210mm swing Electronic Leadscrew lathe now available

[Mbird]

Here's a few more pics to complete the 'essay'

• The Sanou 5" chuck is pretty good. A little stiff, but it will loosen up after some use.
• Nice 1.5" bore - but this will necessitate that you purchase a reducer sleeve unless you happen to have MT5 accessories floating around.
• The basic add-on accessories are an 8" faceplate, a quick change tool post and a tailstock drill chuck.

The 8" face plate was purchased from the Canadian supplier of these lathes ($60Cdn)

The QC tool post is the standard OXA wedge style available from Amazon or eBay. However, if you want to use any toolholder other than the 4 way tool post supplied with the lathe, you will either have to counterbore the new tool post to fit over the boss on the top-slide (sorry - forgot to take before and after pics) or machine off the boss as I opted to do. There is lot's of 'meat' left for the tool post hold down bolt threads.

I found a nice 5/8" precision MT2 drill chuck on Amazon ($60) which uses a collet type spanner instead of a chuck key. I actually prefer this system.

I suppose my only gripe with the lathe is the layout of the apron, which, because is basically the same as on an Central Machinery 7" lathe - there's not much room between the carriage traverse and cross slide handwheels - and I don't have big hands.

 

[dabear3428]

Here's a few more pics to complete the 'essay'

• The Sanou 5" chuck is pretty good. A little stiff, but it will loosen up after some use.
• Nice 1.5" bore - but this will necessitate that you purchase a reducer sleeve unless you happen to have MT5 accessories floating around.
• The basic add-on accessories are an 8" faceplate, a quick change tool post and a tailstock drill chuck.

The 8" face plate was purchased from the Canadian supplier of these lathes ($60Cdn)

The QC tool post is the standard OXA wedge style available from Amazon or eBay. However, if you want to use any toolholder other than the 4 way tool post supplied with the lathe, you will either have to counterbore the new tool post to fit over the boss on the top-slide (sorry - forgot to take before and after pics) or machine off the boss as I opted to do. There is lot's of 'meat' left for the tool post hold down bolt threads.

I found a nice 5/8" precision MT2 drill chuck on Amazon ($60) which uses a collet type spanner instead of a chuck key. I actually prefer this system.

I suppose my only gripe with the lathe is the layout of the apron, which, because is basically the same as on an Central Machinery 7" lathe - there's not much room between the carriage traverse and cross slide handwheels - and I don't have big hands.

link to the face plate supplier please.
i purchased a MT5 dead center to fit the spindle and a 4 jaw chuck from Vevor
here is my solution to a 4 jaw chuck for the 1.5" spindle lathes

Mini lathe chuck change out

Find a friend with a bandsaw My parting experience on my lathe with 3/4 hot rolled ended with me looking for holes in my roof, after I changed my shorts. Jamming the lathe is not the worst thing that can happen. I was thinking of a riot shield during the operation , lol All jokes aside...

www.hobby-machinist.com

MT5 Dead center

Amazon.com

here is my trials and tribulations with a similar lathe (same spindle i believe)

MX-600A 9"x24" mini lathe

well i bit the bullet and bought a MX-600A (1100w brushless 8.7X23.6 with a F/R H/M/L gearbox and a 1.5" spindle bore, shipps with a steady rest, a follow rest and a dead center) off of e-bay, after getting it and turning some steel (does a decent job IMO). I got this expecting a box of lathe...

www.hobby-machinist.com

i used the same (or close) QCTP and found that a thrust bearing on top really helps with cranking it down consistently.
your lathe was supplied with a cast iron compound, unlike mine you will still want to do a solid tool post mount, it makes the lathe much more rigid.

 

[Mbird]

link to the face plate supplier please.
i purchased a MT5 dead center to fit the spindle and a 4 jaw chuck from Vevor
here is my solution to a 4 jaw chuck for the 1.5" spindle lathes

Mini lathe chuck change out

Find a friend with a bandsaw My parting experience on my lathe with 3/4 hot rolled ended with me looking for holes in my roof, after I changed my shorts. Jamming the lathe is not the worst thing that can happen. I was thinking of a riot shield during the operation , lol All jokes aside...

www.hobby-machinist.com

MT5 Dead center

Amazon.com

here is my trials and tribulations with a similar lathe (same spindle i believe)

MX-600A 9"x24" mini lathe

well i bit the bullet and bought a MX-600A (1100w brushless 8.7X23.6 with a F/R H/M/L gearbox and a 1.5" spindle bore, shipps with a steady rest, a follow rest and a dead center) off of e-bay, after getting it and turning some steel (does a decent job IMO). I got this expecting a box of lathe...

www.hobby-machinist.com

i used the same (or close) QCTP and found that a thrust bearing on top really helps with cranking it down consistently.
your lathe was supplied with a cast iron compound, unlike mine you will still want to do a solid tool post mount, it makes the lathe much more rigid.

Here is the link to the amazon listing for the faceplate: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0991QBB3S

On this page you will also find links to their store. I noticed they have put the price up since I bought mine... PS - the canadian supplier was ASC365 on the middle right of listing page.

 

[Mbird]

my MX-600A came in the same crate, i took the screws out at the bottom then lifted the 4 sides with the top still attached to use as a cover later also made getting to the bolts holding it to the base easy.

nice lathe congrats

My crates had the bendable tab-in-slot approach, even on the bottom. I would have needed to flip the crate onto it's front to undo the bottom tabs Murphy's Law says those same bolts that are nigh on impossible to get off normally, would probably strip of pull through with disastrous results. It may be a light lathe, but 137lbs is still heavy....Colour me chicken. Besides, by shop walls needed painting 'blue'...lol