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Hello All! I just purchased a lightly used Little Machine Shop 7x12 mini lathe, and this is my first post. Thank you in advance for any help sorting out my question/issue below.
Could anyone tell me if the PO setup the cross slide correctly? He was turning only pen sized plastic material.
Based on the current setup only small diameter materials could be milled. Certainly nothing even approaching 3in. The red line in the photo shows the max distance the tool post can be moved away from the stock 3in chuck.
My background, just to let you know how green I am: I work as a graphic designer but I am addicted to tools. I have only spent about an hour on a large South Bend lathe and about the same on a Bridgeport vertical mill.
Thanks again!
Could anyone tell me if the PO setup the cross slide correctly? He was turning only pen sized plastic material.
Based on the current setup only small diameter materials could be milled. Certainly nothing even approaching 3in. The red line in the photo shows the max distance the tool post can be moved away from the stock 3in chuck.
My background, just to let you know how green I am: I work as a graphic designer but I am addicted to tools. I have only spent about an hour on a large South Bend lathe and about the same on a Bridgeport vertical mill.
Thanks again!