Thinking about buying a mini lathe

britincali · Post by **britincali** » July 6th, 2010, 10:29 am

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....

2strokeforever · Post by **2strokeforever** » July 6th, 2010, 11:13 am

do it you can do a lot with one

.22 pen gun...

you can be the first to make a .44 pen gun

south central hoon · Post by **south central hoon** » July 6th, 2010, 11:52 am

the economy being what it is, you can find bitchen lathes used for WAY cheap.

Tharrell · Post by **Tharrell** » July 6th, 2010, 12:07 pm

Can't wait to see what comes out of that. Maybe we'll get some custom parts available?

britincali · Post by **britincali** » July 6th, 2010, 12:14 pm

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

Post by **AlisoBob** » July 6th, 2010, 1:07 pm

Tharrell wrote:Can't wait to see what comes out of that.

Hash pipes, butt plugs, and modern art masterpieces are my bets....

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » July 6th, 2010, 1:59 pm

you cant even fit that axle in there

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » July 6th, 2010, 2:30 pm

this picture already has brits blood all over it....

http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media ... images_all

britincali · Post by **britincali** » July 6th, 2010, 2:30 pm

Axle cant be longer than 14" can it?

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » July 6th, 2010, 2:48 pm

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

britincali · Post by **britincali** » July 6th, 2010, 3:01 pm

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.

Travis · Post by **Travis** » July 6th, 2010, 8:05 pm

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

Post by **AlisoBob** » July 6th, 2010, 8:08 pm

If Jay Lewis bought a lathe..... a REAL MANS lathe.

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » July 6th, 2010, 8:30 pm

theres some old wartime stuff thats massive

britincali · Post by **britincali** » July 6th, 2010, 11:28 pm

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

Travis · Post by **Travis** » July 7th, 2010, 5:07 am

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.

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » July 7th, 2010, 8:24 am

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....

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » July 7th, 2010, 8:32 am

"A Story Of Machine Tools" gun barrel machine and more
http://cid-bd4aa2685d9bf2e9.office.live ... ne%20tools

"Nicholas and Shepard" steam engines and farm equip
http://cid-bd4aa2685d9bf2e9.office.live ... %20Shepard

"The Great Minniapolis Line" steam and farm equip
http://cid-bd4aa2685d9bf2e9.office.live ... lis%20Line

retry that image link

http://ov125a.blu.livefilestore.com/y1p ... jpg?psid=1

britincali · Post by **britincali** » July 7th, 2010, 10:20 am

Link and pics dont work

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » July 7th, 2010, 11:40 am

dammn, i can log out and look at them, i'll see wtf is up and change it

ISBB · Post by **ISBB** » July 7th, 2010, 11:47 am

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

hoofarted · Post by **hoofarted** » July 7th, 2010, 12:05 pm

The URL was too long...fixed.

britincali · Post by **britincali** » July 7th, 2010, 12:17 pm

Fukin monster!!!!!

asteroid500 · Post by **asteroid500** » July 8th, 2010, 7:00 am

why would you want to spin up a mini??????there much more fun to drive?

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Thinking about buying a mini lathe

Thinking about buying a mini lathe