JCSteam
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Hello there everyone, my name is Jon.
I signed up here a few months ago, and have been lurking around, trying to pick up tips and advice from those more experienced than myself.
Some of you may know me from the mamod forums, of which I'm also a member, after much head scratching and asking advice over there, I had my eyes on a Chinese lathe from amadeal, though the expense kept making me think twice. However I have just come up trumps (I think) on an ebay buy, my very first lathe. Its a myford ML4, and comes with a lot of tooling, reamers, drills, a fly cutter and a 3" three jaw chuck, 4" 3jaw chuck, both self centering, and a 4" 4 jaw independent chuck. The ebay link is here.
http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Myford-M4-lathe-/152527283962?nav=WATCHING_ACTIVE
After reading a lot of info and taking advice, ive finally bit the bullet, and think its about time I got hands on with it, also I couldn't let that deal pass me by
So here I am a complete machining novice with a £300 lathe in a shed, I hope I can learn a lot from you guys, and build some steam engines along the way
I'm looking for a member who may be close by that could help me out, and be a mentor in setting the lathe in situ, and any points that I need to look out for when setting the lathe up.
I signed up here a few months ago, and have been lurking around, trying to pick up tips and advice from those more experienced than myself.
Some of you may know me from the mamod forums, of which I'm also a member, after much head scratching and asking advice over there, I had my eyes on a Chinese lathe from amadeal, though the expense kept making me think twice. However I have just come up trumps (I think) on an ebay buy, my very first lathe. Its a myford ML4, and comes with a lot of tooling, reamers, drills, a fly cutter and a 3" three jaw chuck, 4" 3jaw chuck, both self centering, and a 4" 4 jaw independent chuck. The ebay link is here.
http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Myford-M4-lathe-/152527283962?nav=WATCHING_ACTIVE
After reading a lot of info and taking advice, ive finally bit the bullet, and think its about time I got hands on with it, also I couldn't let that deal pass me by
So here I am a complete machining novice with a £300 lathe in a shed, I hope I can learn a lot from you guys, and build some steam engines along the way
I'm looking for a member who may be close by that could help me out, and be a mentor in setting the lathe in situ, and any points that I need to look out for when setting the lathe up.