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    HF 7x10/12 Lead Screw Mod?

    I believe have one of those? A live center MT2 came with my mini-lathe. See attachment.
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    HF 7x10/12 Lead Screw Mod?

    >While you are at LMS pick up a test bar that fits into the spindle taper so you can check the head for alignment with the bed. Do you have a link showing what that test bar looks like? I can't find it on the LMS site.
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    HF 7x10/12 Lead Screw Mod?

    My tear down for cleaning is now complete. I'm lucky I live fairly close to the Little Machine Shop here in the Los Angeles area ('close' means within an hour with the kind of traffic we have). In a week or two I'm going to take my spindle case into Chris's shop and install his roller...
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    HF 7x10/12 Lead Screw Mod?

    @ShopShoe Thanks very much for the detailed help. It's nice to see several folks jump in with their advice to help a newbie like myself. Regardless of my skill level with a lathe, it just bothers me that their is a built-in 'error' with the lathe. I understand the low price point and that...
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    HF 7x10/12 Lead Screw Mod?

    My first project will be to do some outside thread cutting: 5/16-18. Perhaps I don't need to do any lead screw mods then. I probably got confused by all the reading I have done on the subject. I was just concerned about what I read regarding turning the cross dial one full turn (0.040) and not...
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    HF 7x10/12 Lead Screw Mod?

    @ShopShoe I'm still trying to wrap my head around this stuff. So your link to LMS makes the cross and compound slides and dials into imperial units of measurement (I believe). So, if my main lead screw is also imperial, then my lathe is completely 'synchronized' to imperial units, right...
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    HF 7x10/12 Lead Screw Mod?

    I'd like to match the lead screw with the factory mm dials. In order to do that, do I just need to install a mm lead screw? UPDATE: I mis-spoke above. I actually have a need to cut imperial threads, so what I'd like to do is make sure my HF 7x12 has an imperial lead screw and the matching slide...
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    HF 7x10/12 Lead Screw Mod?

    I was wondering if there is a mod to replace the lead screw on the Harbor Freight 7x10/12 mini-lathes...to sync the dials, in Imperial units, to the lead screw, which is in mm? This would provide the correct amount of travel with the dials. Thanks...
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