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Micro Lathe
Hi, I am new in metalworkings, I want to buy a small metal lathe as
for hobby. Does anybody use or own this lathe? Please provide some advise. http://www.woodstockint.com/Products/M1015/ |
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leung.h wrote:
Hi, I am new in metalworkings, I want to buy a small metal lathe as for hobby. Does anybody use or own this lathe? Please provide some advise. http://www.woodstockint.com/Products/M1015/ I don't think I'd buy it. I think it's made in China. Randy |
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I don't think I'd buy it. I think it's made in China. Randy Well, that's certainly not enough to put me off, for a beginner's lathe. Your suggestions for alternatives? |
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On Sep 11, 7:14 pm, Jordan wrote:
I don't think I'd buy it. I think it's made in China. Randy Well, that's certainly not enough to put me off, for a beginner's lathe. Your suggestions for alternatives? Taig. Sheerline. Unimat. DOC |
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"JR North" wrote in message
.. . Here's another option in the micro category: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=95012 JR Dweller in the cellar There is a Yahoo group dedicated to that series at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/C-O_Lathe/. - Bob Headrick |
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Here's another option in the micro category:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=95012 JR Dweller in the cellar leung.h wrote: Hi, I am new in metalworkings, I want to buy a small metal lathe as for hobby. Does anybody use or own this lathe? Please provide some advise. http://www.woodstockint.com/Products/M1015/ -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes Doubt yourself, and the real world will eat you alive The world doesn't revolve around you, it revolves around me No skeletons in the closet; just decomposing corpses -------------------------------------------------------------- Dependence is Vulnerability: -------------------------------------------------------------- "Open the Pod Bay Doors please, Hal" "I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.." |
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On 11 Sep 2007 22:14:04 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, Maxwell
Lol quickly quoth: "leung.h" writes: Hi, I am new in metalworkings, I want to buy a small metal lathe as for hobby. Does anybody use or own this lathe? Please provide some advise. http://www.woodstockint.com/Products/M1015/ That's a 5x10 and a fairly new product. The Chinese 7x12 or 7x14 made by Seig is used by a lot of hobbyists. There are a lot of places to learn more about it. See http://www.littlemachineshop.com/ for a store that provides accessories and support. http://www.mini-lathe.com/ also has lots of info for the 7x10/12/14 mini-lathes and mini-mills. -- The only place you will be accepted is the place you make for yourself. -- Holly Lisle, Fire In The Mist, 1992 |
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"Jordan" wrote in message u... I don't think I'd buy it. I think it's made in China. Randy Well, that's certainly not enough to put me off, for a beginner's lathe. Your suggestions for alternatives? The Seig sold by Harbor Freight, Cummins Tool, Grizzly, ect. Power feed and threading, loads of accessories, and tons of support- both parts and moral- from littlemachineshop.com. I have one and have zero complaints. -Carl |
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wrote in message oups.com... On Sep 11, 7:14 pm, Jordan wrote: I don't think I'd buy it. I think it's made in China. Randy Well, that's certainly not enough to put me off, for a beginner's lathe. Your suggestions for alternatives? Taig. Light construction. Sheerline. Sherline. Mostly aluminium. Real lathes are made of iron. Unimat. Ungodly expensive. -Carl |
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On Sep 11, 1:18 pm, "leung.h" wrote:
Hi, I am new in metalworkings, I want to buy a small metal lathe as for hobby. Does anybody use or own this lathe? Please provide some advise. http://www.woodstockint.com/Products/M1015/ One thing to consider is that you aren't just buying the lathe, you're going to need tooling. Don't know where you're going to find a 4 jaw chuck, faceplate or collet set for that one, for instance. You can probably adapt Sherline or Taig stuff to it, but it's always a pain. Didn't see a price on that page, either. With the chink 7x lathes, you have support from a number of different companies, www.littlemachineshop.com has all the parts for them and a whole raft of accessories. A 7x10 can be had from HF for as littlle as $220-250 with sale and coupon prices, sign up online for them. Wait for the sale and use the 50% off coupon. Buy from a store and save shipping, also you have a ready outlet to take the thing back, if needed. These chink lathes are crapshoots, you may get one that plays right out of the crate, another may need some tweaking, just a head's up. Pay more from a different vendor, you may get a product with better Q.C. Lots of sites out there on care and feeding. The design is more like a larger lathe writ small, the spindle has a #3 Morse taper, for instance, most of the competition is like a #0 or #1. You want a big spindle hole and a large spindle, too. You don't need flex in the spindle. The 7x is about the largest one currently made that you can sling onto a shelf after you're done. There's a chink 8" lathe out there, too, wasn't too impressed with its looks in the store. Don't know if 7x parts and tooling swap or not. If not, you'd have the same problems with tooling as the the little one you dug up. Costs more, too. Stan |
