C3 Mini-Lathe Metalworking Beginners

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Pictures of my mini-lathe, micro mill and metalworking workshop

This is a three jaw, three inch chuck that comes standard with the 7x12 mini-lathe	A 6mm end mill for my micro mill in a MT2 collet	Rotary table I made for indexing worm wheels
This is a four jaw 4 inch independant chuck. A vital upgrade for your mini-lathe Very large image of 4 jaw mini-lathe chuck	The business end of my 6x4 bandsaw	A closeup picture of my bandaw blade. Very good at cutting flesh
A closeup picture of a boring tool	The grinder i use for grinding HSS blanks into useful tools for my mini-lathe. 150W is a bit pathetic and i wish I'd got a more powerful one.	Some HSS lathe tools
Lots of bits of metal stock waiting to be made into something on my mini-lathe and micro mill.	Here is my mini-lathe with a 4 inch 4 jaw independant chuck mounted	This is the fixed steady that I occasionally use on my mini-lathe. The jaws have been modified slightly so that they open more.
This is the chuck on my micro mill. Handy for drill and tapping	Here is my micro mill with the fantastic extended table option. REcommended.	This is a rather expensive milling vice which I use on my micro mill - a decent milling vice is a good investment.
My protective glasses. Always wear these.	My dial test indicator on its stand. Cheap from Ebay	If you don't wear protective glasses, you will need decent tweezers for getting metal chips out of your eyeball (Been there, done that)

If you are after a specific metalworking workshop picture, I have a nice camera so email me at the address at the bottom of the page and I will see what I can do!