robutacion
Member
Hi folks,
How many time have you guys/gals wished you had a small metal lathe..? I can say that trough the years I can't remember all the times I had to use a hand or bench drill or even the wood lathe to make some metal/brass/aluminium part that is needed, many of which you can not buy so they have to be handmade.
When I say handmade, doesn't mean that mechanic tools aren't used, in most case are and certainly make life a lot easier and in occasions with the correct shapes and dimensions that are very difficult to match by hand/with a file.
I have certainly used my wood lathe to turn metal things that were on the very edge of crazy, impossible or damn dangerous, nothing too dramatic has ever happened but many of the attempts were a complete failure due to equipment unsuitability regardless of what I did and in those cases I have no choice than to take it to an engineers place to have it done and pay crazy charges.
More and more I see myself needing a small metal lathe and while I can't afford one, I consider other "things" that I may have that would allow a swap/exchange with someone that has one of these lathes and that have no use for, so far I haven't found anyone so, I have been looking for someone local that has one and that I can use to make a couple of very delicate parts for my air rifle that I need done sooner rather than later.
I know that many of you have these small metal lathes but you guys are too far away, my hope is that someone on here/IAP is from my "side of the pond" and be close enough to offer me the opportunity to come and use your metal lathe and have these parts done or indeed, have an unused mini lathe that we could make a deal or something like that.
Metal lathe models here in Australia may be a little different than those found in the USA but apart from that, what brand/size mini metal lathe would you guys recommend as a reliable machine...?
Most of what I do with metal is small, from gun parts to small parts repairs, I don't need anything too fancy and or too technical, I have a bench for a mini machine but no metal lathe tools/cutters, etc, a second-hand one with a good assortment of tools and parts would be marvelous, do you guys know of anything like that...???:biggrin:
Let's hope someone will come up with something...!
Cheers
George
How many time have you guys/gals wished you had a small metal lathe..? I can say that trough the years I can't remember all the times I had to use a hand or bench drill or even the wood lathe to make some metal/brass/aluminium part that is needed, many of which you can not buy so they have to be handmade.
When I say handmade, doesn't mean that mechanic tools aren't used, in most case are and certainly make life a lot easier and in occasions with the correct shapes and dimensions that are very difficult to match by hand/with a file.
I have certainly used my wood lathe to turn metal things that were on the very edge of crazy, impossible or damn dangerous, nothing too dramatic has ever happened but many of the attempts were a complete failure due to equipment unsuitability regardless of what I did and in those cases I have no choice than to take it to an engineers place to have it done and pay crazy charges.
More and more I see myself needing a small metal lathe and while I can't afford one, I consider other "things" that I may have that would allow a swap/exchange with someone that has one of these lathes and that have no use for, so far I haven't found anyone so, I have been looking for someone local that has one and that I can use to make a couple of very delicate parts for my air rifle that I need done sooner rather than later.
I know that many of you have these small metal lathes but you guys are too far away, my hope is that someone on here/IAP is from my "side of the pond" and be close enough to offer me the opportunity to come and use your metal lathe and have these parts done or indeed, have an unused mini lathe that we could make a deal or something like that.
Metal lathe models here in Australia may be a little different than those found in the USA but apart from that, what brand/size mini metal lathe would you guys recommend as a reliable machine...?
Most of what I do with metal is small, from gun parts to small parts repairs, I don't need anything too fancy and or too technical, I have a bench for a mini machine but no metal lathe tools/cutters, etc, a second-hand one with a good assortment of tools and parts would be marvelous, do you guys know of anything like that...???:biggrin:
Let's hope someone will come up with something...!
Cheers
George