Great little machines for getting started and there are many projects you can do, my brother 3D printed a telescopic lead screw protector (since the leadscrew is exposed to chips and used both for screw making as well as for automatic advance). As long as you are not in a hurry you can machine pretty respectable pieces. These machine thrive in aluminium, bronze, and Teflon, but they will do steel and cast iron as long as you take things slow.
@@Mariano.Bernacki yeah I’ve been taking things really slow and as far as keeping the chips out of the gears On the crank and lead screw, I’ve seen people create covers for the gears, and I was thinking as far as the lead screw something similar to a brush that attaches to the side of the gear crank casing!🤔
You will get the hang of it. I like HSS over carbide. The biggest thing is to be safe. Watching Ytube videos will help you out with all the inns and outs. 👍
@@samlogosz8422 thanks for the comment. I appreciate it and yes, I watch a lot of RUclips and learn a lot of things. It’s how I found this mini lathe there is so many different things that you can do with this lathe and upgrades galore of course this is not an expensive machine. It’s pretty cheap and Chinese made so there’s a lot of problems but RUclips shows exactly how to fix all of those problems. It’s not hard to do It just takes time.
@@TheManCaveMetalFab2580 right on brother and may the Lord Jesus give you a safe and success with your projects. You can do anything through Jesus Christ. See you on the next go around. 👍
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Great little machines for getting started and there are many projects you can do, my brother 3D printed a telescopic lead screw protector (since the leadscrew is exposed to chips and used both for screw making as well as for automatic advance). As long as you are not in a hurry you can machine pretty respectable pieces. These machine thrive in aluminium, bronze, and Teflon, but they will do steel and cast iron as long as you take things slow.
@@Mariano.Bernacki yeah I’ve been taking things really slow and as far as keeping the chips out of the gears
On the crank and lead screw, I’ve seen people create covers for the gears, and I was thinking as far as the lead screw something similar to a brush that attaches to the side of the gear crank casing!🤔
You will get the hang of it. I like HSS over carbide. The biggest thing is to be safe. Watching Ytube videos will help you out with all the inns and outs. 👍
@@samlogosz8422 thanks for the comment. I appreciate it and yes, I watch a lot of RUclips and learn a lot of things. It’s how I found this mini lathe there is so many different things that you can do with this lathe and upgrades galore of course this is not an expensive machine. It’s pretty cheap and Chinese made so there’s a lot of problems but RUclips shows exactly how to fix all of those problems. It’s not hard to do It just takes time.
@@TheManCaveMetalFab2580 right on brother and may the Lord Jesus give you a safe and success with your projects. You can do anything through Jesus Christ. See you on the next go around. 👍
@ thank you🙏🏼