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On Sep 11, 6:14 pm, Jordan wrote:
I don't think I'd buy it. I think it's made in China. Randy Well, that's certainly not enough to put me off, for a beginner's lathe. Your suggestions for alternatives? I just replaced a Sherline (see other messages) with a Chinese made lathe. I agree that something like a Sherline is a better way to get started, but I think I outgrew it. Actually. I am not completely replacing it- I had the milling machine adapter post for it, and it will now be dedicated as a milling machine only. The only bad thing about the Sherline is the threading accessory (not included with the basic lathe). That disables the motor and requires you to "hand crank" the lathe. But the Sherline is extremely well built and rugged, accurate, and very simple to operate. Use it for a few years and then upgrade. |
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Randy Replogle wrote:
leung.h wrote: Hi, I am new in metalworkings, I want to buy a small metal lathe as for hobby. Does anybody use or own this lathe? Please provide some advise. http://www.woodstockint.com/Products/M1015/ I don't think I'd buy it. I think it's made in China. Randy Well, I guess I'm the only one who thought this was funny......I thought this was SPAM and since the OP hasn't returned I am still not convinced otherwise. Randy |
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Don Stauffer in Minnesota wrote:
The only bad thing about the Sherline is the threading accessory (not included with the basic lathe). That disables the motor and requires you to "hand crank" the lathe. But the Sherline is extremely well built and rugged, accurate, and very simple to operate. Use it for a few years and then upgrade. If that's the only bad thing you can find, you're a lot easier to please than me. (: I've played around with the little lathes and finally got me a 10x24 with 6" chucks and collets. I can't imagine using anything smaller.... |
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Micro Lathe -- Where is Seig?
"Carl Byrns" wrote in message
news:gsPFi.5306$eh3.1273@trndny07 "Jordan" wrote in message u... I don't think I'd buy it. I think it's made in China. Randy Well, that's certainly not enough to put me off, for a beginner's lathe. Your suggestions for alternatives? The Seig sold by Harbor Freight, Cummins Tool, Grizzly, ect. Power feed and threading, loads of accessories, and tons of support- both parts and moral- from littlemachineshop.com. I have one and have zero complaints. For some reason I can't find a single listing on those sites for "seig" or "sieg". I found what looks like the manufacturer's site, but no retail source. -- Reply in group, but if emailing add another zero, and remove the last word. |
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Micro Lathe
OK. OK.
I have an SB 9 and a Harrison L6 that I use as backup! :-)ooo DOC On Sep 12, 6:50 am, "Carl Byrns" wrote: wrote in message .... Taig. Light construction. Sheerline. Sherline. Mostly aluminium. Real lathes are made of iron. Unimat. Ungodly expensive. -Carl |
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According to Carl Byrns :
wrote in message oups.com... On Sep 11, 7:14 pm, Jordan wrote: I don't think I'd buy it. I think it's made in China. Randy Well, that's certainly not enough to put me off, for a beginner's lathe. Your suggestions for alternatives? Taig. Light construction. Not as light as the Sherline, at least. I have one which I sometimes set up for a specific task when the other lathes are busy with other parts of the same project. An example is with a formed tool to crown screws held in the WW collet spindle. The Taig is nice there, with provisions for a simple carriage stop to assure repeatability. Sheerline. Sherline. Mostly aluminium. Real lathes are made of iron. Agreed. Unimat. Ungodly expensive. And a bit weak compared to even the Sherline in my experience. (Though the price was not that bad back when I got my Unimat SL-1000.) There are things which I still use the Unimat for as well. But I consider either the Unimat or the Taig to be additional lathes, not the primary one. For primary, depending on what I'm making, it is either the Clausing 12x24 (with a bed turret), or the Emco-Maier Compact-5/CNC (a Sherline on steroids, but with CNC control.) Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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Micro Lathe -- Where is Seig?
