http://www.asciimation.co.nz/bb/2008/08/30/7x12-mini-lathe I'd rather live in a world full of eccentric thinkers than one full of unthinking consumers Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:21:36 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.asciimation.co.nz/bb/2008/08/30/7x12-mini-lathe/comment-page-1#comment-458 Simon Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:05:54 +0000 http://www.asciimation.co.nz/bb/2008/08/30/7x12-mini-lathe#comment-458 You can use a four jaw and set it all up that way but it's easier to use the three jaw and you put a shim against one of the jaws. I just used a thin piece of aluminium about 1.2mm thick. You can use a four jaw and set it all up that way but it’s easier to use the three jaw and you put a shim against one of the jaws. I just used a thin piece of aluminium about 1.2mm thick.

]]> http://www.asciimation.co.nz/bb/2008/08/30/7x12-mini-lathe/comment-page-1#comment-457 Brian Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:58:36 +0000 http://www.asciimation.co.nz/bb/2008/08/30/7x12-mini-lathe#comment-457 I've never lathed... How do you clamp the shaft off-centre to turn the cam section? Do you need a four-jawed chuck? I’ve never lathed… How do you clamp the shaft off-centre to turn the cam section? Do you need a four-jawed chuck?

]]> http://www.asciimation.co.nz/bb/2008/08/30/7x12-mini-lathe/comment-page-1#comment-455 Amber Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:18:49 +0000 http://www.asciimation.co.nz/bb/2008/08/30/7x12-mini-lathe#comment-455 Just when I thought the A team music box filled my life the Lathe came along. Now I know the true meaning of life....Thanks you mini lathe Just when I thought the A team music box filled my life the Lathe came along. Now I know the true meaning of life….Thanks you mini lathe

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