In article , williamhenry says...

just a few hours of careful teaching can make the difference between
somebody keeping at this hobby
and regretting ever buying that 9x20 mini lathe

So true. A close friend of mine moved recently, and sold off his
seneca falls lathe which was in pretty functional shape.
He said he really had no idea how to run it and it was just too
frustrating.

He needed to adjust the play in his motorcycle wheel bearings
which means making a spacer to set the preload. I did this for
him while he was watching, and you could see the wheels going
'round in his head - he was asking all the right questions.

It's no suprise given the amount of 'little fiddly stuff' that
machining requires that apprenticeship was the way it was
always taught. There's only so much that book learning can do
for this kind of skill.

Jim


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