New MX-210V 8x16 lathe - a beginner's first lathe experience

I did not see one in the little plastic case but will look into that. Something new to learn. I figured it had to be a very cheap micrometer to get thrown into this kind of cheap lathe package deal.
 
Tomzo said:
I did not see one in the little plastic case but will look into that. Something new to learn. I figured it had to be a very cheap micrometer to get thrown into this kind of cheap lathe package deal.
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The mic wrench is a little bitty thing. Maybe an inch or two long. In any case, the mics are relatively easy to adjust. Is the zero off, (offset) or everything is off?
 
I will check that out and see if it is recoverable.
 
Here is a close up shot of the surface on the bottom of the tailstock. The bolt is the one that locks it to the ways. Egad!
 

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Looks like a rasp, not a machined surface.
 
A couple more videos are done looking at the cross slide and carriage. Here is the cross slide as it looked when it came off. Dirty but not as bad as some I have seen.


Here it is partially cleaned up:


Here is the compound rotation system which had a bunch of junk in it:

 
I then took a look at the carriage which, to me, looks an awful lot like a Grizzly G0768 model. The white paint is different than the rest of the lathe paint, so my guess is that I got a lathe that was cobbled together from a bunch of leftover parts at the factory. In this price class I expected as much so it is not too big a deal to me, but it is interesting.


 
LMS has loads of spare parts for their mini-lathes (and others). It's why I am considering machining my tailstock. A new 7x tailstock casting is < $51, although it is backordered.

A 8x tailstock casting (top) pn 5215 is only $17.49, and the base pn 5016 is $23.14. Does your base tailstock casting look like tailstock base ? Not much meat there. What's kind of nice is you could go in there (if they are open) and pick through castings to see if you can find one better than what you have. At $17.49, it might be better to get a new casting, rather than dragging holes in the other piece.
 
Well? Do we have chips? Or still going over the lathe?
 
Never mind... I see that you are busy working with the mill you just got.

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So the seller from whom I bought the machine from indicated in the ad that he had a "spare" drawbar included as part of the deal. It seemed to be kind of an odd thing to have as a spare but when he dropped it off he handed me the spare - which was in reality a piece of all thread...
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