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Thinking about buying a mini lathe
Posted: July 6th, 2010, 10:29 am
by britincali
Just to play around on and make the occasional bush etc....
Something like this...
http://www.amazon.com/Grizzly-G8688-12- ... B0000DCZ7D
Not made any decisions yet but you can get them for around $500 then throw in another $200 for accessories and im set....
Posted: July 6th, 2010, 11:13 am
by 2strokeforever
do it you can do a lot with one
.22 pen gun...
you can be the first to make a .44 pen gun
Posted: July 6th, 2010, 11:52 am
by south central hoon
the economy being what it is, you can find bitchen lathes used for WAY cheap.
Posted: July 6th, 2010, 12:07 pm
by Tharrell
Can't wait to see what comes out of that. Maybe we'll get some custom parts available?
Posted: July 6th, 2010, 12:14 pm
by britincali
First project will be a longer axle for my extended bike so im not pulling muscles tryin to squeese the swinarm while getting the nut on
Posted: July 6th, 2010, 1:07 pm
by AlisoBob
Tharrell wrote:Can't wait to see what comes out of that.
Hash pipes, butt plugs, and modern art masterpieces are my bets....
Posted: July 6th, 2010, 1:59 pm
by Roostius_Maximus
you cant even fit that axle in there
Posted: July 6th, 2010, 2:30 pm
by Roostius_Maximus
Posted: July 6th, 2010, 2:30 pm
by britincali
Axle cant be longer than 14" can it?
Posted: July 6th, 2010, 2:48 pm
by Roostius_Maximus
its only 12"between centers, and has a 20mm hole, you can do steelie parts, but no af stuff.
I think the first project you did would have you thinking its too small
Posted: July 6th, 2010, 3:01 pm
by britincali
I cang go much bigger as I dont have room for anything fixed, Id love a big one and they can be had for around the same price I just dont have the room.
Posted: July 6th, 2010, 8:05 pm
by Travis
Who needs room? Just put it in the yard and cover it up when it rains. Chain it to your house if you are in a thief filled area. lol
Posted: July 6th, 2010, 8:08 pm
by AlisoBob
If Jay Lewis bought a lathe..... a REAL MANS lathe.
Posted: July 6th, 2010, 8:30 pm
by Roostius_Maximus
theres some old wartime stuff thats massive
Posted: July 6th, 2010, 11:28 pm
by britincali
Travis wrote:Who needs room? Just put it in the yard and cover it up when it rains.
Metal shavings and plaster pools dont mix
Posted: July 7th, 2010, 5:07 am
by Travis
When I was in high school we had one in the AG shop that came off of a Battleship. lol
It wasn't huge like the one Bob has showing there but it was pretty big and there was no breaking the thing. haha
We used it to make steel baseball bats. lol They were heavy though.
Posted: July 7th, 2010, 8:24 am
by Roostius_Maximus
Brit, i'll popst links to my skydrive with steam manuals and an old machine tool manual loaded
I scanned the manual, heres the lathe you need....
Posted: July 7th, 2010, 8:32 am
by Roostius_Maximus
Posted: July 7th, 2010, 10:20 am
by britincali
Link and pics dont work
Posted: July 7th, 2010, 11:40 am
by Roostius_Maximus
dammn, i can log out and look at them, i'll see wtf is up and change it
Posted: July 7th, 2010, 11:47 am
by ISBB
the board is whacky... hey mojo check out the {url} code it wiggs out for me.. if i use them it either posts blank or doesnt update the code properly.
brit the link worked for me
Posted: July 7th, 2010, 12:05 pm
by hoofarted
The URL was too long...fixed.
Posted: July 7th, 2010, 12:17 pm
by britincali
Fukin monster!!!!!
Posted: July 8th, 2010, 7:00 am
by asteroid500
why would you want to spin up a mini??????there much more fun to drive?