I just bought a brand new metal lathe. 12x30. Never used one before although I have years of wood lathe experience. I haven't even got the lathe up onto the stand yet..still trying to figure out the logists of lifting that monster
. The reason I purchased the lathe is to build my own pen parts, ie pen nib section and thread my parts so nibs can be removed, and for making pens with caps on them.
I would like to see a forum on accessorizing a lathe. The lathe came with only the basics, no cutters, no faceplate, pretty much nothing but a 3 jaw chuck, sliding table thingy and tailstock. Purchasing the proper tooling in the proper order of necessity would be smart. Things you need to get started in metal turning.
I would sure like to see a subforum on threading.
I would like a subforum on tool maintenance.
Maybe a few of these already exist..hey, this is my first time here and first post!
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