Another great video Dave and Adam, enjoyed the information and explain in perfect sense to a novice like me to follow, have a great Christmas to you all and thanks to you guys for keeping me entertained this year.
Get a 350mm bed lathe sooner rather than later. The quick change adjustable tool posts are the best upgrade for the money. ER32 collet are ideal for precision. Diamond wheels on a micro tool with cobalt bits are the way to go for DIY. Practice on some scrap. Smaller lathes tend to be less accurate and bigger are more than you'd need most of the time. There's no going back and the opportunities outweigh the cost. The alternative is to wish you'd done it years ago. The second lathe I bought is a seig sc4 with a bvm20 set up just for making bushes. The bvm20 is more rugged but 0.01mm is the best it can do. Still put 0.3 holes dead centre with it but I've had a bit of practice.
@DoItYourselfDaveOJ The SC4 is better for precision and thread cutting, but the electronics are the weak point. The BV is solid but not the same sport. The tool post they supply will produce junk mostly.
@DoItYourselfDaveOJ I've used super 7 in imperial and metric. Wouldn't swap my SC4 for anything at any price as a clockmaker, but it wouldn't survive a machine shop. Same with anything if it's had a hard life. Mini lathes are easier to move,ideally into someone else's workshop.
Rebuilt mine with window less pistons in all four pots as advised by Mick Abbey who's a top two stroke tuner here in the UK. Pleanty of info on the forums about this
You can make the dowls from the sleevs that come with tv wall socket bolts thats what i used on mine plus youll get free m8 flang nuts at the same time. & prox seals are good seals yambits for parts @@DoItYourselfDaveOJ
Another great video Dave and Adam, enjoyed the information and explain in perfect sense to a novice like me to follow, have a great Christmas to you all and thanks to you guys for keeping me entertained this year.
@@richardbrown9363 as long as people enjoy it 😊 have a great Christmas mate
Enjoying the technical detail. Clear and precise 😊
@@GC-xy2ec doing my best - there will be some errors though as I’m still learning 😊
Get a 350mm bed lathe sooner rather than later.
The quick change adjustable tool posts are the best upgrade for the money.
ER32 collet are ideal for precision.
Diamond wheels on a micro tool with cobalt bits are the way to go for DIY.
Practice on some scrap.
Smaller lathes tend to be less accurate and bigger are more than you'd need most of the time.
There's no going back and the opportunities outweigh the cost.
The alternative is to wish you'd done it years ago.
The second lathe I bought is a seig sc4 with a bvm20 set up just for making bushes.
The bvm20 is more rugged but 0.01mm is the best it can do.
Still put 0.3 holes dead centre with it but I've had a bit of practice.
@@theodavies8754 I’ll pass this onto Adam he will love it , great information thankyou
@@theodavies8754 hi Theo - coincidentally that’s the one he’s been looking at - they’re $700 over here apparently 👍
@DoItYourselfDaveOJ The SC4 is better for precision and thread cutting, but the electronics are the weak point.
The BV is solid but not the same sport.
The tool post they supply will produce junk mostly.
@@theodavies8754 he’s hanging on till he has a bit more space at home but he’s also mentioned a myford super seven ?
@DoItYourselfDaveOJ I've used super 7 in imperial and metric.
Wouldn't swap my SC4 for anything at any price as a clockmaker, but it wouldn't survive a machine shop.
Same with anything if it's had a hard life.
Mini lathes are easier to move,ideally into someone else's workshop.
Rebuilt mine with window less pistons in all four pots as advised by Mick Abbey who's a top two stroke tuner here in the UK. Pleanty of info on the forums about this
@@yamahav4twostrokesrdrzrzv524 yep I’d seen that it shouldn’t make too much difference (so good to hear from someone who has actually done it 👍
You can make the dowls from the sleevs that come with tv wall socket bolts thats what i used on mine plus youll get free m8 flang nuts at the same time. & prox seals are good seals yambits for parts @@DoItYourselfDaveOJ