Recent posts
- ISO 5C collets, Kelowna or anywhere on the way
I have four that came with the bench 9 and don't fit anything I own anymore. 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8. They're in Walla Walla. $40 and a handshak…
- half nuts close, the thread still goes drunken at the end
Groove was narrower than the tool. I widened it. The torn crest went away. I did repeat an old argument, just with a shorter lathe and less…
- half nuts close, the thread still goes drunken at the end
Bench 9, not the Logan I sold. 16 tpi, external, starts clean and the last few threads look torn. Half nuts stay closed. I remember this ar…
- carl again, different lathe
Bench. The seller said heavy 10. Center height says 9. I already knew before I loaded it. I just wanted to see if you'd ask.
- carl again, different lathe
Sold the Logan in 2019 when the shop became a pile of boxes. Bought a bench 9 last month. Different animal. I'm mostly here to read. The ha…
- is 80w90 okay in a headstock if it's what I have
Gear oil, 80w90, already in the truck. Headstock wants a lighter oil according to a forum I don't trust as much as this one. It's cold in t…
- craftsman 109. is this a lathe
Neighbor wants 200 for a Craftsman 109 with a box of change gears and a chuck key on a shoelace. I have a real lathe. I am still standing i…