I have just retired and bought a Sieg C3 and SX2P. Just started making a 3 1/2" Evening Star, as well as a gauge 1 loco. Having gone through the plans there is nothing that can't be made on these machines. It will take longer on these light machines but that is all I have room for, and it is just a hobby.

Howard

In principle you can turn anything on a mini-lathe that you can turn on a Myford, except you don't have a gap in teh bed making the practical limit 7", so as long as you don't want to make a Stirling Single you should be ok.

You will need some ingenuity and fiddling to turn parts greater than about 5" in diameter – use a RH tool held sideways in the back of the toolpost for example. Facing large surfaces may need multiple too settings.

I have also turned the outer diameter and grooved the sides of the rim of a 6" diameter laser-cut steel flywheel on my mini lathe.

Neil