Mini-lathe Zero-resettable hand wheels?

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I'm interested in the Harbor Freight 7x12 mini-lathe. I was wondering if there was a modification to add zero-resettable hand wheels; like those found on the MicroLux 7x16 mini-lathe: MicroLux Mini-Lathe

Thanks...
 
Are you sure that the HF offering doesn't already have a graduated collar on the hand wheel that can be reset? Most lathes do have this feature (it would be so common, that most vendors may not even mention it).
 
I'm not sure. I read the Manual (PDF) and could not find anything in it mentioning this feature. If it has it, I can't find it in the manual.
 
I took a look at the manual and the IPB shows that there is a separate indexed collar. This is almost certainly a zero-set collar.

Tom beat me to it. The collar I referred to above is part 87.
 
I'm interested in the Harbor Freight 7x12 mini-lathe. I was wondering if there was a modification to add zero-resettable hand wheels; like those found on the MicroLux 7x16 mini-lathe: MicroLux Mini-Lathe

Thanks...
You might also consider the self-contained DRO kit for these lathes from 'Little Machine Shop" (no affiliation)
 
Check the date of the last post. ;)

Tom
 
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