Hello everyone

I have just registered and really want to get into model engineering Ive been to the model exhibitions at Bristol for the last few years any every time it blows me away

I have an emco compact 8 at home which i bought for about £300 as i thought it was a bit of a bargin it has soome tools with it not much and as i was in a mad rush to try and get into engineering I didnt do as much reasearch into the lath as i should

I am wondering now before i spend money on buying more tooling have I bought a good machine??

I am a complete novice to using a lathe ive made a couple of small items for my kit car but thats about it

I know to get to any standard takes time but i just want to make sure i have a sensible platform to start working from on the meager budget that i have???

Thanks Guys

It looks as though i got lucky on a impulse buy the Lathe is the austrian version i think, i didnt get much tooling with it, this was why i wanted to ask about the machine before i bought some i onlr realkly have a three jaw chuck and some cutting tools

this then leads me onto my next questions

Is there any tests that i can do to make sure the late is set up correctly???

What would you recomend tooling wise i should get in order to start some very basic begineer projects??