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Hi Jason, For whatever reason your first message hadn't appeared when I replied to MRA. Thank you very very much, I'm not sure why the bushing was sunk so deep in the bed, but marks in the paint show it has definitely been used like this previously. The Grizzly manual said to set in .002 -...

It would be great if I had a functional lathe to whip up a quick washer with! I will pick up one from the hardware store when I have a chance. The hand-wheel is threaded, do you mean to use the hand-wheel as a 'jam-nut' and tighten the acorn nut against it to lock them in place? I found an...

Hi all, I have finally acquired my first lathe, an Emco Unimat 3, which, though I understand is very very small, is exciting to me! It arrived in a big polystyrene box, not particularly well secured with the hand wheels removed. After a quick clean up the cross slide lead screw works great...

Hi Cogsy, Again I'm new to this, I probably don't know what kind of accuracies I need, the numbers in my head come from what I've read, in particular, and article/post about DIY CNC machines and the accuracies that the author had achieved. He wrote about (from what I can remember) needing...

Hi, Bazmak, Every thread I read (including this one), people talk about how they started with a sieg and upgraded, whereas everyone who started with a taig/sherline has 'added' a larger lathe, is there something, of the c2 size, atleast in terms of swing over bed, that is comparable with the...

Thanks for your replies! CHP (is that an OK abbreviation? ) Is it difficult to mount the sherline motor? Especially given I currently have no tooling? I have specifically searched for disadvantages of using risers but couldn't find anything specific, does it noticeable affect...

Hi Ved, I've read every 'best first lathe' forum I could find, I hope this didn't sound like just another one of them, I'm a few years of being able to dedicate a space to machines, when I can I will and I will get the biggest I can, until then I really don't have the option unfortunately. I...

Forgot to mention, for the Taig Mills, the brackets represent 'without riser'/'with riser' and For the Seig C2 there are 2 sizes of bed length, represented by the brackets.

Hi all, A quick introduction: I am a mechanical engineering student who just completed his workshop training, though I will in no way treat this as any kind of real experience or certification, it did get me very interested in metalworking and machining. I am looking at getting started on...