Lathe section

[DarkShadow1]

Just curious if we here have a lathe section ? I just got a mini lathe and have questions on it and what tooling to buy that’s good lol

And I’m sure more questions to come

[pinkpanda3310 (Pinky)]

Pretty sure other people have asked about lathes (including myself) but they are few and far between. You could try looking in this thread… Workshop and machinery mods and tips,

Alternatively just ask your questions here…

[pinkpanda3310 (Pinky)]

Some other links

new lathe

Maybe someone here can help with this. I came across this lathe yesterday. It doesnt work right now and it is missing two of the jaws in the chuck. I will worry about those after I get it running, if I can get it running. [image] When I plug it in and hit the power switch it doesnt do anything. The power switch lights up but thats all, not even any sounds. There is a small fuse on the top of the power panel, I checked that and it is good. Below the bed there are two small plastic caps, one on…

fabricating a light from scratch on the lathe... *pics*

heres my first large piece of aluminum stock i made myself, its on the lathe… [image] [image] here it is, in my hand… for scale… [image] here in my hand again… with a protected 26650 sitting in my bore job. easy slip fit, no rattle. note the beefiness of the walls. [image]

Lathe questions...

I have a chance to pick up what appears to be a pretty good old Atlas 618 lathe with a bunch of tooling, for a very reasonable price! Also included would be a mill/drill with tooling and metal cutting band saw. I am not rich, but really want/need a lathe for small work. I know these will cut SAE threads, but I am not sure if I could cut metric with it or not? Would this be enough lathe for light work with copper/brass and aluminum? I need opinions as soon as possible, so I can commit. [image] …

Lathe masters, please chime in..

**probably in the wrong topic, please move if necessary mods. Looking to drop some money on a lathe. Just something small, obviously for things like Maglite mods, custom pills, and the sort. ALSO, I am an avid firearm modder/collector, with a few ATF stamps in my collection :). I would really like to start on some Form 1 suppressors. Is it even feasible, to get a decent mini/desktop lathe around the $5-600 mark. I have found a few ‘Asian lathes’ on Flebay, but I don’t know squat about the subj…

What do you think of this old lathe?

I’ve been on the lookout for a budget lathe. I might call about this one, but wanted to run it by you lathe guys first. I looked up Seneca Falls lathes and it seems like some of these 100 year old ones still run well.

[DarkShadow1]

Thanks I thought it would be cool to have it’s own page for questions and builds