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Thanks all for the replyies, I checked the dovetails for parallel and found the bottom slide was spot on according to my dial calipers. The top slide was off a bit. I worked a coarse eze-lap in the side with the adjusting screw holes and after a bit noticed high spots near those holes. The...

ShopShoe, Thanks for the notes. In spite of the fiddling, I'm enjoying this Chinesium lathe kit. What should I look for on: "seating of the gib on the adjustment screws". The screws and nuts are in good shape (er, new), not tight but slight pressure. Each has a little rod, or plunger, that...

Hey All, I was adjusting my cross-slide gibs, again, with hopes to relax the friction I get when cranking it all the way out. I had just put it back together after honing the gibs and dovetails, hoping to remove stickiness. Now, I think the dovetails are not perfectly parallel. Am I right or...

Thanks for the replies. Hum, I did not think the piece was too long, but I suppose I should start smaller. I didn't hear any comments that something is wrong with the lathe, so that's a plus.

I have just started practicing on my Grizzly 9 x 22 lathe and get chatter when I'm turning, but not facing. In the photo I have a 2" steel cylinder, the end is good when faceing, but shows chatter when I tried to use a parting tool, also marks from the tool bit (the picture shows the second...

chatter marks

Thanks Jack620 & Mousetrap, I found what I hope is similar at https://www.carbideanddiamondtooling.com/ I sure wish the vendors used the same terminology. Reading the following requires a college education :confused: 1714-TBL632C P, T, Type Cut Off Blade,High Speed Steel, Cobalt, M4PM, T15PM...

I have pretty much the same concerns with a 1/16" "P" style cutoff blade (about $8 US) I got a bit ago. Got to looking at it and it has a very slight concave groove just under what appears to be a honed top edge, but otherwise top and bottom thickness are very similar, no noticeable taper...

Happy Birthday Norm! Good luck with the eyesight, my late wife battled a similar problem due to diabetes and I know it's a struggle. I'll see if I can find Walter B Mueller's 'A Very Much Improved' Quorn T&C cutter. BTW: how does one become a Haggis Breeder? Thanks to everyone for the...

According to "Internet Quorn Lore" I am now a member of the "I'm building a Quorn" club since it isn't required to actually have done anything yet. I hope I will get into the "I built a Quorn" club sooner rather than later. Here's my question: The book suggests using Precision Ground rods for...

Oh, thanks. That will make life a bit easier.

I just built a table for my grizzly small mill with two layers of 3/4" birch ply for the top. While moving stuff around I found a sheet of "formica" that will fit behind a book shelf (actually it was an empty wine rack). Is putting plastic on the mill table a good idea or not? Currently I'm...

Update: The vendor will refund my money for the maligned vise. Big shout out to them. As for keeping the Kurt, I can't justify it and can return it for the cost of shipping. If sometime in the future I do get a larger mill, I'll either have to move to a place with ground floor shop space or...

Thanks Swarf and Wizard for the reply's, I will look into the screw-less vises. As for the POS vise, I was not under the impression it was used and defective, maybe it was returned. I ordered it over the internet and inspection was not possible. How would I get a replacement screw if the...

Question in brief: what's a good size vise for Grizzly G0619 - 6" x 21" Mill / Drill? I'm tooling up a new mill and purchased a "distressed" vise from a shop specializing in smaller machines. Along with the tail-tail witness marks, it came missing a bearing, the clamp screw was too short and...

About the pre-fix and post-fix toolpaths. 3D slicers have an option for default pre and post commands. If yours have the same it would be somewhere under options.

Rudy and Ron, thanks. I checked the web site and the variable motor is 3-Phase, I feel more comfortable about it now. Yep, I am concerned about weight and was planning on stripping it down to clean it out, inspect and get familiar with it anyway. We shall see who or what wins the battle going...

Thanks everyone for their reply's, they've been very helpful. I've decided on one of Grizzly's 10 x 22" Bench-top Metal Lathes. They have 4 versions of it so it must be a popular size. They come with variable motor or not and with DRO or not. Should I go with the variable motor or not? I'm...

Thanks all, I'm a bit behind some of you being 61. Retirement is so close... Good advice from everyone, now I know I'm in the right part of the store. The metal desk is a good idea, I had a job once where I was begging people to take them away, I didn't even take one. I'll search alibaba...