My new toy

[Maxxcrazy]

http://www2.mini-zracer.com/albums/Maxxcrazy/DSCF0131.jpg
http://www2.mini-zracer.com/albums/Maxxcrazy/DSCF0133.jpg
http://www2.mini-zracer.com/albums/Maxxcrazy/DSCF0134.jpg

Its nice having a parent who works in a machine shop. He got all of these for free
http://www2.mini-zracer.com/albums/Maxxcrazy/DSCF0132.jpg

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You lucky!! I wish i had machines like that, itll make your custom life much easier :)

[MRX88]

beautiful...also I've a lathe, i use it to modify the crankshaft, but my lathe is more big (3 meters long)....however with it lathe you can make all things :)

[ExtremeMT]

I want this one- http://www.rockler.com/findit.cfm?cookietest=1&gcid=c11135x007&page=10782

[Maxxcrazy]

I want this one- http://www.rockler.com/findit.cfm?cookietest=1&gcid=c11135x007&page=10782

That looks like a wood working lathe to me.

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Well its written that it is for turning wood

[AudiTT-Quattro]

Maxxcrazy: Nice toy! Looks like you've already started to break her in! Making custom parts is what pushing the boundaries of this sport/hobby is all about.

ExtremeMT: Just a word of caution. A wood lathe is far from capable of turning metal, especially with a hand jig. It WILL bite back if you try. I suppose you COULD modify one to turn metal, but the tolerances of the collet are slacker than that of a metal lathe which I would imagine to produce undesirable results.

Well, if you knew that, just disregard my cautionary tale and move on with this so-called foreign material you call "wood."

[RC10tee3]

yeah thats a wood lathe,, you want a metal lathe like maxxcrazy

[graphite07]

http://www2.mini-zracer.com/albums/Maxxcrazy/DSCF0131.jpg
http://www2.mini-zracer.com/albums/Maxxcrazy/DSCF0133.jpg
http://www2.mini-zracer.com/albums/Maxxcrazy/DSCF0134.jpg

Its nice having a parent who works in a machine shop. He got all of these for free
http://www2.mini-zracer.com/albums/Maxxcrazy/DSCF0132.jpg


very nice i need one also!!!
how much is the price tag on it?

[henry_huckem]

^hehe
good thing you re-posted his entire post, I didnt see the pics the first time.
:cool:

[sinister]

very nice looking .

if you dont mind my asking where did you pick it up at?

[Maxxcrazy]

I'm not sure where it came from, it was a gift. You can buy them at www.thesherlineshop.com

I believe the lathe cost about $760. Its a Sherline 4400A if you want to look it up.

[Maxxcrazy]

http://www2.mini-zracer.com/albums/Maxxcrazy/DSCF0136.jpg
http://www2.mini-zracer.com/albums/Maxxcrazy/DSCF0137.jpg

I got the vertical milling column and vise today. Heres some pics of it as a mill. My fly cutter and endmill holder along with a few endmills are in the mail.

[Maxxcrazy]

Got the tools today. I took some "action" shots of the fly cutter

http://www2.mini-zracer.com/albums/Maxxcrazy/DSCF0138.jpg
http://www2.mini-zracer.com/albums/Maxxcrazy/DSCF0140.jpg
http://www2.mini-zracer.com/albums/Maxxcrazy/DSCF0142.jpg