Today we are unboxing my new King Canada 7"x12" Mini Lathe! I've been planning to get my hands on one for quite a while so I real excited to give this thing a go!
I've used and abused my 7x14 and never had a problem with the nylon gears, in fact I've been using PLA change gears that I 3d printed and none of them show any signs of wear so i wouldn't worry too much about them if I were you. I've heard the metal ones are pretty noisy anyway, that's why I never bothered to buy them.
I needed a functional lathe for the jet engine I'm working on building this summer. I'll revisit the homemade lathe in the future when I can invest more time into it!
I see your interest. Return that POS. Buy an old Atlas/Craftsman lathe. They built a ton after the war with all the good left over steel. So there are a lot nice reconditioned ones for close to the same price or alot out there that need reconditioned (you should accept that) either way it is 20x the lathe.
I've used and abused my 7x14 and never had a problem with the nylon gears, in fact I've been using PLA change gears that I 3d printed and none of them show any signs of wear so i wouldn't worry too much about them if I were you. I've heard the metal ones are pretty noisy anyway, that's why I never bothered to buy them.
Awesome thanks!
Yeah, apparently, the point of the nylon gears are so they break before the machine does.
Oh nooooo, you bought one! Thought you were going to improve the one you built!
I needed a functional lathe for the jet engine I'm working on building this summer. I'll revisit the homemade lathe in the future when I can invest more time into it!
@@Neally it's all good, as long as you keep posting amazing content for me to watch im fine with it!
Will do! Thank you!
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Never spin chuck without jaws clamped on something, jaws can and will wind themselves out and fly off, FYI. Nice stuff dude
I see your interest.
Return that POS. Buy an old Atlas/Craftsman lathe. They built a ton after the war with all the good left over steel.
So there are a lot nice reconditioned ones for close to the same price or alot out there that need reconditioned (you should accept that) either way it is 20x the lathe.
Thanks for the advice, I may look into that in the future! Cheers!
Cool
Thanks!
The same lathe that Vevor sells. Never try to turn down jeep axles with it. You will go through motors fast.
That poor lathe😂
I'll take it easy on er, thanks!
@@Neally I have adapted a treadmill motor onto mine. It'll take a lot more abuse than the stock motor.
Definitely! I'm planning on swapping in a better motor eventually
Update video?
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Sehr gutes Video ! Danke .❤👍