"Tom Del Rosso" wrote in message ... "Carl Byrns" wrote in message news:gsPFi.5306$eh3.1273@trndny07 "Jordan" wrote in message u... I don't think I'd buy it. I think it's made in China. Randy Well, that's certainly not enough to put me off, for a beginner's lathe. Your suggestions for alternatives? The Seig sold by Harbor Freight, Cummins Tool, Grizzly, ect. Power feed and threading, loads of accessories, and tons of support- both parts and moral- from littlemachineshop.com. I have one and have zero complaints. For some reason I can't find a single listing on those sites for "seig" or "sieg". I found what looks like the manufacturer's site, but no retail source. It's the "7 X 12" lathe that Harbor Freight, Cummins Tool, Grizzly, ect. sells. There are minor differences between them so shop carefully- I bought the Cummins because A) at the time, there was no other nearby retailer and I wanted to inspect the one I was buying, B) the cost was lower than Harbor Freight or Grizzly (no shipping charge either) and C) it came with lots of useful goodies like a steady rest, an OK QC toolpost, live and dead centers, drill chuck, and a decent 3 jaw chuck. I found out later that the Cummins variant accepts a four jaw chuck without modification- some don't and require the mounting flange to be drilled. I like it- I've cranked out a ton of work on it and never felt that it was too small or didn't have enough power. I like it so much that I bought the companion mini-milling machine. For about $1000 I have enough machining capacity in my basement to keep me off the streets for years. -Carl -- The future isn't what it used to be. |
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Micro Lathe -- Where is Seig?
Carl Byrns wrote:
For about $1000 I have enough machining capacity in my basement to keep me off the streets for years. That's all we can ask of any machine tool! ;-) -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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Micro Lathe -- Where is Seig?
"Carl Byrns" wrote in message
news:8U2Gi.4279$Z33.1197@trndny08 It's the "7 X 12" lathe that Harbor Freight, Cummins Tool, Grizzly, ect. sells. There are minor differences between them so shop Oh, thanks. I bought the companion mini-milling machine. For about $1000 I have enough machining capacity in my basement to keep me off the streets for years. What about the combo machines? Can't they do some things the separate units can't (but maybe with less travel)? -- Reply in group, but if emailing add another zero, and remove the last word. |
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Micro Lathe -- Where is Seig?
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:53:43 -0400, "Tom Del Rosso"
wrote: What about the combo machines? Can't they do some things the separate units can't (but maybe with less travel)? ======== If space and/or cost is an important factor consider a lathe with a milling attachment. This converts/adapts your lathe to a horizontal mill. see http://www.littlemachineshop.com/pro...2894&category= 140$ for Seig to http://www.littlemachineshop.com/pro...1956&category= 62$ for Tiag. You will also need an endmill holder or MT collet to fit your lathe spindle. A drill chuck is not a good idea. see http://www.littlemachineshop.com/pro...dID=1139598178 while sets are available you will generally use only the 3/8 and 1/2 and possibly the 1/4. All-thread or a long SHCS w/ washer will do for the drawbar. Holders are easier to change [set screw retains end mill] but have much greater overhang (as do the more expensive ER collet holders). I suggest a #2 or #3 MT collet @ 9.00$ each. Unka' George [George McDuffee] ============ Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), U.S. president. Letter, 17 March 1814. |
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Micro Lathe -- Where is Seig?
"Tom Del Rosso" wrote in message ... "Carl Byrns" wrote in message news:8U2Gi.4279$Z33.1197@trndny08 What about the combo machines? Can't they do some things the separate units can't (but maybe with less travel)? The three-in-ones have less capacity a separate lathe-mill-drill press does. You have to plan your work out carefully because changing over from one tool to another is time-consuming. They only make sense if you are very tight on space (I've seen them on race car trailers). -Carl -- The future isn't what it used to be. |
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