Recent content by musterpilot

I am using Aluminium bright steel brass no project on the board yet

Machining background only at school and we had a old lathe on our farm that I use to muck around on apart from that I flew fixed wing aircraft most of my life retired at 68 I am now 74 as for the Sieg c3 very limited in what you can buy in Western Australia also it was all that i could afford

It is a ENYA 049 glow

Thanks for your advise I am aware of the pit falls and do only shallow cuts owing to the low power of the machine I intend to upgrade the motor later on I am just waiting for a new spindle to turn up which I will be changing so I can use my 100mm chucks not a big fan of those adapter plates the...

She will be ok for what I want to do here is a spinner nut I made

Hi All, Just joined I live outback western Australia just bought a Sieg C3 lathe a couple of months ago hope to get some tips off the forum