I'm now a danger to myself and others (pics)

Flashlight Modding and DIY Parts
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Having suffered from Lathe Envy for so long, I couldn't pass up the deal for a low-hour, barn-find 9x20 import lathe on which to cut my teeth (and hopefully some metal.)

12-15 hours of cleaning, dismantling, lubricating and reassembly yielded a decent machine under the dust and chips:



The seller included a box of spare parts, a second live center, gearset, and a full compliment of belts.

I'm waiting on a chuck, quick-change toolpost (AXA?) and some other miscellaneous tooling (center drills and a starter set of indexable cutters) to arrive from LittleMachineShop on Thursday. They had a nice 9x20 upgrade package for sale in a bundle.

FWIW, there's a MSC within reasonable driving distance, as well as a Harbor Freight. I picked up a starter bundle of aluminum at MSC on which to practice. That place is DANGEROUS.

I've started boring out some hosts and will start the from-scratch torches soon.

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Good find on the lathe .

Can't wait to see what you make .

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I envy you now!

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Me too , Ive owned them in the past , but currently dont - I do wish I had one ...

Triple + quad XP-G R5 , mag mods , custom this n that , up until the wee hours turning ...

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If I had that I'd never sleep. (but I wouldn't care) I'm jealous.

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Good for you! Color me green with envy! 8)

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Conganulations! Hopefully you can machine better than I can spel. I yam very jelous of your purchas. Don't get all fancy and make any left hand double start threads cuz finding a tap will be a b!tch. Sincerely, Willie

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I couldn't even afford the power cord for that...

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It was out of my price range new, but since the seller wouldn't ship, I picked it up for the cost of 3 Fenix torches.

EDIT: Anyone want to buy my Fenix TK41?

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Congratulations! I have been out of the machining industry for about 10 weeks and I am missing the constant access to lathes and mills bigtime :( I am sure that your creations will make me that much more jealous and sad. lol.

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Very cool. Looking forward to lots and lots of interesting pics. :)

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Beautiful!!

What aluminium alloys did you buy?

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Nice! But be carefull.

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Iam not envyous, I am glad for you. I am not envyous I am glad for your I am not...

Ohh who am i Kidding? I am Envyous AND glad for you. Hope its all you want it to be. And remember that no matter how big you get them, theres always someone with at bigger lathe ;-)

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You forgot to post your address and the hours you are up so the rest of us can come take advantage of your new find.

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Congrats! So I assume you're located in Chicago? Get good at that stuff so I can swing by sometime to have you hammer out some parts ;) I would love to have a lathe, but I don't have a garage, let alone a house to call my own.

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I'm more striking than beautiful, but thanks. Oh, wait...you mean the lathe.

The lion's share of the material is 6061, with a sprinkling of 7075 thrown in.

For dessert, we have a nice golden C101.

I would enjoy hosting a Midwest meet-n-mod. Let's make it happen.