i bought this to make hi-fi knobs :)

[neutron7]

(and more importantly make my own cases and lots of other non hi-fi stuff as well )

I just put it on the bench i made for it. and tested it out on a small piece of aluminum.. holy!!! it will eat up the metal without a protest, and cut a 1mm thread in 2 passes!.

tomorrow i will try it on some titanium, the taig had major problem with it, but i managed to make some titanium pens anyways that last one took about 50 hours, but it was for a friend. (pens )

i put the dial indicator on the chuck. the needle does not move! i need a better indicator

[neutron7]

heres the controls, everything has oil ports, very well made compared to 7x10 chinese lathe.

i got a cutoff bandsaw with it as well as a quick change tool post.

importing to Canada was a bit of a pain i had to get just the right customs broker. most were useless *****. i found a nice one and they put it through like a breeze!

[BWRX]

That is a sexy piece of equipment. Metal gives me wood

[Geek]

Hi,

Congratulations!

When you get comfortable making nice aluminum knobs, let's discuss commercial supply

Cheers!

[neutron7]

aluminium? are you sure you do not want titanium, soapstone, jade or exotic hardwood?

[karma]

nice i wish i had the room for one

[neutron7]

heres some knobs i made today. that panel is 3 inches high and 1/2 thick. still very rough!

[mpmarino]

Nice-

I've got a '40s South Bend heavy 10 that I'm learning. Sure is nice to be able to make some things I couldn't before. I've got this cooking....

[neutron7]

very nice! do you have a milling attachment on your lathe? i am trying to figure out how to add one, or just buy a mill

[mpmarino]

I've got an older Taiwanese Bridgeport copy. The tooling is the hard part for sure $$$.