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After a frosty night and a bright sunny start this morning , pulled the cover off the lathe to see it covered in moisture .In January I fitted Trace Heating cable under my micro mill oil tray and the mill was dry , the cable is 30 watts per metre and I fitted two metres with a thermostat , the...

Fitted a cheap D R O to my mill and it's not swarf or coolant proof , as I don't use flood coolant it's mainly swarf I need to protect against , what is the best way felt wipers or cover the whole thing with perspex ? Witch will be over the table height .

My X1 mill is gutless at low speeds , spotted this in tool shop less than twice the price of a HSS slitting saw , so I can run it at twice the speed I hope .

ARC have an offer on the X1 mill that I couldn't resist , ordered it Thursday morning it came yesterday I thought that was pretty good service , striped it down and cleaned of the oil plan to scrape the slides today using ARC guide http://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/projects.aspx they recommend...

Hi I am restoring a 1930's Faircut Senior bought at a boot fair . It had a few bits missing lead screw changewheel banjo tool slide and the bearings where shot , oh and the tailstock barrel is wobbly , fitted a 19 mm X 2.5 studding for a lead screw , new head stock bearings banjo , Myford change...