New Guy, New Machinest, Looking For A Start

Thanks David.

I have a question for you Gurus...

What is the trick to making the handles turn smoother... is that notchy, rough feeling on everything one can manually turn either by handle of wrench (the chuck) kind of a built in feature of buying an inexpensive unit?
 
You might have to get in it and clean everything out. Machines ship with a coating of gummy grease , cosmoline . It's on all your threads , gears, ways, etc . Once you get that off and re oil it, they slide smoother.
 
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FWIW, the 7x12 is actually 4" larger than the 7x10 (go figure). I started with the 7x10, and eventually got the LittleMachineShop conversion to 7x12, so don't think that you are necessarily locked into a size, it can eventually be changed if you feel the need. While I have extensively modified mine to be more capable, I believe that with careful adjustment to take out slop, there is no reason that you cannot use an unmodified one to do your project. I would suggest that you use high speed steel bits and keep them as sharp as possible.
 
Thanks Owl!

I ordered a Quick change post from Little Machine Shop yesterday...

I picked up some Aluminum 3/8 rod at the local hardware store yesterday and chucked it up last night to give making chips a go...
I was able to face it (with no nub!) and cut it down. I was just playing with it to get a feel for it, but I can see why the QCTP is the first think everyone goes for, the shimming it a serious Pain in the rear.
 
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I picked up some Aluminum 3/8 rod at the local hardware store yesterday and chucked it up last night to give making chips a go...
Check out some of your local scrap yards, make friends , they usually have a bin with clip aluminum and tons of material for machining and practice , round stock , flat stock , blocks .
You'll get alum for about 50-55 cents/lb and steels are 10-25 cents/lb . Usually cutoffs from small shop production runs , so it's not old junk .
 
I'll see what we have here in Hell... I mean Yuma.... Thanks for the tip
 
Hi Reverend! Welcome to the monkey house. Certainly not the money house cuz we're all broke, but we're friendly. Plenty of experts here plus miscellaneous characters of various qualification, and dubious integrity. A little ditty for you:
"To clean his lathe spindle Joe Hurning,
inserted, while it was still turning,
his finger alack
which he didn't get back
to manage with 9 he's still learning"
(picture guy holding up finger which now looks like twisty compact fluorescent bulb)
Mark S.
 
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Thanks Mark!

So if I haven't touched a lathe in years...

Go my new 7x10 this week
QCTP arrived this afternoon


Start simple, right?

Heck no, dive in with some 3/8" aluminum rod from Lowe's and test a theory turning an offset chamber insert for my .36 black powder to .22 WMR.

Inserted 2 feeler gauges to get the 1/16" off set and with a bit of tweaking, it slide in to the cylinder!

Now I'm working with a piece of steel DOM rube to see how to translates to real life.

Also found out my tailstock is high and left.... Hmmm....

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Not a gun expert so I'll only say be careful modifying a firearm...or rather USING a modified one
Mark S
 
Not a gun expert so I'll only say be careful modifying a firearm...or rather USING a modified one
Mark S
Just turn your face away during the first test fire, t'was apparently traditional back in the BP revolver days.



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