Mini Lathe

[Ulrich AlsfasserParticipant @ulrichalsfasser81596]

Posted by Russ B on 19/10/2014 17:58:57:

Posted by Ulrich Alsfasser on 19/10/2014 15:41:45:

That sound very encouraging

I think the £740 package is good, I saw that the other day, I just happened to be discussing with Amadeal a few months ago the idea of offering a package for newcomers with all the bits included and low and behind a month or so later the "packages" seem to be appearing thick and fast!!

So fast, that perhaps its getting even more confusing now for beginners!! maybe if they could just offer one package, and then say package B "includes this rather than that" and so on…..

There are a number of luxury items but nothing that won't make your life a lot easier, like the quick change tool post at £38 (+£8 for extra holders) – and a very nice £100 odd 9 piece indexable tool set however that does actually give you a very good range of abilities, turning, facing, parting, and I think internal threading, as well as external threading.

Threading internally will be limited to large holes because of the large size of the tool, and since it's pretty easy to tap small holes, I think this is the normal approach.

Amadeal sell most of their mini lathes with the spindles that have 100mm plate integrated for chuck mounting these allow their larger 100mm chucks to be fitted without an adaptor – making full use of the 20mm spindle bore (unlike with an 80mm chuck which restricts it)

Don't forget, youll also need

A centre drill
A drill suitable for the internal thread size (1/2 UNF, so 29/64 imperial or 11.5mm drill bit)
A 1/2 UNF tap
A drill giving suitable clearance for the exit of the bore (.177/.2/.22/.25 etc)

More important than anything, is the proper stripping, cleaning, and reassembly of the machine before first use. The adjustment gibs on all the slides will need setting up properly at the very least.

It's all good fun!

Thanks for the input Russ

I'm actually not going to do any barrel work for some time to come so the additional bits you mention can be bought when needed

What I'm keen to have is a knurling tool so I can make adjustable posts for raising cheek pieces and hamsters

A job that needs doing on 2 of my airguns

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