hi im new to the forum and have a few enquiries, i am looking at buying a sieg co baby lathe for making mainly fishing floats out of balsa dowel and some small metal pieces, i have seen some unimat sl lathes for sale on ebay at around the same price but am a bit worried about buying a 50 year old lathe and getting parts etc, i live in the uk and have no experience with lathes but do use other power tools regularly in my job so not tot totally inept!! ;D so what are your thoughts on the above lathes thanks.
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Brickie: Welcome to the board. I think if i had a choice between a unimat SL and A Seig 0, I would go for the unimat. If you are worried about availability of spares you may want to look into a Taig or Sherline. These are both good machines in current production.
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If you can get one like this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GOOD-WORKING-...werTools_SM&hash=item19bff93c76#ht_500wt_1154
I reckon it looks pretty good.
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I reckon it looks pretty good.
Vic.
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ere ya go looks like she needs some tlc
may go for a reasonable price
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MYFORD-LATHE-JOB-LOT-OF-ENGINEERING-TOOLS_W0QQitemZ270644722300QQcategoryZ112399QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m8QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DMW%26its%3DC%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D5%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D5146829821439905195
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may go for a reasonable price
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MYFORD-LATHE-JOB-LOT-OF-ENGINEERING-TOOLS_W0QQitemZ270644722300QQcategoryZ112399QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m8QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DMW%26its%3DC%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D5%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D5146829821439905195
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Pity more of those didnt make it over to this side of the pond.
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the recommended cutting fluid for steel is sulpherised oil. it is typically used by plumbers for cutting threads on pipe I picked up some on close out at home depot in pints you should be able to find it by the quart at the local plumbing supply.
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