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Post by mikef on Jan 17, 2016 11:54:09 GMT
Hice bit of turning there Dave. Working with stainless steel can be a bit of a challenge as I have found out in the past. I bought some cobalt drill bits to drill it and some special blades for my jig saw to cut it. Very expensive. As for turning it, my index lathe tools seem to cope if I keep the speed down. I have attached a picture of my Clarke mill/lathe that I bought a few months ago when Machine Mart was doing a VAT free offer. As reviews for this lathe have stated some bits of it require some tweaking and careful setting up, but I have found it very good value at under £1000. I have ended up though, spending probably another £400 on acessories, eg. 4 jaw chuck and rotating mill table. I wouldn't be without it now.  |
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Post by stevegbr on Jan 17, 2016 12:13:21 GMT
very nice piece of kit mike. is it bench or freestanding.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2016 12:27:33 GMT
Do old lathes fetch much? My mate has this buried in his garage - in fact there are two, the other one is quite a bit larger.   |
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Post by stevegbr on Jan 17, 2016 12:30:00 GMT
they do hold the price, if you are going to get one, try and get one that does screw cutting, it wont be cheap though.
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Post by stevegbr on Jan 17, 2016 12:30:56 GMT
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Post by mikef on Jan 17, 2016 13:00:50 GMT
Hi Steve.
My lathe is mounted on a lathe stand with a suds tray. Unfortunately Clarke have discontinued the stand for their own lathe (why, I don't know), but it's impossible to get hold of one.
I bought a stand that was for a similar sized lathe and modified it. Was quite difficult to do, in order to get the mounting points right, but I am pleased with the end result.
I have found out that old lathes do command a high price, which is why I bought one of the cheaper new ones in the end. Some things on it are a bit awkward to do, speed selection for example involves changing the belts to different pulleys, but OK once you get used to it.
It will cut metric and imperial threads, though I haven't tried this yet.
All the best.
Mike.
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Post by davefirestorm on Jan 17, 2016 13:03:12 GMT
Hice bit of turning there Dave. Working with stainless steel can be a bit of a challenge as I have found out in the past. I bought some cobalt drill bits to drill it and some special blades for my jig saw to cut it. Very expensive. As for turning it, my index lathe tools seem to cope if I keep the speed down. I have attached a picture of my Clarke mill/lathe that I bought a few months ago when Machine Mart was doing a VAT free offer. As reviews for this lathe have stated some bits of it require some tweaking and careful setting up, but I have found it very good value at under £1000. I have ended up though, spending probably another £400 on acessories, eg. 4 jaw chuck and rotating mill table. I wouldn't be without it now. That looks a handy bit of kit Mike,what size is the spindle?and can you screw cut with it?My lathe is a Myford 7 with quick change gearbox,only has 5/8" spindle I'd like something bit bigger,have found a Colchester lathe with 2" spindle local I might look at in week |
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Post by mikef on Jan 17, 2016 13:15:57 GMT
Hi Dave.
The spindle has an internal diameter of 1". It will do screw cutting and I have the cutting tool to do it, but haven't tried it yet.
I have found the mill very useful and of course it doubles up as a pillar drill.
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Post by revver on Jan 24, 2016 18:18:15 GMT
cant see the pics.
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