Not that the Taig and Sherline machines aren't small, and relatively
low powered, and as people have noted, and the Taig won't single point
threads as it comes stock from the factory (The Sherline has a
threading accessory though). Both will work steel with little problem
though, as long as you keep within some reasonable size constraints. I
have turned steel rod up to 1" dia. on the Taig, and worked discs of
steel about 3" dia for certain projects. The work envelope is
considerably smaller than a bigger lathe (no surprise there).

To see what people do with the Taig, go to my website
www.cartertools.com and look at the pictures section, where I have
pictures of various customer's work.

Join the various yahoogroups dedicated to the various lathes,
taigtools, sherline and 7x10

Nick
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 22:45:08 GMT, Loren Coe
wrote:


well, you could actually reduce the dia. of a 1/2" steel rod, maybe
even key it and thread it. that doesn't take a $20k tool, but the
taig won't do it.