mini lathe

Great machines are not necessarily the best machines, but machines that reach the greatest audience. In this regard, one can say that the Atlas lathes were some of the most successful machines of all times. If I remember correctly, over half million were produced between the late 30s and the...

Hello, I'm a custom pen maker interested in replacing his mini wood lathe with a Sherline lathe. I drill holes about 15mm in diameter maximum in woods, plastics, rubbers, and non-ferrous metals. I saw that Sherline sells a morse taper #1 tailstock that can accommodate a 1-16mm drill chuck...

I'm pretty new at this stuff. But I've been happy with the results I've gotten turning 304SS in sizes under an inch. So I felt emboldened So when I found a 4' length of 303 round bar at the local scrap yard... But the larger diameter (even in a more machinable alloy) is not nearly as...

I found a lot of variations of these holders and went with the easiest one for my first attempt. I would like to make another variation when I get some more steel. It will work for now.

Hello. Last night I spent a few hours attempting to make a captive nut. My main goals were to 1. Practice single point threading on my mini lathe 2. Hit dimensions 3. Make something for my kids. Everything was going well until I got to a point that I needed to make the threads. My target was...

I made some knurled handles for my 7x14 lathe using half inch 12L14. Initial plan was to make a bushing but instead made a small spacer and dropped in with M4 screw. The handles turn freely and don't fall off any more :).

As the title suggests, I'm looking at getting a ER-32 collet chuck for my Micro Mark 7X16 mini lathe. I was planning on getting this from Little Machine Shop since I know they sell decent quality and I know it would fit. This is the one I was thinking about. However, just as I was about to...

I inherited an Atlas Clausing 6 in lathe (model 10100). I would like to buy a quick change tool post that would replace the original “lantern post”. I am a novice to metal turning and would sure appreciate some recommendations. Thanks!

Hey there I'm machining my fist steel on my mini lathe, and I can't seem to get a smooth finish. I've tightened everything the most I can, I'm ground my own HSS tools, to the best of my ability so far I'm running the lathe at about 500~ RPM's. I'm attaching some photos. Any advice is VERY...

Hey Guys, I'm trying to decide what to do, I'm looking to do some small milling on my mini lathe and wondering about which vertcial slide attachement to buy? Does anyone have any experience with this? Chris

Hey people, I'm currently considering upgrading/modding my conquest mini lathe, to a CNC lathe I've found some great free resources: That give me all the mechanical parts, the piece I'm missing it which motors to use Servo/Stepping / something else. So My questions are as follows: 1) What...

Probably a silly question, but I was wondering if anyone has scraped in one of the Chinese mini lathes. I want to learn more about scraping and thought it might be a good project to see how smooth and accurate they could be made.

Earlier in 2017 I decided to upgrade my Harbor Freight (Central Machinery) 7 x 10 mini-lathe as I was seeing many online videos which were advising improvements for this lathe. One very rewarding upgrade was one I ran across when I visited the littlemachineshop.com website which offers parts and...

I picked up a milling attachment for my 7x10 HF lathe, and now I need to do something with it... My first project is going to be some light-duty 6061 aluminum tool holders for mounting indicators and whatnot. So, now I need a dovetail cutter and some end mills. Is there anything in particular...

I'm looking for a couple of reamers I can use on my mini lathe. I've got a motor mounted drive wheel in my near future and have doubts about hitting the correct ID with my boring bar. Standard reamers are way too long for the mini, so I need something with a shorter shank and maybe even...

Hi, I just picked up a 1984 Honden L-450 mini bench lathe. Looks to be 8 x 18". It's in great condition, minimal- maybe no wear. Having an issue where I cannot get the small V belt to reach across the pulleys for the higher spindle speeds. Seems like the belt is too short or something...

The time has finally come to start messing around with threading. I have a used lathe that arrived without the change gears, so I need to buy some. Should I buy metal change gears or plastic gears? I would buy the plastic, but LMS is out of stock on the full set. I'm a little concerned about...

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...

Hi Folks: I am delighted to find this forum. I am looking forward to purchasing my first mini metal lathe. I am a penturner, but want to learn how to make small parts for pen turning as well as make pens out of metal. Basically, I just like making things. I am looking at Sieg, Taig, and...

Can anyone give me some pros and cons on sherline equipment? I'm looking to get a mini lathe and they seem to be pretty popular. Input is appreciated. BillShop: Shop photos and some work... - YouTube