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I was hoping if someone could elaborate on how a length of metal is held in the lathe when machining a crankshaft. I understand that I drill the centres to turn down the main centre shaft. I understand that I drill a centre hole off-centre (5/16" from centre in my case) so that I can...

Hello, I am trying to read a set of plans until I understand them in my head and am a bit confused with the measurements of the crankshaft web. I have attached a picture of the crankshaft web drawing below and a link to the original PDF file on John Tom. As you can see it mentions no...

Could I get people advice on what may be happening or what I may be doing wrong while turning a piece of brass please. I was just practicing and not making anything in particular on my new lathe. I faced the piece OK but when I went to take off a small amount to reduce the width, the first...

I am looking for plans that were in the Home Shop Machinist Issues from nov/dec 2012 to may/jun 2013. It is a four part build of the Bruce MacBeth Model Gas Engine. I went on to the Home Shop Machinist site but they are not selling the jan/feb issue so if I bought the back issues I would be...

Hi all, I am getting ready to build my first engine with plans I downloaded from the JohnTom website, but a couple of measurements are missing. Plans can be found here: http://www.john-tom.com/html/ElmersEngines.html Click on the SQUARE link and the plans come up. On the plans...

I was turning my first piece of metal, trying to part a piece of the end of a long bar when the metal just stopped turning. I am thinking that maybe I advanced the tool too far and it jammed. The motor was still heard to be running and now when I try and start the lathe it turns for a second...

Hello, Sorry to be a pain but I have a problem setting up my lathe! I have cleaned all the red gunk off of it and took the chuck off to clean it as I was advised here: http://www.mini-lathe.com/Mini_lathe/Start/start.htm I cannot put the chuck together again in a way that the chuck jaws...

Hello everyone, I am a newbie who is currently deciding between two lathe and am asking for some advice on the features of the lathes in question. I am looking here: http://chronos.ltd.uk/acatalog/Clarke_Lathes.html My choice is between the CL250M and the CL300M. I have sent a request...

Hello everyone, My name is Ben and I live in Edmonton, North London in the UK and have been following various threads on here for a while now and am looking to buy my first lathe soon. Impressed with many folks on here, there are some really talented people here, hence this was the forum...