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great post

very informative and useful

regards dave

Axminster brand lathes are excellent machines

http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-ho ... rod886609/

i use the 3/4hp earlier model and it is more than powerful enough

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dave

i am afraid that i must bow out

due to work commitments.

i wish everyone else bon chance

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dave

"Nobody Expects The Spanish Inquisition"

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dave

UberHuberMan not wanting to be completely contrary :takethat: but i would concur and disagree with your first statement/paragraph, having long association with both types(since 15yo) but no expertise, both skill sets have differences and similarities. :fencing: I would say the initial learning curve...

RAlan

forstner bit to face delrin for the tenon

stick with the wood lathe, listen to sas and you will develop a superior skill set

even some metal lathe users use delrin tenons

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dave

Tyler

i always have adequate wrenches, hammers and nails near to hand

if the worst come to the worst i can always use my granite surface plate to hammer the nails in and knock the nut off the bolt

nix that


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dave

way to go sas

for facing a surface plate or piece of plate glass and sand paper works well

wet the flat surface to make the sand paper stick then sand each side until the desired thickness is reached.

works for all materials

metal lathe not required

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dave

that's just silly

a Swiss Army knife that measures nearly 25cm, weighs close to 3.25 kilograms

that's not a pocket tool that's one to tow on a sled, like smoking tobacco in a swiss alpine horn

merry christmas to you all

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dave

i really like the animal carved pipes

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dave

sas is right, sometimes just wont be enough! with lathes i have found that while bigger is good, heavier is better we are not beach boys - there are no good vibrations :lol: ask if you can try before you make up your mind, over here - uk, some places have demonstration areas set up. regards dave

Bobostro61 the lathe swings 10" ie 5" from centre to bed with mt2 tapers, so yes you can fit a jacobs chuck in the tailstock this lathe needs to be bolted down to something really solid to minimise vibrations fwiw & imho a good small wood lathe is more versatile than a small metal lath...

yes

i am facing the same problems as i cannot drill using my lathe at the moment

this might be helpful
http://www.pfeifenfreun.de/bastel/bohren/index_e.html

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dave

my apologies

Jon Bood (without L)

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dave

jonblood

kurt's post indicates that he used a form and separate clamp - the standard way

the peterson video is the first that i have seen that screws a clamp to the form

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dave

pipeguy that's a fascinating video, i cannot really really comment on the pressing section of the vid but the spinning is very interesting. it seems to be the creation of a custom form turned to fit on a metal thread or collet, then re-applied to the lathe and the final form turned. the form also fu...

chris

you are entirely correct, they only sell it in the good ol' us of a

though they are politely apologetic about it


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dave

congratulations

peter

my german is very basic, pm sent with a first go, let me know what you think

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dave

peter
that's a great accompaniment to the bill burney chart

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dave