Mini-Lathe Beginners
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Problems
Lathe pictures
Workshop pictures
Ranting about lathes
Workshop Discipline
Buying Advice
Bigger Lathe?
Micro-mill
Micro-mill extension
6x4 Bandsaw
Changing bandsaw blades
3 in 1 machines
Mini-lathe materials
Delrin Plastic
Facing
Drilling
Boring
Threading Intro
Threading Guide
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Threading Steps
Threading tool advance angle
Change Gears
Taps and tapping
Copper Hammers
Press fit with mini-lathe - tips
Press fit with mini-lathe - cheating method!!
Biggest 7x12 Job
Morse Tapers
Dial Indicators
Collets
Cutting Fluid
Slitting Saw
Glanze Boring Bar
Measuring / Micrometers
Engineering parallels
Transfer Punches
Drill bits
Digital Read-outs
Worm Gears and Wheels
Lathe Tools
DIY carriage lock
DIY compound slide lock
Power Drill cross slide
Things to buy
Workshop consumables
Principles of use
Fixing chuck runout - grinding!
DIY rotary table / Divider
Chucks + changing chucks
Increase mini-lathe torque
Home Anodising
Lathe Tools for a mini-lathe
Tools are one the key parts of a mini-lathe. Tools are the bits of shaped metal that you mount on the toolpost and bring into contact with the job.The jobs spins, and the tool cuts off some of the metal.
As far as I have been able to gather, there are two types of tool.
- Carbide tipped - these tools have a fashioned part of very hard carbide glued to one end of a blue painted tools holder.
- HSS tools. High Speed Steel tools are normally produced by the lathe user. You take a blank bit of HSS and grind a tool to the shape you require. Sounds easy? Ha!
