Mini-Lathe Beginners

7x12 mini lathe in fetching blue!

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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
1234
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

Pictures of my mini-lathe, micro mill and workshop


This is a three jaw, three inch chuck that comes standard with the 7x12 mini-lathe
three inch three jaw chuck for mini-lathe

A 6mm end mill for my micro mill in a MT2 collet
6mm end mill in collet

Rotary table I made for indexing worm wheels
homemade rotary table

This is a four jaw 4 inch independant chuck. A vital upgrade for your mini-lathe
4 inch 4 jaw chuck for mini-lathe

The business end of my 6x4 bandsaw
6x4 bandsaw

A closeup picture of my bandaw blade. Very good at cutting flesh
bandsaw blade

A closeup picture of a boring tool
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.
tool grinder

Some HSS lathe tools
hss lathe tools

Lots of bits of metal stock waiting to be made into something on my mini-lathe and micro mill.
boring tool

Here is my mini-lathe with a 4 inch 4 jaw independant chuck mounted
mini lathe 4 jaw chuck

This is the fixed steady that I occasionally use on my mini-lathe. The jaws have been modified slightly so that they open more.
mini-lathe fixed steady

This is the chuck on my micro mill. Handy for drill and tapping
micro mill chuck

Here is my micro mill with the fantastic extended table option. REcommended.
micro mill extended table

This is a rather expensive milling vice which I use on my micro mill - a decent milling vice is a good investment.
milling vice

My protective glasses. Always wear these.
protective glasses

My dial test indicator on its stand. Cheap from Ebay
dial test indicator

If you don't wear protective glasses, you will need decent tweezers for getting metal chips out of your eyeball (Been there, done that)
tweezers

If you are after a specific 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!


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