a 3 or 4 jaw chuck is a bad idea...

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That's perfect thanks for those plans I can work with those. Will be swapping the thread out to a 3/8" BSF though if ive read the drawings right first time around just as I have the tap and die for that. :) Again many thanks for those.

I wanted to search for a couple of these to make or buy but i didnt know the name of them, where did you get the plans from and would you be able to get me a copy please? Nice work turning modern junk into something very useful��

It does sound a bit of a fun idea, I would recommend belts and pulleys over gears, as gears are very good at sapping power from a drivetrain. Maybe a triple pulley driving a triple pulley so as reduction/verses drag could be played around with. Or a drink could be gently or vigerously mixed...

I've sent you a PM regarding the LS Loc subject so as to not divert the thread.